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Over 80% of the federal government's revenue comes from individuals (income tax, payroll tax). On the other hand, I guess the vast majority of politician incom
by mibsl 2mo ago
Over 80% of the federal government's revenue comes from individuals (income tax, payroll tax).
On the other hand, I guess the vast majority of politician incomes come from corporations.
- WarmWash 2mo agoAnd where does that income tax/payroll tax money come from?
- mibsl 2mo ago~45% of people work for companies of less than 500 people, ~12% for the govrnment (federal, state, local), ~6% are self employed. That leaves less than a half for all the companies >500, and only a tiny minority of them have an outsized influence on politics. EDIT: Also, if there were no big corporations, people would still work and pay taxes. No sane statesman would purposefully build their countries economy on non-state-controlled megacorps.