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America's billionaires pay lower tax rates than you do, study finds (www.cbsnews.com)
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[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nah. Fuck that.

The wealthy pay more.

We used to tax the fuck out of the wealthy and surprise surprise, that time period was what is generally considered America's golden age when the middle class was the strongest it's ever been.

[–] DireTech@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

Always weird when people idolize that period. Americas golden age was when most of the world’s manufacturing was destroyed by war.