Cant imagine making 30 k a year and having to pay even 1600 in taxes. This is saying it will increase that much.
This is such a slap in the face. The tax breaks for the rich will be barely noticeable for them. The increase for everyone else could result in noticeable hardship.
Barely? It won’t be noticeable.
This needs to be called Trumps Tax Rises, and repeated over and over again until it sinks in with the morons who voted for him.
Why don’t we just charge the homeless infinite tax money to support the government?
Bug report filed.
Closing, will not fix
PEBKAC. Known issue.
Dev note: seems like a skill issue.
It’s the same in Germany, people listed the actual tax cuts that’ll happen per income bracket for each of the major parties, and surprisingly the nazi party that keeps drumming up the “We’re the common man’s party!!!” is the one that wants to make the rich richer.
And if you want to make the rich more richer than the fucking FDP, a factually one-man party by a guy that can only comment “But what about Porsche drivers?!” to any problem you put in front of him, wow are you a rich assholes party.
Remember, fellow Germans: Today we vote. And if on the way out you vote with your fist in the face of a nazi or nazi-sympathizing voter, that’s a bonus!
Unfortunately, disinformation seems to be the winning strategy.
From an American: sorry for Facebook, Twitter, all that… Both our parties are kinda bought by big tech, and it’s affecting y’all too.
Also, spite. A German acquaintance tells me that their family is going to vote for the AfD to punish their current government. In my opinion, Harris lost because of similar actions—citizens trying to teach a lesson or punish their party for not being what they want it to be (which is a reasonable wish, but I’m not sure about the action). Argentina also had some resentful voters that led to the clown in power today.
In my opinion, Harris lost because of similar actions—citizens trying to teach a lesson or punish their party for not being what they want it to be (which is a reasonable wish, but I’m not sure about the action)
The democrats were doomed to failure from the beginning. They consistently ignored their voters and were almost enthusiastically pushing people to the other side. To this day, most of the democratic leadership doesn’t seem to have learned any lessons.
But what’s infuriating is that the republicans pushed Trump. The traitor who attempted a violent coup against the American government, and who very clearly had plans to become a dictator and destroy democracy in this country is who they backed for president. If they backed some sane right or center-right candidate, they would have wiped the floor in that election with much more votes, much less drama, and possibly even restored a sense of national unity.
But nope. The republicans joined the American traitor, and now the entire world is going to suffer for it. If WW3 happens, I hope the equivalent of the Nuremberg trials remembers who got us to this point: it wasn’t the incompetent Democrats, it was the fascist Republicans.
Why not vote for some smaller party though? From what I understand, AfD would keep a lot of the bad (highly regressive tax policies, foreign policy).
I make 60k a year and pay 32k in taxes.
In the us?
In the NL. I’m happy to as well, we’re having a nice and safe country. Only things to fuck it up are Russia and the US right now.
Yeah, we don’t get any of the social programs you benefit from.
Looks like income tax is reduced across the board. And the increases come from removal of IRA rebates and adding of tarriffs.
From your link:
Yeah, this is what every economist in the country has been saying for the last 3 months. These idiotic tariffs are going to screw every middle to lower class American.
That completely ass backward,that’s like sone kinda 1600 French king shit right there. Well I hope you all like mass emigration. Once people realise what’s being taken from them and what a better deal they can get literally anywhere else in the world.
Spoiler alert: no one’s taking USA refugees
I’m not taking about refugees,I’m dealing about anyone who wants free Healthcare are more for their money.
I’m sure it will all trickle down /s
These people have to live somewhere. Why is nobody killing them?
Gated communities.
Also, killing doesn’t solve the problem. You have to force transfer of weath/power and that can’t happen if someone is dead.
How can we know it won’t solve the problem until it’s been thoroughly tested?
we’ve tried nothing and we’re out of ideas
People have been killed for 200 years trying.
Americans are brainwashed with an ideology of nonviolence
The population has been made isolated at the community level. There are very few local groups doing any reaction at all to this.
And violent reactions which are successful are a group action; it’s very seldom an individual, in any era of history, changed the politics by themselves.
