• Evolith@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Decent idea, but the calculation is flawed based on the average US citizen income tax being ~14%. Why should excessive profits for the rich be only taxed 3%?

    • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de
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      4 days ago

      see, this exact type of infighting is exactly why leftists never get anything done in the US. instead of agreeing on a proposal that will make everyone’s living condition a little bit better, people infight about it “not being good enough”.