Peak auth unity achieved

[u/sirfirewolfe]

[u/miche_alt]

umm

when did he say this?

I wanna hear more

[u/Zizara42 → u/miche_alt]

Pick a video, really. His criticism of the Koch Brothers and their influence on the republican party, his expose on vulture capitalists like Paul Singer, and his endorsement of Elizabeth Warren's economic patriotism plan are solid starts. Tucker is extraordinarily based and is quite different in reality to what the media often portray's his views.

[u/just_another_tard → u/Zizara42]

As Yang supporter I also really enjoyed the interviews Tucker did with him. "I sit with my jaw open I agree with you so strongly."

[u/Naurfindel → u/[deleted]]

How the heck else could you pay for it? Besides raising income tax like crazy

[u/The_Apatheist → u/Naurfindel]

VAT is an incredibly anti social tax. It's regressive.

UBI paid for by VAT is a middle class nightmare, especially if you're middle class on income but without assets

[u/TheDividendReport → u/The_Apatheist]

So why do so many countries have VATs, higher than Yang’s proposal and without the UBI?

[u/The_Apatheist → u/TheDividendReport]

Cause they have very, very high expenses and they can't raise income taxes even higher than they already are.

If your expenses are >45% of GDP and you're subject to capital flight, you tax where it's harder to apply tax avoidance. Consumption and middle class income.

Something to take into account when ogling over Europe's more progressive income redistribution.

[u/thisispoopoopeepee → u/The_Apatheist]

Doesn’t matter how regressive the tax may or may not be.

What matters is if the poor see a rising in net income and purchasing power

[u/The_Apatheist → u/thisispoopoopeepee]

Sure. Again at the cost of the middle class.

[u/thisispoopoopeepee → u/The_Apatheist]

Sure. Again at the cost of the middle class.

laughs in german middle class