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[Red Squirrel]

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My workplace is in a union. I would never work in a non unionized job, especially in tech. Way too unstable and there's basically no job security. Tech in general is pretty cut throat, but I've found a pretty cushy job. I do hate the fact that this inflation system means that you can't just settle with a job and be happy though. Eventually my costs of living will exceed my income so I will be forced to look for something different that pays more. That won't be easy to find here.

It would be nice to see corporate structures that give more money to the people that actually perform the work. If I ran a company I would redistribute a lot of the profits back to employees. After a few million in my own bank account and a few 100 grand coming in every year, I don't really need more. I don't understand billionaires and how they always want more. They're not even spending any of that money on anything, what's the point of just hoarding it.

At same time I don't believe in forced wealth distribution either, I don't think the government should be able to just force their hand but you'd think the capitalist system would do it by default. The incentive to being rich, is being able to buy nice stuff like high end cars and such, which puts money into the economy. But for some reason lot of these people don't do that. I don't really have an answer for what is the best approach to that.

 

[MrSquished]

My workplace is in a union. I would never work in a non unionized job, especially in tech. Way too unstable and there's basically no job security. Tech in general is pretty cut throat, but I've found a pretty cushy job. I do hate the fact that this inflation system means that you can't just settle with a job and be happy though. Eventually my costs of living will exceed my income so I will be forced to look for something different that pays more. That won't be easy to find here.

It would be nice to see corporate structures that give more money to the people that actually perform the work. If I ran a company I would redistribute a lot of the profits back to employees. After a few million in my own bank account and a few 100 grand coming in every year, I don't really need more. I don't understand billionaires and how they always want more. They're not even spending any of that money on anything, what's the point of just hoarding it.

At same time I don't believe in forced wealth distribution either, I don't think the government should be able to just force their hand but you'd think the capitalist system would do it by default. The incentive to being rich, is being able to buy nice stuff like high end cars and such, which puts money into the economy. But for some reason lot of these people don't do that. I don't really have an answer for what is the best approach to that.

Watch out there Squirrel - you sound like a socialist. This is exactly what they want in a socialist/capitalist hybrid system. Still plenty of reward to be had, but the workers get a more FAIR share. This is exactly what your political side does NOT want.

Don't your moron right wing social media accounts you follow warn you about exactly this?

 

[Pohemi]

I don't really have an answer for what is the best approach to that.

I do. Raise taxes on the wealthy (not poor or middle class) and close loopholes. Simple.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Well, finish that off-grid project and maybe you can stop paying taxes. Hope you don't need to use any roads or emergency services, though. That'd be socialism! You might question the ROI for your tax dollars, but making it seem like you get NOTHING back for that money is lulz.

That's the end goal if I want to be able to retire and still have a nice place to live without needing a job to keep up with bills, I will need to be partially responsible for winter road maintenance but that's going to be a pretty easy trade off for the low taxes. There are still taxes but it's only $100/year. That covers basic road maintenance like grading it in summer, signs, culverts etc. Hopefully that tax rate never changes. Don't need permits or any of that BS either which is nice. Lack of emergency service is a trade off I'm willing to risk. I need to inform myself on that since I think there probably is some sort of service, but I would be paying out of pocket for it. I'd still need some kind of job but I would have way more breathing room in my finances with so much less ongoing costs to worry about.

I'd probably put the money I get from selling the house into some kind of investment. Assuming I get 200k for it and get 2% interest I think that would come up to 3,333k/mo? I don't know if I'm actually calculating that right, as it seems high. Although there is probably income and capital gains tax on that so it's probably more like half. In the end it's always the taxes that kill you lol.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I do. Raise taxes on the wealthy (not poor or middle class) and close loopholes. Simple.

As long as it's the truly wealthy I could stand behind that. And I do agree with the loopholes, it is a big issue. Trump pays less tax per year than most of us pay in a single pay cheque. It's sick that this is possible.

The issue is any time the government says they want to tax the rich, it ends up targeting the middle class too. Typically they do it in the form of luxery taxes so they start to tax nice things, that middle class people who are smart with their money can also afford, like boats and cottages. The worse one yet that I saw proposed is an equity tax. I don't know exactly how it works but think you would pay a tax based on how much your house is worth. People who don't make much money and were able to afford their house because it was cheap when they bought it but now the value went up would get royally screwed by that.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I hope we didn't scare away OP.

 

[Pohemi]

Yeah kinda morphed into a P&N thread, lol.

 

[ElFenix]

Don't make me jail you all in P&N. You're scaring away the fresh meat.

AT Moderator ElFenix

 

[nakedfrog]

At same time I don't believe in forced wealth distribution either, I don't think the government should be able to just force their hand but you'd think the capitalist system would do it by default. The incentive to being rich, is being able to buy nice stuff like high end cars and such, which puts money into the economy.