[–] Seer1965 [S] ago 

[–] Hodor123 ago 

Wow Jeff is doing well

[–] Jellybumps 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Monopoly.

[–] prairie 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

The critique isn't of people being rich, it's, as always, of the state for making things crooked.

[–] FarPointPatriot 1 point 1 point (+2|-1) ago 

Flat tax, with zero accounting 3 card monte. 5% for poverty level, 10% lower MC, 12.5% MC-UMC. 15% up to $500K. 20% all income over 500K. 20% on Cap Gains up to $1Bil. 30% on all Cap Gains over $1Bil. No loopholes, no write-offs, no pulling forward or late deductions. Fuck that. Flat tax. Period. Those IRS jobs that will be rendered obsolete can be repurposed to validation and monitoring. Make sure EVERYONE pays their share. Everyone.

[–] klobos 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Well, that isn't exactly a flat tax. And you are needlessly complicating it. A good flat tax would be something like 10% on all income and capital gains and that's it. No deductions, no creative accounting, no loop holes, no one is exempt, not even the poor. You make $20 you pay $2k, You make $2M you pay $200k. You invest $100k and make $50k on it, you owe, $5k. Same for homes or anything else. You lose money, tough shit, it happens. No risk, no reward, as they say.

[–] FarPointPatriot 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Yeah ... I think we are in 'Violent agreement' LOL

We agree on 95% of it. I dissent with you only on the term 'flat'. I don't think one size fits all is apropos. Think about this ... If you make $100K on investments, and you gotta shell out $20K, that is a pretty painful chunk. If you make $10 Billion, and have to pay an ADDITIONAL $1Billion, you still got $7Billion. SEVEN BILLION. Sorry, That is still 'buy an island' money. I'm not feeling sympathy for those cats.

Anyway, we 100% agree on no more accounting fuckery. Know who else agrees ... POTUS.

[–] 9C5F0DBCBA49 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

Jeff Bezos is an asshole shitlib, but Amazon got huge by delivering product with speed and providing customer service. There's no government program forcing people to buy from Amazon. Almost twenty years in and competitors still can't figure out that Amazon's success is their customer service. You can buy that cheap Chinese junk secure in the knowledge that if it sucks Amazon will pick it up from your front porch and refund you for the trouble. Until a competitor matches that service they're never going to beat Amazon.

Wealth is not a zero sum game. My earning money isn't taking away from your ability to earn money. Wealth is generated, not transferred around. Jeff Bezos is a piece of shit, but he is not making those children homeless. This is a typical shitlib mentality.

[–] Seer1965 [S] ago 

I agree with much of what you have stated here... Many small businesses were forced to close during the plandemic while Amazon was deemed essential and the playing field further tilted to eating small businesses lunch... important distinctions needed to understand major difference to shitlib mentality... when it is missed yet again in error small business shrinks yet again

[–] 9C5F0DBCBA49 ago 

I agree, but there's a fine line between helping small business and kneecapping big business. Society cannot advance if we make it our work to narrow the gap between the successful and the less-successful by dragging the successful down. We can't kneecap successful big business to help small business. It won't even help small business and it will retard our economic output. The only proper thing is to make sure that the government isn't doing anything to tilt the playing field one way or the other, then let the market sort it out.

[–] dickfitswell 3 points 0 points (+3|-3) ago 

Poor fags attacking the rich is so pathetic. No one takes responsibility but always wants to point the finger.

[–] NicotinicAcid 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago  (edited ago)

Remove patents as a start.

edit: If they are not removed completely, decrease the amount of time they can be in effect. The end result is about the quality of the product and service. Innovation will still occur because people have ideas they want to market. Perhaps something other that patents can exist, like the right to claim you're the original creator of X feature or product.

Obviously this would need to be well thought out and no some passing comment on voat.

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