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Originally Posted by Throndor
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Progressive income tax schemes do not affect the wealthy. The wealthy do not accrue wealth through "income". The wealthy make their money through capital gains, and using their corporations to award themselves free stock and stock options which allows them to bypass "salaried income tax" on top of expensing just about everythibg possible from their private lives against their companies. In the meanwhile, employees are not even able to write off their transportation costs getting to work, let alone their vehicle payment which is largely necessitated by increasing commute distances throughout the country. How is a 200mile/week commute to get to and from work NOT a work related expense?
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Ok so rich people are bad? I... agree with you?
Hate to be a dick here but the government didn't chose where you work or where you live.
As an aside rant, i agree driving in America is fucked. I recently completed a 5 year contract out in Japan, and one of things i talk about when people ask me what i miss the most i say the robust public transit system. That and their magical toilets, ahhhhhh, but i digress. I've traveled pretty extensively worldwide, including some "shit holes", and almost all of them have better public transportation than us. But for some reason when i advocate for more public transportation here i get called a dirty socialist.
Additionally, i assure that I also do not receive any tax write offs from my commute. And i drive roughly 200 miles a week to work. I'm not sure why this is the democrats fault? Are there republicans out there somewhere that are advocating for tax breaks on commutes? Are republicans trying to fix any of the problems you mentioned above? Hell, are any politicians? Please do tell.
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Originally Posted by Throndor
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Like you stated at the beginning of your posts tonight, the people voted on blablabla. Well, americans also voted for a wall, and a renewed approach to controlling the unfettered illegal immigration that the left has allowed, and even promoted, over the past decade.
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We did? When?. Oh, you mean the presidential election? The one that Trump won with 62 million votes to Clinton's 65? Not to mention that other nearly 7 million that voted for Johnson, Stein, and McMullin - I don't believe any of these candidates were pro wall.
I won't dispute that Trump won the election, we can discuss the merits of the electoral college later, but to say the majority of americans voted for this wall is untrue.
Ya know what though i'd be for a public vote for the wall. Lets have a referendum!
anyways, night night.