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I just really don't understand how you can have grown up over the past 30 years and think the government will save you. You've been forever priced out of ownin

I just really don't understand how you can have grown up over the past 30 years and think the government will save you. You've been forever priced out of owning a house, you probably would have been able to afford one 10 years ago if you hadn't been taxed so high but you're only now at the level where you have the deposit because of that but now the prices are so high your salary isn't enough anyway. Maybe I'm just one of those people who's brain has been broken by Bitcoin, but I look at how hard the government fights to prevent me building savings, I look at how taxes are so aggressive they prevent working class from building wealth and becoming middle class, they prevent middle class from gaining any form of independence and the narrative from many people like this Twitter account is that the billionaires are to blame. I can't be the only one who thinks, even if you could make them pay which I think is naive, that money would just still be sucked up into the government because they have zero accountability for spending and my taxes wouldn't go down at all. But finally we do have an escape hatch.

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enumjorge 5y ago
You think the government is what is keeping you from being able to afford a house? Is the government responsible for most of the job opportunities accumulating in metro areas causing people to move to cities, driving up demand and therefore value? Is the government responsible for the sky high salaries of FAANG and Silicon Valley unicorns that are also driving up prices in most cities? Or the fact that salaries haven't kept up with increases in cost of living? If you think the government and taxes are responsible for the weakening of the middle class, you are sorely mistaken. The government is far from efficient, but you have roads right? And fire departments and public utilities and basic protections like the fact that a company can't pay you by giving your coupons that can only be used at stores they own. > hey have zero accountability for spending Zero accountability, really? And you think bitcoin, the cryptocurrency that has had wild swings in price caused by a few unknown actors, has better accountability?
- whywhywhywhy 5y ago
  >If you think the government and taxes are responsible for the weakening of the middle class, you are sorely mistaken Yes I do think the $4100 in taxes I pay a month in Europe does affect my life, my future and my home ownership ability if that is the question.

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enumjorge 5y ago

You think the government is what is keeping you from being able to afford a house? Is the government responsible for most of the job opportunities accumulating in metro areas causing people to move to cities, driving up demand and therefore value? Is the government responsible for the sky high salaries of FAANG and Silicon Valley unicorns that are also driving up prices in most cities? Or the fact that salaries haven't kept up with increases in cost of living? If you think the government and taxes are responsible for the weakening of the middle class, you are sorely mistaken. The government is far from efficient, but you have roads right? And fire departments and public utilities and basic protections like the fact that a company can't pay you by giving your coupons that can only be used at stores they own. > hey have zero accountability for spending Zero accountability, really? And you think bitcoin, the cryptocurrency that has had wild swings in price caused by a few unknown actors, has better accountability?

whywhywhywhy 5y ago
>If you think the government and taxes are responsible for the weakening of the middle class, you are sorely mistaken Yes I do think the $4100 in taxes I pay a month in Europe does affect my life, my future and my home ownership ability if that is the question.