I refuse to accept an economic system in which school teachers pay a higher tax rate than billionaire investors.
I refuse to accept an economic system in which school teachers pay a higher tax rate than billionaire investors. 73 comments
@rbreich I wish I had an option but unfortunately billionaires will always cheat the system. (They wouldn’t be a billionair if they followed the rules) @rbreich @hwebb you don’t understand it, it is not about balance, it’s about people, and those who goes to the power all the times think just about them, never mind what system is it. Power and money destroys humanity ;-) however believe me, capitalism at least does not imprison and death punish its opponents. @hwebb but no one has been sentenced to death as in my country, you know there has been lack of toilet paper and queues for meat in 80s. While communist party high members were eating caviar. Waiting time for car has been several years. However so am glad for European system of capitalism. @rbreich @rbreich Sirs, I wish you would give this plan your full consideration. My 92 year old father asked me to check this article to see whether I could find any holes in it. I challenge any of you to poke holes in the argument. Overview of the Economic Democracy Act | Center for Economic & Social Justice https://www.cesj.org/learn/economic-democracy-act/overview/ @rbreich …you forgot that they pay higher taxes AND pay for all the school supplies for their students out of their own pocketbooks. #truestory @rbreich Asking that everyone be taxed the same is just seeking equality in oppression, we should be asking that the government take less from people not more. But as long as they're taking stuff they should target the billionaires and leave normal people alone. Isn't the idea of "limited government" really just a perpetuation of the inequalities that exist in society? This is a common "libertarian" tactic, espouse "limited government" except for building a wall on the border, or funding the military. No limitations there, its just things like health care where they want "limited government." I know you're not actually a libertarian, but IMO contemporary libertarianism is a fraud perpetuated by the rich to impose inequality. @UkraineWillWin @rbreich Libertarian capitalist ideas of limited government are functionally just feudalism, the rich playing the roll of the state. @UkraineWillWin @rbreich Under libertarian socialism however the 'state' is the people, its functions are carried out by the people as a horizontal structure. @UkraineWillWin @rbreich It's interesting to think of how a libertarian socialist 'state' would interact with the rest of the world. In Rojava where a lot of these ideas have been implemented they have a figurehead legislature with no real power because that's what other countries expect to be able to interact with. @rbreich it’s morally wrong that we build the infrastructure and services that they exploit for profit. @rbreich Thanks! I am a Speech Therapist who works in public schools. Both of my kids make more than I do. with 30 years of experience and 2 Master’s degrees. They are in their early 30s. #NEA #PublicEducation @rbreich @rbreich this teacher is sick of it. Every year we are given more duties, more expectations, but no increase in compensation. I don't want to be a billionaire; I'd just like to be able to reliably provide for my family. I feel I'd have much more focus and motivation in the classroom if the stress of affording basic needs wasn't looking over me every week. I care for my students, but I love my own kids more. @rbreich Hi I read your book supercapitalism and in my mind get stuck the duality citizen/investor now what would be the equivalent in a supersocialism? I hypothesize that in the other part of the spectrum, the duality will be Citizen/welfare recipient. @rbreich ...and those on benefits pay an even higher rate of tax when indirect taxes are taken into account. @rbreich |
@rbreich Eat the meek they say