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[–] 98 points 3 months ago (1 child)
[–] 69 points 3 months ago (1 child)

It's kinda weird that the first time I heard of Charlie Kirk was the time he got shot.

I'm just browsing Lemmy and the headlines were "CHARLIE KIRK JUST GOT SHOT AT A RALLY!!!"

And my first reaction was "Oh no! Also, who is that?"

And then I started learning who he was. So now I know that he was a gun advocate who held rallys calling for more gun violence. From that perspective I now know that he died doing what he loved. Getting shot.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    If you're American, it's impressive you managed to avoid him!

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  • [–] 43 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    I love this guy he's hilarious. What has he been up to?

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  • [–] 37 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    At least he leaned left in the end

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  • [–] 27 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Socialism isn't a bigger minimum wage. Socialism is when the workers control the means of production and own the fruits of their labor.

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  • [–] 22 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Dishonest for sure. Stupid people aren't this good at propaganda.

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  • [–] 22 points 3 months ago

    Dead grifter is dead.

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  • [–] 21 points 3 months ago

    Fortunately, Charlie hasn't said anything dumb or racist in a year

    What a great year, too bad all those other guys are still saying dumb and racist things. Really looking forward to when they'll be silenced.

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  • is Charlie Kirk this stupid

    I have good news for you

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  • [–] 13 points 3 months ago
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    Charlie was really wearing his heart on his sleeve. And his collar. And his chest. And the pavement.

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    Wait, do Americans not have a tax free threshold?

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  • [–] 20 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Yep. It's called the standard deduction. If you make less than that, you pay zero income tax.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    Oic, weird, in Oz we just have a 0% tax rate for everything under 20k(ish)AUD, seems like a lot of extra steps to have tax rates listed for inconsequential amounts and then make people claim a deduction for those. Does the standard deduction apply to everyone or is it just if you earn less than the fixed amount? Because the latter would then penalise people for earning slightly more than the fixed amount which seems unfair ..

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    I don't feel like I have a strong answer to that, other than there is a standard deduction applied to all federal tax returns. I suppose this would effectively give you the "tax free" bracket?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah that sort of makes sense, seems like a lot of extra steps for no reason ..

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    I think the "no reason" might be TurboTax/Intuit/that one tax filing company named after a couple or whatever

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah that seems likely given how the US does everything else, make that shit as complicated as possible so someone can fleece someone else and maybe leave some loopholes that someone in the know can exploit ..

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    We do, but it's laughably low compared to the cost of living. It also only exempts you from personal income tax, not the other two major federal taxes that fund Medicare and Social Security. The majority of states also impose their own income tax, and the rules for how those are applied can vary wildly.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 months ago

    He 100% started with $7.20 and did the rest in a way that let him back into that number

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago

    Facts:

    • Some partial premise
    • Some incomplete data
    • A conclusion loosely based on the previous points that confirms prejudice

    (Last time I checked, facts were not that, but... Nevermind, the fuck is dead)

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  • [+] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)
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    Rest in piss!

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago*

    Is his corpse still being filmed and molested by his wife?

    If the answer is no then I demand to know why it isn't.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago

    Facts: He dead.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago (1 child)
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    [–] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

    Stop posting this looser

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    I feel like this one already stinks to high heaven. About time for the next one

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Pretty sure he's dishonest

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    [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    Isn't 7.2 currently minimum wage and consequently, if Charlie would have been right, the government had more money... and that is bad?

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