Post AZ0oxc2ey4hsI2Hyym by LupinoArts@mstdn.social
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(DIR) Post #AYzc9eO6ZwJ2Tilmu8 by stux@mstdn.social
2023-08-22T15:18:58Z
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TaxesMy employer pays tax to pay me, after that I get to pay it again when I receive my paycheck! With that paycheck I have the luck to pay taxes again when I buy something and if I’m careful and save something I can also pay taxes for that :blobcatgiggle: It doesn’t seem fair but I do get to live in a country where it’s relative safe, we have good infrastructure and healthcare and a reasonable government so at the end it does balance outExcept for…. [1/2]
(DIR) Post #AYzcBJ7gbzND6csd72 by stux@mstdn.social
2023-08-22T15:19:15Z
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Mega corporations[2/2]The amount of taxes that a low to medium household are required to pay in general are absurd against the amount the mega corporations in this world are ‘required’ to pay.This goes not everywhere but in most places with the simple excuse that if the government doesn’t cut them a deal they will move to a country where they do get a tax breakWe should stop giving mega corps tax breaks all together so they won’t have a choiceIf you make big money, you should pay big tax
(DIR) Post #AYzcywRFE6JlEKhCIC by curtis@social.teci.world
2023-08-22T15:28:22.144664Z
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@stux Agree on taxes and mega corporations not being in our best interests.I do not agree on large governments being in our best interests. They have the ability to convince us that they are needed and promise to smooth out the rough spots in civilization. That is an illusion.When we fight continuously for small government, free markets and elimination of mega corporations, we will be in alignment.
(DIR) Post #AYzeSUdDHCTHd7wtyS by mk@mastodon.satoshishop.de
2023-08-22T15:44:54Z
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@stux "I do get to live in a country where it’s relative safe, we have good infrastructure and healthcare and a reasonable government"the netherlands? i'll give in a couple of years and you're either in civil war or a new-world-order #wef fascist slave-state.
(DIR) Post #AYzfDeofEB1KpNnKm8 by FallsMom@mastodon.coffee
2023-08-22T15:53:20Z
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@stux Do you know how the tax situation in Netherlands compares to Norway? I know they have a high tax rate.
(DIR) Post #AYzhJRYbdYYvLrAdRw by acrousey@mastodon.social
2023-08-22T16:16:49Z
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@stux "bUt tHeY'rE JOB cReAtOrS!!!"Aren't we all, though? We're all consumers. Even producers have to consume to produce. Consumerism is what drives capitalism. And yet, policy makers only ever talk about the burdens of production. So what? Without anybody wanting (or needing) to buy their shoddy product/service, it is worthless, like that piggy bank I made way back in the 7th grade. Lift the burden off the consumers and more products/services will get bought.
(DIR) Post #AYzpd34pABZ8qt6FIe by joaovitoriasilva@mstdn.social
2023-08-22T17:49:59Z
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@stux well I believe everyone/company should have the same taxes requisites. This is a more just and transparent system. It is also a more simple system that benefits everyone. However to address big margins and profits governments could apply some other things like if you have more than X€ of profit you can't pay minimum wages, you can't use government help and other stuff
(DIR) Post #AZ0PG7o90KF1DLfN20 by dzarmo@nerdculture.de
2023-08-23T00:29:14Z
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@stuxRecently there was a Global Minimum Corporate Tax iniciative, backed by 130 OCDE countries.It did not pass in the EU because Hungary blocked it. But the Dutch government proposed to do it even unilaterally.https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/five-big-eu-states-implement-minimum-corporate-tax-if-no-eu-deal-2022-09-09/
(DIR) Post #AZ0RO7Moj7Ai4Xp6f2 by rob11563@mastodon.coffee
2023-08-23T00:53:01Z
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(DIR) Post #AZ0oxc2ey4hsI2Hyym by LupinoArts@mstdn.social
2023-08-23T05:17:15Z
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@stux That's a bit too simplistic: Mega corporations also employ people and they pay the same ancillary costs as small(er) companies. But those are usually earmarked for specific social securities and not considered taxes in general. Income taxes are something different from that, so that comparison you made is a bit off.
(DIR) Post #AZ1MHkFHTRa40nOrOC by iemke@climatejustice.social
2023-08-23T11:30:32Z
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@stux exactly that’s why, when the microsoft or meta datacenters burn (1 day, they will), the fire department should only put part of the fire out. Goes for tax-dodgers like max verstappen as well. No more free rides.