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This is a straw man. The super-rich don't have income taxes because they have little to no income. Bill Gates didn't become a billionaire by being paid hundre
by maxk42 5y ago
This is a straw man. The super-rich don't have income taxes because they have little to no income. Bill Gates didn't become a billionaire by being paid hundreds of millions of dollars each year - he became a billionaire by building a company that is worth hundreds of billions of dollars and owning a large chunk of it. You have to sell that chunk in order to have income. He probably never has to sell a chunk again in his life.
- joshka 5y agoYes but, how much of that company growth came from not paying employees a fair wage? How much lost income tax would be recovered if the minimum wage tracked closer to $27 (forget $15 - lol). Not a specific comment on BG/MS, more generalized to billionaire company ownership in general.
- maxk42 5y agoThe fair wage is the one you agreed to take.
- joshka 5y agoYour statement is equivalent to "a particular practice defines what is fair". If this were true, then there should never be any cause for indignation over any existing or change in the application of a law (e.g. whichever side of politics you're on, use either 2A rights or LGBTQ Rights here).
- maxk42 5y agoUnlike 2A or LGBTQ Rights, you've agreed to your wage.
- joshka 5y agoInvoking godwin... the Nazi's agreed to their orders... it did not make those orders fair (/ethical / ...) Agreement to a wage purely means that you've exhausted reasonable alternatives available to you due to your constraints (time, energy, location, family, ...)