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What exactly do you mean by: > allocating less money to capitalists, and more to workers ? Where are those ratios coming from, who's allocating this money, and
by whichfawkes 12y ago
What exactly do you mean by:
> allocating less money to capitalists, and more to workers
?
Where are those ratios coming from, who's allocating this money, and how would you change the ratio?
- Roboprog 12y agoHi. I'm no Marxist, but I am old enough to remember the world before President Reagan & Friends. Back then, the US had a tax structure that meant that the 1%ers paid much more in income taxes (FWIW, the poor also paid less in FICA); government was better funded, and could hire more people to clean up some of society's loose ends. I'm not a fan of "basic income", although some "welfare" may have a place, but there is a lot of infrastructure that goes into supporting a business friendly environment, as well as making the country a nicer or safer place to live. Of course, the powers that be in this country don't want us to turn into some kind of socialist hell-hole like Germany or Sweden :-)
- hnnewguy 12y agoPeople are always more than willing to redistribute "other people's money". It always makes me laugh when I see this sort of talk in places like Hacker News. This is a very privileged subculture. If the proletariat rises up, the "intelligentsia" of Silicon Valley will likely be on the chopping block.
- Gifford 12y agoNot really. SV employees pay 40-50+% income in tax. The founders, maybe, are at threat.