United States | News & Politics

3179 readers

623 users here now

Welcome to !usa@midwest.social, where you can share and converse about the different things happening all over/about the United States.

If you’re interested in participating, please subscribe.

Rules

Be respectful and civil. No racism/bigotry/hateful speech.

Post anything related to the United States.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

simsymbiote@midwest.social

Type1@midwest.social

According to the Cato/YouGov survey, 62 percent of Americans aged 18–29 say they hold a “favorable view” of socialism, while 34 percent say the same of communism. (www.cato.org)

submitted 1 week ago by cm0002@lemmy.world to c/usa@midwest.social

4 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I’m a high-earner millennial software engineer, and I identify as a pretty staunch socialist. I know that socialist policies will likely mean I’ll have to pay more in taxes. That’s ok. I’m ok with that. The societal benefits far, FAR outweigh the drawbacks.

[–] BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Completely agreed. I should be paying 5 or 10% more on my top bracket. But also the real money is in capital gains, which should also be taxed on a progressive schedule. Right now you have people who make millions or billions through investments and pay 15% tops while people at a high salary pay 30%. There's no reason why someone at the 85th percentile of income should pay double what the top 1% does.