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There are Minimum Wages, Why Not a Maximum Wage? (www.counterpunch.org)

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[-] Fl4k@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 months ago

personally i absolutely support billionaires if you remove the actual issues like them being able to lobby and remove legal forms of tax evasion so that the country is benefitted more, especially when they are creative(ish) like elon and do stuff actually beneficial to humanity like space programs (may be wrong but i believe hearing news abt him making that and running it), and honestly it would be great if more billionaires focused on space exploration as well as the governments, its just the next step in mankind tbh

[-] i_am_tired_boss@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Fuck off back to shitter Elon.

[-] mechoman444@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I just want to start off by saying that your opinion is valid and it's not even necessarily wrong. So don't listen to anybody trying to disparage you on this.

If we are to allow billionaires to exist, they should take considerably more responsibility for the power that they wield and they of course should be taxed fairly in accordance to their income.

Also, lobbying should just be downright illegal. Which it is borderline is anyway.

[-] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 5 months ago

If they were taxed fairly it would be impossible to become a billionaire at this stage in our economy.

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

Agreed except the part about lobbying. The EFF and ACLU are lobbying groups, and I don't think you want to outlaw them. Heck, signing a petition is a form of lobbying.

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[-] Albbi@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago

The Hamster from The Hamster Dance 2.0 makes maximum wage

My favourite line from the song.

[-] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 5 months ago

Not even on the table whole inflationary spending is allowed. Maximum currency issuance first, then lets talk. Otherwise you just have a time bomb.

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