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For the first time in history, billionaires have a lower effective tax rate than working-class Americans. (lemmy.ml)
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https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/05/03/opinion/global-billionaires-tax.html

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

fuck this country man

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I wonder why the government is broke all the time? Must be those lazy millennials and the middle class.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Just imagine what trump will do if he gets elected!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Okay, NOW the economy's gonna trickle all over me!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

This is misleading, billionaires have been paying effectively lower taxes for many many years. They just had to be more creative about it before now.