You did do all of that. You enslaved human beings, committed genocide, transferred their wealth to yourself, and used the funds to consolidate your power and spread war. — NOS4A2
if people are grumbling about taxes it means the government hasn't quite explained the rationale behind taxes. — Agent Smith
if governments can play around with taxes to win votes, it means taxes have no logic to them — Agent Smith
Syād — Agent Smith
A company earning more than a million has to give a quarter of what it earns to your government. — NOS4A2
To cover that cost while at the same time covering the overhead the best one can do is lower wages, raise prices, cut corners, lay people off, and so on, just to be able to pay such exorbitant prices. Even if we let the state get away with the act of theft, it’s hard to look past the effects all this has on the poorer among us who have to deal with the rise in the cost of living, a large amount of which is used to cover any offsetting. A tax on the rich is also a hidden tax on the poor, in this sense. — NOS4A2
Spain does the common sense thing. Good for them. — Xtrix
Classical Marxism defines workers and peasants as virtuous and the bourgeoisie (the
middle class) and other owners of capital as evil. — Breivik
Yes and I think it is abusive. Nonetheless, socialists say this is the right thing to do... because the rich and businessmen need to be solidary with the working class or the poorest (meanwhile those taxes always end up to cover the costs of minorities... But this is a subject of a different topic). My country is a example of what happens when political correctness is in power.
Taxing the rich more is common sense, yes. — Xtrix
I noticed they are slashing the 10% sales tax for feminine hygiene products. You’re right. Political correctness is in power. — NOS4A2
But who do you consider as "rich"? — javi2541997
Better yet, let the workers run the factories and companies themselves. — Xtrix
I consider them rich. And they should be taxed much more. — Xtrix
I'm a big fan of skepticism — Agent Smith
I see it as impossible. Every factory or company needs a hierarchical structure. — javi2541997
The GDP of your country is 24 points bigger than mine.
Do you still think a country ruled by socialism is a good idea? — javi2541997
What does GDP have to do with anything? — Xtrix
China has a bigger GDP too— so what? Should we be ruled by authoritarianism? — Xtrix
USA is an example that a country can works with private ownership and a few taxes because it is clearly a world leader towards industry and technology. Meanwhile, in Spain you would not get rich or wealthy. Our government is against private property and stakeholders. — javi2541997
They do not even know what they really are. — javi2541997
Imagine the United States Secretary of the Treasury saying to Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Zuckerberg, Real State owners, etc... to pay 23 or 25 % of their revenue in taxes. — javi2541997
They know: they’re communist. — Xtrix
Higher taxes on wealth is a good start. I hear no alternative suggestions from you. — Xtrix
They know: they’re communist.
— Xtrix
No. — javi2541997
They are not communist since the 1990s. — javi2541997
The Chinese economic reform or reform and opening-up is the program of economic reforms termed "Socialism (?) with Chinese characteristics" led by Deng Xiaoping, often credited as the "General Architect". In 2010, China overtook Japan as the world's second-largest economy by nominal GDP and in 2017 overtook the United States by becoming the world's largest economy by GDP. Only a capitalist country can reach such improvements in just two decades. — javi2541997
It is not a good start and here is another solution I put on the table: spending cuts — javi2541997
For example: Highways and transport (instead of 5 buses, we only let 3 buses per hour). — javi2541997
it is necessary to freeze pension payments. — javi2541997
As you see there are a lot ways to reduce national debt. Raising taxes to stakeholders or businessmen is not the solution. — javi2541997
First: China is a communist country, ruled by a communist government. I wouldn’t call it truly communist myself, but that’s what they claim. Whatever we call it, however, it’s not democratic or republican form of government. — Xtrix
But yeah, sure, let’s cut the military budget by 90%. That’ll more than pay for what we need. I won’t hold my breath for that suggestion. — Xtrix
What a shocker there was no mention of military expenditure — the most bloated of all discretionary spending. I wonder why? — Xtrix
Yeah, so in your world what’s needed is for everyone else to tighten their belts, lose their pensions, and live even shittier and more precarious lives. — Xtrix
See Ha-Joon Chang to educate yourself, if of course you’re willing to break out of neoliberal delusions — Xtrix
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