@beerandtokens There is still free tv. You can buy an antenna and get the same channels I did back in the day.
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Steve Miles
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Again, this is a total different world.
You didn’t buy Netflix and all of that. But TV was free. Now it’s not. You went to the movies, now people watch them on Amazon Prime.
You need a cell phone to exist in today’s world. You had a land line.
“We were frugal”. No.. you just existed in a world that was different and had less financial demands.
Todd Nida@ToddNidasqM
Back in the 70s we didn't take lavish vacations and didn't spend on iPhones, Netflix, Prime, Paramont +, internet, Amazon, DoorDash, and dining out all the time. Nowadays, people just choose to spend their money differently. Apartments were not luxury with exercise rooms, rooftop pools, and balconies. It was just different. Much more simple and money went a lot further.
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You can't tax rich people on unrealized gains from stocks because "it's not real money until it's sold."
So explain to me why my property taxes keep going up based on the unrealized value of my house?
I didn't sell it.
I didn't cash out.
I didn't make a profit.
But somehow I'm paying taxes on paper gains every single year.
Interesting how "unrealized gains" only become a problem when wealthy folks are involved.
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We need to tax wealth, not income. And... if you don't like having wealth taxed, don't be wealthy. After all, you say being wealthy is a choice, right?
If you want to live in a society where the working class generates wealth for you, then you need to share the wealth. If that's too much of a burden, then don't choose the path of being wealthy.
Now, I'd be fine if we offer some type of system where instead of straight tax to the government, some of that wealth goes directly to the people who live in the community or a portion can go into the medicare for all fund, etc. There could be many ways to distribute that money, etc.
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This simple meal cost me $301
Government needs to fix food prices
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Would You Rather Wednesday:
Would you rather
1) Make every putt between 10-20 feet
or
2) Be able to hit your driver exactly where you want every time with distance up to 350 yards
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@BladeoftheS The lawmakers created the tax code he follows, if he didn’t he would be arrested. Any lawmaker in office longer than 10 years is to blame.
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Jeff Bezos pays ~1% tax.
If he paid the 41.7% tax that most people earning over $581,850 pay.
There would be money for everything.
Jeff Bezos@JeffBezos
Thank you. The important part is zeroing out taxes on the bottom half. Best way to put money in someone’s pocket is to not take it out in the first place. Bottom half is only 3% of total tax revenue. But it’s very meaningful to that person. Zero it out.
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What is something you've officially stopped buying in 2026 because the price has become genuinely insulting?
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@GunnelsWarren You’re conflating worth with income. Also How much did Bezos pay in dollars compared to these examples? Based on the numbers you have here he paid 2.8 billion dollars in taxes.
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No. When Jeff Bezos pays a lower tax rate than a truck driver, the tax code is not progressive. It's rigged.
Jeff Bezos
Worth: $279 billion
Tax Rate: 0.98%
Truck Driver
Income: $63,890
Tax Rate 8.4%
Teacher
Income: $69,860
Tax Rate: 9.8%
Nurse
Income: $98,430
Tax Rate: 13.3%
Jeff Bezos@JeffBezos
Yes, the United States has the most progressive tax system in the world. The top 1% pay 40% of taxes, the bottom 50% pay 3% of taxes. We can make it even more progressive by zeroing out taxes on the bottom half. It’s a small amount of the total tax revenue but very meaningful to people in this group.
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@Uncatfishable Just eat what you can afford and work on yourself to get a better paying job.
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Do people realize that peanut butter and jelly and chips is what they give kids at school who can’t afford school lunch? That’s what they give prisoners in holding cells if you get to jail after food time. And you want working adults to eat that everyday willingly.
Ben Klayer@the_satellite23
Loaf of bread = $5 Peanut butter = $4 Jelly = $4 18 pack of chips = $12 Bag of apples = $5 Total = $30 And you'll have lunch for an entire week or two. $2-4 average per day. Inflation isn't the problem. Your spending habits are.
