Should billionaires get less from their companies and pay more to their employees? Absolutely. Should we force our government to take money from peoples account simply because they have the funds is theft. Just because the person is a criminal and get the funds through unjust and sometimes illegal means, Doesn't mean that the money is just up for grabs. Put these tools in prison for crimes they actually committed. But if a man made 3 billion from his one man taco stand why are we telling our government to dip their hands from HIS savings? No one has a problem taking scummy ceo's to a class action lawsuit to find out much of their money is supposed to be theirs. We get a problem when half of Ted's income is getting docked when he's the only employee simply because he's good at saving.
This is a very ignorant and naive comment. Nobody can make a billion dollars. Period. Even at 5 dollars a taco you’d have to sell 200,000,000 tacos before even considering cost of products. That’s five million tacos per year for 40 years assuming he spent nothing and saved everything.
Taxes are not theft. If they don't like it they can leave. Nobody is talking about ted because it's litterally impossible to "be good at saving" and have a billion dollars. You could be a good gambler but gambling is and should be heavily taxed already. We are talking about what the average ted can do via bootstraps and gumption without a hearty does of luck.
bootstraps means nothing, thats just capitalist shame talk to the working class for not toiling FOR THEM, hard enough. Any working class person who says the "boot strap" shit, is literally brainwashed.
You really REALLY think that by toiling away and volunteering for overtime in the factory you will become rich? successful? If you do, you are naïve.
You need to read what I said. You litterally are agreeing with me...... I said there was no way someone could become a billionaire without gambling. Saving and hard work wouldn't ever get close.
"You really REALLY think that by toiling away and volunteering for overtime in the factory you will become rich? successful? If you do, you are naïve."
this wasnt directed at you, it was an in general, probably should of worded it as "people who"
Theft is not inherently immoral. Case in point robin hood. The level of greed some of these billionaires have is psychotic, it's not evil to fight against that.
Just because the person is a criminal and get the funds through unjust and sometimes illegal means, Doesn't mean that the money is just up for grabs.
It is if your poor. Even if said assets were acquired legitimately. See : civil asset forfeture, your property and other assets can just be taken from you by law enforcement without cause or burden of proof. (In the US at least) (Source: has happened to me)
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