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[-] hcf@sh.itjust.works 162 points 9 months ago

And every single one of those companies has gone through rounds of layoffs in 2025. Not only that, but each one of them had released statements saying that their layoffs were (paraphrasing) "strategic reductions in force" unrelated to economic factors.

Which is a long way of stating the obvious: corporate tax cuts don't encourage job growth. Even if that stupid theory were true, companies would have eliminated chunks of their workforce with or without the tax breaks because AI investments (/gambles) are majorly driving this iteration.

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 13 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

they have even less reason to hire people for thier companies, if they can save money they will just squeeze out the current employees or outsource them. prior to takeover r/conservative by russian bakced mods, early on in trumps term, they actually believe no corporate taxes equal=more jobs.

the layoffs have been happening since musk started in early 2023, than followed by every company in tech.

[-] sudo@programming.dev 74 points 9 months ago

Well my ISP dillegently itemizes every single state local and federal tax they pay as an additional "fee" on my monthly bill. Therefore, I should see that the federal item drop off my bill, right? Right?

[-] SlippiHUD@lemmy.world 35 points 9 months ago

Robert Reich has both a bluesky account and a mastodon account. There's no reason to use a xitter screenshot.

[-] D_C@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 months ago
[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 35 points 9 months ago

This is what you voted for protest-non-voters.

[-] SalamenceFury@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

I like how liberals are always like "Leftists are so powerful that without them the dems lose but so unimportant that we don't need them".

Almost like it's one of the core tenants of fascism...

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 30 points 9 months ago

You're twisting yourself into knots. I'm just informing protest-non-voters what they voted for.

[-] SalamenceFury@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

"You should've just voted for genocide!!" is what you're saying here. Also, there's more than enough evidence to say the muskrat rigged the election, so even without the protest votes you'd still have won.

[-] Rothe@piefed.social 18 points 9 months ago

Trump was a vote for 10x the genocide, besides all the other fascist stuff he has been doing.

[-] SalamenceFury@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Again, the election was rigged, so no, it's not the fault of anyone who didn't want to vote for a non-solution.

[-] biggeoff@sh.itjust.works 13 points 9 months ago

Who is "you" in the phrase "you'd still have one". Pretty obvious the person you're arguing with isn't a trump voter

[-] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 2 points 9 months ago

But the one you just replied to sure sounds like they voted for Trump by proxy.

[-] biggeoff@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 months ago

Alarmist at best, malicious at worst I think

[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago

"You should've just voted for genocide!!" is what you're saying here.

And by refusing to participate they allowed an even worse person to take the helm, and buddy up to Bibi (further than he already was) so he can build another tacky "luxury" resort on the rubble of those genocide victims homes.

Bravo... 🙄

[-] SalamenceFury@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Or maybe the Dems should've actually done something to prevent it from continuing. So yeah, which is it? Are leftist non-votes important enough that those people should've voted, or are we so unimportant that appealing to the non-existant "moderate republican" and campaigning with literal war criminals was the actual good choice to win?

I DID tell people to vote for Kamala, btw. That doesn't mean I didn't make fun of her for abandoning us for the favor of Dick Cheney and nevertrumpers. Who still voted for Trump, btw. And that's not even taking into account the fact the election might have been actually rigged.

[-] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 9 points 9 months ago

they are both strong and weak at the same time, so storng as you must always fight against the enemy, and weak that they cant do anything you want.

[-] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 34 points 9 months ago

If you ever need to remind yourself if Americans are stupid, remember that they elected a born rich criminal with one failed presidency already under his belt who made it very clear he would work to benefit corporations and that he was not a fan of unions or worker rights.

I mean....that is Grade A stupid right there.

[-] tempest@lemmy.ca 13 points 9 months ago

America was always stupid.

They just had the advantage that they didn't get flattened by most of WW2.

The rest of the world is starting to catch up as the US returns to its mean.

[-] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Well it was either that. Or a woman.

Twice.

