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[–] 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 18 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] quack@lemmy.zip 8 points 17 hours 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…