• OberonSwanson@sh.itjust.works
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      3 months ago

      Meanwhile, my long disabled cousin just started receiving SSI after 2 years of them dragging their feet. 2 months in, he now has them again, requesting pension forms, paystubs for work, unemployment compensation forms and life insurance policies. All things he already reported he never had due to his disability. It’s like they’ve suddenly believed things changed in that time window. The whole system seems to be broken, which might be intentional.

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    I keep posting the same comment. These people are robbing all of us of our prosperity. We could all be living in utopia…

    Thieves!

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      They are deciding our standard of living.

      “This Is What Our Ruling Class Has Decided Will Be Normal” -Aaron Bushnell

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    Warren Buffet is hypocritical piece of shit.

    No one among the 25 wealthiest avoided as much tax as Buffett, the grandfatherly centibillionaire. That’s perhaps surprising, given his public stance as an advocate of higher taxes for the rich. According to Forbes, his riches rose $24.3 billion between 2014 and 2018. Over those years, the data shows, Buffett reported paying $23.7 million in taxes.

    That works out to a true tax rate of 0.1%, or less than 10 cents for every $100 he added to his wealth.

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      My “true tax rate” is a low single digit number too, if you measure it the same way, and I make ~$50k a year.

      It’s extremely disingenuous to talk about taxes paid as a percentage of income, and as a percentage of total wealth/net worth, in the same breath, as if they are anywhere near the same thing.

      It’s also extremely disingenuous to say someone is ‘avoiding tax’ by not paying tax on their unrealized gains in net worth. He doesn’t OWE any tax on that. NOBODY in the US does.

      This is like calling someone a draft dodger, who was never drafted, lol.