[-] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 24 points 9 months ago

Ahh the tariffs make so much sense now, moving corporate taxes to the plebs.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Well, kinda. But also a ton of business to business trade is fucked right now. Automotive manufacturing can shift back and forth across the US/Canada border half a dozen times as pieces are machined and fitted and assembled.

There's a reason we ditched tariffs for taxes in the 1940s. Tariffs create economic friction at every border crossing. Income/business taxes only capture profits at the end of the accounting period.

[-] IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

yhea, obvious since the beginning. replacing progressive corporate taxes for a flat tax as a fuck you to people.

[-] TheMinions@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 9 months ago

I wonder where that guy’s son is from.

[-] TheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.works 14 points 9 months ago

Maybe he dropped out

[-] too_high_for_this@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

He's been here the whole time!

[-] evidences@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

He's famously from Ypsilanti Michigan, everyone knows this!

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[-] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 23 points 9 months ago

So their taxes drop, the cost of goods and services go up because…..why?

Why is it considered so damn important to keep rich people happy? Just fucking eat them. Or put them in a zoo isolated from the rest of us and tended to by the shitty AI they are so crazy about. Make the entire thing pay per view so I can watch them turn their environments into hellscapes while we live perfectly fine without them.

[-] GuyLivingHere@lemmy.ca 2 points 9 months ago

Human meat isn't going to be very palatable to other humans. Better to compost them and grow something with their remains.

[-] foodandart@lemmy.zip 22 points 9 months ago

Welp, there's 5 businesses right there that I will not ever buy anything from again.

They can't pay their fair share of taxes, I guess I can't be a customer.

[-] rowanthorpe@lemmy.ml 11 points 9 months ago

Related: Someone commented the following gem on another Lemmy thread a month or two ago - "They get to choose their business model, I get to choose my customer model".

[-] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 20 points 9 months ago

Oh cool so Walmart can afford ppl walking out with full shopping carts now

[-] PunnyName@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

If you see someone stealing food, no you didn't.

[-] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

During the Recession, in Chicago , a thing called flash mobs started happening. A bunch of people would storm into high end stores, grab whatever they could get their hands on, and run away. I would love to see it happen to big grocery store monopolies, Walmarts, and the like.

[-] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 19 points 9 months ago

Best part is if and when they try to restore them or raise them they will bitch about the rates being impossible snd 'they will just leave'.

Fucking shitfuckers...

[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 18 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Regardless of how taxed these corporations are, they all steal surplus labor value from the working class. Democrats only want to prevent the parasite class from killing the host, not to remove it.

I guess this is where im supposed to say thank you and kiss chuck Schumer's feet? standards are loooooow. Let's introduce competition into the electoral process and raise them.

Electoral Reform Videos

First Past The Post voting (What most states use now)

Videos on alternative electoral systems

STAR voting

Alternative vote

Ranked Choice voting

Range Voting

Single Transferable Vote

Mixed Member Proportional representation

[-] _Nico198X_@europe.pub 16 points 9 months ago

thank god i don't live in the US.

EU citizens, never stop fighting.

[-] azha@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

Do the same with chat control

[-] _Nico198X_@europe.pub 5 points 9 months ago

can never stop. they just keep trying and trying. sadly we have to do the same.

[-] UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca 15 points 9 months ago

That's a lot of money to trickle down, can't wait!!!! /s

[-] merdaverse@lemmy.zip 9 points 9 months ago
[-] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Trickle down only works as expected in specific situations.

[-] Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 9 months ago

The description on tickle down pic is spot on:

They will create cyberpunk style society “prosper” may be interpreted differently depending on the viewer…

[-] thefluffiest@feddit.nl 12 points 9 months ago

Corporate giveaway? Call it what it is: corporate socialism. Using the people’s money to line the pockets of oligarchs

[-] theneverfox@pawb.social 3 points 9 months ago

Well... Damn

[-] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 2 points 9 months ago

Now do the 99%

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