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> > So I should pay more than 50% in taxes? > Well, yes. Can you explain why you think he should spend more than four hours a day, every day, working entirely
by teakettle42 5y ago
> > So I should pay more than 50% in taxes?
> Well, yes.
Can you explain why you think he should spend more than four hours a day, every day, working entirely for someone else’s benefit?
- ink404 5y agoNot for someone else's benefit, but for the benefit of their entire city/state/country.
- ratsmack 5y ago[flagged]
- lmm 5y agoI doubt it's "more than four hours a day, every day". Any software engineer working more than 40 hours/week in this job market is a chump. Beyond that, he lives in a society, is only able to make that money through the support of that society. Note he chose to move to California, so clearly he's gaining a lot from California.
- teakettle42 5y ago> Any software engineer working more than 40 hours/week in this job market is a chump. Not sure what to make of that; I work more than 40 hours a week, but my total compensation is also above 500k/year. There somewhere I can work less, but maintain that level of compensation?
- Simon_O_Rourke 5y agoIf that's the case then you're madly overpriced for whatever it is that you do.
- nextaccountic 5y agoIt's for his own benefit. Funding public goods benefits everyone, including himself.
- teakettle42 5y agoI don’t think it’s reasonable to claim that California’s taxes, above a reasonable minimum bound, provide any appreciable material benefit to him. Quite the opposite.
- pvarangot 5y agoSo what should be my tax rate? 100% and then I get everything from the government? I am ok with that, but I'd rather work as a clerk on the DMV instead of my current job which is rather stressful but has the benefit that if I don't screw up I'm retiring early.
- inetknght 5y ago> Can you explain why you think he should spend more than four hours a day, every day, working entirely for someone else’s benefit? Taxes go to communities. Profiting for yourself only defeats communities.
- nate_meurer 5y agoIf by "communities" you mean "mostly entitlements, military, and porky infrastructure and industrial subsidies", then you might have a point.