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[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 103 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"The difference in wealth between a surgeon and a billionaire is about one billion dollars, it's the billionaires that need to pay more taxes, they pay a smaller % than you."

[–] RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com 57 points 1 day ago (2 children)

How the the story of the nurses who pay more tax than Bezos didn't result in a landslide for progressives, I'll never understand.

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

including misinformation and disinformation from right wing sources.

[–] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

Yes...that's what I said

[–] Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago (1 children)

More as a percentage* than nurses.

That's one of the arguments my dad makes too, depending on the source he pays like 1-2% in taxes on a given year which was over a billion dollars last year.

[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Which is hilarious. That percentage should be around 40-50% if not more.

[–] quack@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 day ago

And at one point it was pretty close to that in many parts of the West. For as much as American conservatives want to go back to the 50s socially, they don’t seem keen on bringing back the fiscal policies of the time…