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The Illinois legislature passed a "Junk Fee" transparency bill today.
Shockingly, they specifically exempted government taxes and fees from the bill. They don't want you to know how much tax you are paying to the government.
Here's what your gasoline receipt would look like in Chicago if we had tax transparency.
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@CTULocal1 You will just steal it like all the other tax money collected.
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Quite a wild take from a man worth more than $200 billion AND whose company could help fund Illinois public schools if politicians passed a digital ad tax on corporations like Amazon.
That money could fund “that teacher” in East St. Louis and then some.
Working people built Bezos’ fortune. Illinois should tax it.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar
Bezos on CNBC: "You could double the taxes I pay, and it's not gonna help that teacher in Queens. I promise you."
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@Lifeinvestmoney If you can’t figure that out you shouldn’t have a house.
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This basic meal cost me $37
I can’t afford a house because I need to eat to survive
How do we fix this?
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Effective tax rate paid by Jeff Bezos from 2014 to 2018: 0.98%
Effective 2025 federal tax rate paid by Amazon: 1.4%
Typical tax rate paid by the average American: 14.5%
Just thought I should point that out.
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The average cost of owning and operating a vehicle in America is now over $12,000 a year.
That is $1,000 a month.
Before rent. Before groceries.
Before healthcare. Before debt payments.
Just to have a car.
And in most of this country you can't work without one.
Owning a car used to be freedom.
Now it is just another bill you cannot escape.
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The bread is cancerous and toxic
The lunch meat is cancerous and toxic
The chips will clog your arteries and leave you feeling hungrier because that’s what simple carbs do
Sure eat like this every day&you may just save enough for your cancer treatments by the time you retire 🤗
PassiveAggressiveIncome@indexnforgetit
The younger generation has been brainwashed into thinking you have to pay $22 for lunch instead of packing a ham sandwich and chips for $2.50
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@catholicbob Why does it cost so much more than 3 years ago? I’m thinking the cost of labor has a lot to do with it, minimum wage?
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Boomers are doing their level best today to prove to Millennials and Gen-Z how woefully out of touch they are. The latest is about how kids these days are eating $30 lunches every day. Now I don’t know if it’s true that kids are spending $30/day for lunch (I’m doubtful), but I will note that $30 is basically lunch for 2 at a fast food joint. It’s not a steak at Outback. The problem isn’t that kids are spending too much on lunch, it’s that lunch costs too much. Everything costs too much. Eating PB&J everyday doesn’t help with the cost of gas, healthcare, or paying back student loans. There is no empathy.
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Which would you prefer? Eliminate the state income tax or property taxes?
Please pick one (although truth be told I want to do both).
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@SLBJr224342 @shaun_show But is what he is saying wrong? Tell me what is wrong?
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Back in Chiraqistan, gas is $1.10 higher a gallon than in a well-run state like Florida. Illinois steals more in taxes than the refinery makes in profit, and they can’t even clean the streets. But sure, blame Trump. The real mafia runs the government. Who’s the extortionist now?
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@fentoozlr2424 @whothehellsjack Great visual. I don’t understand why people are so ignorant about how this works.
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No I work in retail where I can quite literally see how much money I’m making the company. I’ll do anywhere between $600 and $2000 in a 5hr shift while only making $71. It’s more radicalizing to see the dramatic extent at which your surplus labor is being extracted
Mago Berlino@MagoBerlino2
Siamo tutti di sinistra finché non iniziamo a lavorare
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@chigobiker3130 @shaun_show I have a genuine question, do you think our state is run well? If so, what is it the state does for you that is good?
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@shaun_show Stay Florida
We are happy here
Eric Lee@EricLeeAtty
Monstrous behavior by ICE and Alabama police, who blamed a Honduran mother for "abandoning" her child when they arrested & deported her without him. The son, Orlin, a US citizen, was then murdered by abusive relative and Trump admin wont let her return to bury him. Nightmarish.
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