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Rich Lives matter (libranet.de)
submitted 3 years ago* by to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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But F the poor I guess

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[–] 2 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children)

Oh no, 1% of my paycheck is going toward efforts to save lives

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

    @DudePluto I'm not sure where you live, but in my part of the world approx. 50% of my income goes to taxes, either directly (sales tax, income tax, social security tax, medicare tax, property tax) or indirectly (taxes paid by people who make the things I buy that increases the overall cost of the things I buy). If some billionaire is stuck in a sub, whoever wants him alive can pay for it.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)

    I don't care how much you pay in taxes. If you calculated what percentage of your actual income went to trying to save people (specifically in this instance) the number would be infinitesimal. And you better believe that if this incident is found to be the result of corporate negligence there will be lawsuits and more.

    The fact that people turn legitimate anger and frustration from class warfare into hatred and indifference toward the suffering of fellow human beings is fucking disgusting. And I guarantee if you were in their boat and needed rescuing you'd spit in the direction of everyone holding their hands out for you to pay them to save you

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    indifference toward the suffering of fellow human beings

    Sine qua non for being a billionaire

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    I am certainly in agreement that billionaires are unhealthy for society and have no reason to exist. Their wealth should be redistributed. But I will not let my ideology eclipse my humanity. Nor should anyone.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    How much do you pay for US coast guard? I think people are moaning about nothing on this.

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  • [–] [S] -3 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    @ImFresh3x more than 0 is more than I want to pay.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 years ago

    You don’t. You aren’t paying anything. Because you don’t pay for USGC. And we’re not getting rid of the coast guard. Move somewhere where essential governance doesn't exist. Some libertarian utopia without building codes and roads. And die from eating toxic food.

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