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Big corporations are on your side | PLEASE HELP STOP THIS MAN FROM KILLING ALL THE JOBS; OUR PROFITS ARE ON THE LINE, WE HAVE PAID 0$ IN TAXES ALL THESE YEARS AND WE WILL HAVE TO STOP MAKING THOSE SUPER USEFUL TANKS! | image tagged in bernie sanders,big corporations,oligarchy,freethetank,military industrial complex,feel the bern | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
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I'm not saying it is right for them to do it.. but if you massively raise taxes on businesses, they WILL PASS THE COST DOWN in the form of higher prices for goods and services, and less hiring, less raises, less benefits, and increased workload for employees... YES, the Middle-Class will predominantly pay for it -- while the politicians will walk away laughing up their sleeves that they got away with duping the Public into falling for it -- yet again
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this can be especially so, if or when they don't realize it
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But ALL people have high taxes, not just the top.... "Scandinavian income taxes raise a lot of revenue because they are actually rather flat. In other words, THEY TAX MOST PEOPLE AT THESE HIGH RATES, NOT JUST HIGH-INCOME TAXPAYERS. The top marginal tax rate of 60 percent in Denmark applies to all income over 1.2 times the average income in Denmark. From the American perspective, THIS MEANS THAT ALL INCOME OVER $60,000 (1.2 times the average income of about $50,000 in the United States) would be taxed at 60 percent" https://taxfoundation.org/how-scandinavian-countries-pay-their-government-spending/
https://fee.org/articles/the-myth-of-scandinavian-socialism/#0
0 ups, 6y
Yes, all people here have high taxes, but we have on average much higher buying power than people in America ;) our wages are a lot higher too. When you look at income after taxes we end up with a similar amount as what people earn in the U.S, but we don't have anywhere near the same costs as people in the U.S. Also we have many deductions for the middle and lower classes, for example when you have kids under the age of 18 etc. We also such great paid leave for parents, as well as amazing vacation time. This is thanks to strong labor unions of course ;)

Healthcare is something we never have to worry about. And we don't have to worry about losing our job if we get sick. Our quality of life is just so bloody much better. Many Americans I know would never go back, unless they got filthy rich, seeing as America certainly is a lot of fun for people who are filthy rich.
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I mean ugh, I hate paying these taxes, like I would love to give up those benefits so that I could pay less in taxes... Not
3 ups, 6y
Oh yeah, America is a collection of 100's of millions of penniless families, eating dirt, living in trailers (or holes in the ground) with no toilets, next to a few thousand people living on 500 acre estates, cracking whips (they're all white, of course).... Is that the picture?...

The 'Left' in America does NOT love all people; in fact they HATE quite a lot... What the 'Left' here seem to be interested in is the notion of free stuff, for themselves, not everyone else, and they are interested in the destruction and/or distortion of the history and founding of the U.S.... They are interested in pushing 'identity', based on race, gender, religion, etc., to be used in assigning all persons to either be hated and punished, or to be mourned and coddled as perpetual victims...
Some of the caring souls at Universities even don Black Bloc, go out and throw rocks, start fires, spray mace in other people's faces, obstruct highways & block ambulances from reaching hospitals

Anyway, I guess you didn't look at the links above; what do you say to this article:
"Sorry Bernie Bros But Nordic Countries Are Not Socialist"
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffreydorfman/2018/07/08/sorry-bernie-bros-but-nordic-countries-are-not-socialist/#17bf261874ad

Also, there is much talk about this supposed 'fair share' claim; here is just one of a great many articles which describe tax portions and incomes. Maybe such numbers are incorrect?
https://taxfoundation.org/summary-latest-federal-income-tax-data-2018-update/

* In 2016, 140.9 million taxpayers reported earning $10.2 trillion in adjusted gross income and paid $1.4 trillion in individual income taxes.

* The share of reported income earned by the top 1 percent of taxpayers fell slightly to 19.7 percent in 2016. Their share of federal individual income taxes fell slightly, to 37.3 percent.

* In 2016, the top 50 percent of all taxpayers paid 97 percent of all individual income taxes, while the bottom 50 percent paid the remaining 3 percent.

* The top 1 percent paid a greater share of individual income taxes (37.3 percent) than the bottom 90 percent combined (30.5 percent).

* The top 1 percent of taxpayers paid a 26.9 percent individual income tax rate, which is more than seven times higher than taxpayers in the bottom 50 percent (3.7 percent).

There's no need to respond, as I don't have much time to waste in reading such... And after all, you are too busy enjoying the paradise life in Utopia...
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https://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/denmark-tells-bernie-sanders-to-stop-calling-it-socialist/
2 ups, 6y,
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(Luft-weg means 'Air-way' -- it's German, not Swedish)....
But anyway, you're being fooled... Again, I'm not saying it's right or wrong, but do you seriously believe that if taxes are massively increased on corporations/businesses, that they won't DEFER those costs in the only ways they can? Do you think they're just gonna sit there and say 'sheesh, our taxes are going up; let's just sit here and do nothing'... That's idiotic thinking.... And, btw, like has happened many times before, you'll likely never see much of any result from the tax increases (the 'Govt' will just engage in the same-old crony game of shuffling around the money, until much of it 'disappears')....
Look, I truly understand your frustration (and my frustration) with wages, but wages are apparently rising (apparently, the most they have in a decade)... https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/31/wages-and-salaries-jump-by-3point1percent-highest-level-in-a-decade.html
Don't be the type of person that the 'Left' exploits in order to maintain their 'poverty base'; they love the poor so much, that they want them to remain that way.... They thrive off of having dependents, who they can throw trinkets at... Some of them want your goal to be making minimum wage (which, even at $15, is a rather low goal to have)...
Also, I'm not a Republican. Technically, I am and always have been a registered Democrat... But, I don't 'belong' to ANY dumb party --- and no one should, unless they are running for office and need the 'backing' of a party.
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Ah it was German, knew it sounded familiar. To me it sounds like Air-wig, so the air-head connection was just a quick association. (A part of my family waay back is German)

As i mentioned, we have it pretty great here in Scandinavia, your illogical reasoning isn't really going to convince me otherwise =) They need to be held accountable, which they aren't being in the U.S. currently.

You are so ahistorical in your arguments you know, there is a reason why things are so great here in Scandinavia, and why America was going places when their marginal tax rate was between 70 and 90 %. Of course wages are rising now, businesses are realising that people have had enough and are calling them out. If they do not raise their wages quick, they will be in the line of fire, as disney, amazon and other companies are.

The left loves all people, and wants all citizens to have bare necessities so they can be more productive members of society. As stated before it works pretty well over here ;) I would like you to tell me where this "poverty base" is in Scandinavia, are they hiding in the bushes?

It's not about throwing around trinkets, but providing opportunity and economic freedom so that people can follow their dreams, be creative and start the companies they have a passion for. It's about providing a fair marketplace, where they are secure and won't lose everything if they get sick. I never said you were a republican, I just said 70% of republicans agree that we need the people at the top to pay their fair share of taxes ;)

By making them pay their fair share we can have universal healthcare, taxpayer paid tuition, taxpayer funded pre-k, properly funded education and other important social programs.
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