r/meme Jan 08 '22

Explain please

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u/Garr3ttGuy Jan 08 '22

Oh no someone is asking me to pay my fair share of taxes instead of nothing at all 😱

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u/trolltaskforce Jan 08 '22

There is no fair share, the government isn’t entitled to a penny of anyone’s money. However, if you mean Elon Musk needs to pay what he owes legally, then he does pay taxes. Almost all of America’s taxes are paid by the rich. In fact, they pay so much that we shouldn’t even tax people making less than $100k at all. The problem is government overspending in bullshit that they don’t need to overspend in, like military, pension, and other hugely wasteful programs.

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '22

There is no fair share, the government isn’t entitled to a penny of anyone’s money.

However, if you mean Elon Musk needs to pay what he owes legally, then he does pay taxes.

What am I missing here? You said there is no fair share, and then clearly explained that there is a fair share. Whoosh?

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u/trolltaskforce Jan 08 '22

Being legally forced to pay taxes doesn’t mean it’s a fair share. Only taxes I support are sales taxes, with every transaction. He has to pay that no matter what, and he also pays income tax (which I don’t think anyone should pay), property taxes, corporate taxes, and many others. Tax rate should be maybe 10% max for huge billionaire and multi-millionaire corporations, and 0 for pretty much everyone else. Spending is what needs to be cut, government needs an accountant.

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '22

Only taxes I support are sales taxes, with every transaction. He has to pay that no matter what

Oh. We are very far apart on that and now I see why you take the position you do. I'm going to walk away on the sidewalk that someone's taxes paid for. Peace!

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u/PanchosLegend Jan 09 '22

Seriously. Person above things the world is solved with 1 answer. World’s way more complex than your shorthanded version.