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Here in Portugal the public workers already have a 35 hour week, but workers from the private sector can't. I hear people saying "tax the rich" and all other b
by traveler01 5y ago
Here in Portugal the public workers already have a 35 hour week, but workers from the private sector can't.
I hear people saying "tax the rich" and all other bs... it doesn't work, taxation doesn't actually solve the problem and the lower classes always endup paying all those taxes on way or another, either by having smaller wages or paying more for the products.
We need to find real solutions for these problems since nowadays I feel like people are working harder than in the XX century and having less wages.
- ajmadesc 5y agoTaxation does fix the problem. The tax system is simply intentionally overcomplicated to allow the wealthy to avoid taxes.
- Workaccount2 5y agoThe problem is how do you tax wealth that is mostly in the form of investments? How do you tell Bezos he has to dump 1% of his controlling interest in Amazon every year to pay his tax bill?
- ajmadesc 5y agoHe did it to buy the world's biggest yatch, and a space program
- traveler01 5y agoWell it is like that because they're trying to make it harder to avoid paying the taxes. But obviously richer folks can pay for smart people who know the system very well and actually avoid all the system using loopholes.
- gpapilion 5y agoI think the solution is pay everyone fairly. In the US, we are uncomfortable with dictating wages so it’s easier to take money away from where it accumulates and redistribute it. Unfortunately, we also suck at redistribution so no one is happy with the result.