• prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    5 hours ago

    Huh… You weirdly left out one of their suggestions completely. I wonder why. Literally their first suggestion, in the very first sentence of their comment, too.

    Just a coincidence I’m sure.

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      5 hours ago

      Actually I just missed it, no need to wonder any longer. Yes, taxing the wealthy is a good idea. However, France already has a pretty high tax rate, so there’s a limit how far that can go and how much can be funded with it.

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        4 hours ago

        The percentage is the limit. that is not a number limit. it is essentially a structure to protect this exact damage to an economy we are feeling as a result of the the rich being unchecked and unhinged for far too long. there is only so far you can float an economy on so little until it collapses.

        And…you missed it?

        How??

        it was their answer to you asking “i wonder what their answer is”

        stop bringing down the comment curve. it is super trolly.

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          4 hours ago

          The percentage is the limit. that is not a number limit.

          I don’t understand what this means. In fact, the whole paragraph makes little sense to me. But it sounds very confident.

          And…you missed it? How??

          Dude, I’m old and doing many things at once. Probably focused more on their social programs part. However, in the big picture it doesn’t change the fact that you can only increase taxes to a certain point. If that’s not enough, there’s not many places to look for left.

          it was their answer to you asking “i wonder what their answer is”

          Yes, and it was a decent answer. I would like to see some numbers how it would work. Being angry is easy, being careful about a country’s economy is not. And I’m in no way against the protests, I believe they have a good reason to do so. I’m just curious about the end game here.

          stop bringing down the comment curve. it is super trolly.

          What’s a comment curve now?

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            3 hours ago

            yo we all busy doing a lot of things. And you’re not my job here. many other posts I’d rather be in than this one so dont talk like youre entitled to my time here.

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        4 hours ago

        Gotta rework how taxes are calculated. The mega rich just take out loans so they never have to pay capital gain tax. That loopholes gotta be closed

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          4 hours ago

          Yes. I don’t know how many billionaires France has, but it’s in any case too many. They should be taxed heavily.

          However, social programs are really really expensive. It would be interesting to see where the tax rates should be set in order to cover a meaningful increase in social spending.