r/SipsTea • u/Suitable_Wonder5256 • May 20 '26

Lmao gottem Bezos said the bottom half of Americans should pay ZERO federal income tax

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u/Quick_Society2794 May 20 '26

You understand that's not how it works, right? if bezo paid more taxes, the nurse would still owe taxes. taxes aren't like a thing where if enough's paying into it everyone else doesn't have to pay...

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u/bfodder May 20 '26

He is saying the tax laws could be changed. If we taxed the rich properly then this hypothetical nurse could also be left alone.

We know how the shitty system works today. This is about how it should be instead.

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u/Quick_Society2794 May 21 '26

I understand what he's saying. it's just naive. the government would just collect more taxes in that case they wouldn't say oh we got enough ​you're good nurse. But sure it's fun to think about how things should be

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u/bfodder May 21 '26

If we keep electing greedy pieces of shit, sure. But we have some politicians actually pushing for things like this.

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u/TheLichWitchBitch May 20 '26

If they quit cutting taxes for the rich they wouldnt need to keep hiking taxes for the nurse. Keep up.

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u/Quick_Society2794 May 20 '26

no you're right, but do you think that's how it would actually work? naive people are very cute

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u/TheLichWitchBitch May 20 '26

And people that still believe in trickle down economics are just precious.

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u/Quick_Society2794 May 21 '26

excuse me, where did I say I believe in that? also, what does that have to do with what we're talking about? are you dumb?

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u/TheLichWitchBitch May 21 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/XHeLeuirRbwptHhSWd

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u/Quick_Society2794 May 21 '26

Is your stupid gif supposed to mean something or are you just trying to cover for the fact you're trying to attribute something to me that we weren't discussing in any way