And as long as there are no impromptu gatherings of significant frequency, there will be very little violence.
The internet is not a replacement for community driven change which powers all social and political movements, peaceful or not.
The turning point, if there is one, will be lots of local meetings by the thousands , and not until then. No matter how violent or passive the individuals be
Americans won’t form violent groups because they’re trapped in the mind prison of nonviolence. They think violence is wrong.
What are you smoking?
The only country in the whole world with thousands of school shootings annually thinks violence is wrong? The country where the police force is trained to view themselves as an occupying force and civilians are enemy combatants is averse to violence? The country who’s leader is currently cheerleading multiple genocides is peaceful?!?!1?
Can you even define “violence?” Because this country personifies it.
The country’s political classes are violent. The people are trained to be nonviolent. This gives the state a monopoly on violence, which cements their control. Americans will be free when they stop worshipping at the shrine of nonviolence.
You’re right. Right after we stop driving our cars though protestors and shooting people through closed and locked doors we can “stop worshipping at the shrine of nonviolence.”
“America’s is nonviolent” is probably gonna go down as the singular stupidest thing i read all year. 'grats.
it’s more nuanced than that.
certain kinds of violence are glorified, because that which is forbidden is coveted.
Certain kinds of violence are acceptable, because it targets groups that are considered lesser.
Ask anyone if “is violence sometimes ok?” and you’ll always get a loud and resounding “no”, and it’s so obviously a lie. You can even get them tripped up in the lie if you ask “what if someone is breaking into your home?” or other questions in which someone else is committing violence first. They’ll begrudgingly admit that sometimes violence is ok, but that’s different! If the person is open minded enough, you might even get to more nuanced scenarios than that, but good luck.
We have the largest military spending in the world, and we call it “defense”.
Superman and Batman are two of the most iconic characters in fiction, and they Do Not Kill. It’s a big deal if they break that rule, or that piece of media is kinda trash, that happens too. I like to call them “defenders of the status quo”, because the companies that own them (not just them but also other characters that serve the same purpose) won’t ever let them make things better. If they ever try, that’s portrayed as a bad thing. We’re told through these media that the real world as it is, is as good as it gets. The real world sucks ass, the bad guys won, and they’re not even cool bad guys.
I think I lost the plot somewhere in there. Time for another drink!
There is still a lot of violent potential in all this population, it just needs to be nurtured by a working grassroots movement. And that is broken. Just like you can drive a car with a working motor, that has a busted axle; you cannot lead violent people to do things if there is no place to hook up or meet in person.
This applies to the people who oppose you as much as you, and I mean anyone. So, the current situation is sort of a stabilizing force at the moment
It’s because it IS wrong. Animals resort to violence when they don’t get their way.
The allied soldiers who killed the nazi soldiers are… doing something wrong?
🤔
Nice whatabout. Not entertaining it.
That’s not what a whatabout is.
Don’t kid yourself, you’re pro-violence if you’re okay with how the system is now.
Where in what I said did you interpret that I was okay with how the system is?
You just claimed all violence is wrong, in reply to why people are choosing “nonviolence” which is a liberal propagandized view because the entire system is predicated on very active violence, just not in front of the consumers.
Also odd to call all animals wrong for “choosing” violence, I’m not certain how you define it, but colloquially violence is either inherently part of how nature works or a choice that is within some human defined morality that cannot be blanket applied to other animals.
BULLSHIT
Profound! As was the last time you said the exact same thing.
This is so funny because it is 100% the opposite. Violence is everywhere in america and people are completely desensitized to it and is completely fine if it is directed at the poor. Violence on the streets, violence against homeless, shooting your neighbors for pulling up in your driveway to turn, shooting people for not driving how you want, shooting up schools, mass shootings, all completely fine and absolutely no steps are taken against it.
They are brainwashed into nonviolence against the rich and corporate power and encouraged to use tons of violence against the poor and people that look slightly different than them.
Perfectly exemplified by fox (most popular “news” station in america, legally can’t call themselves news since they lied too much):
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Luigi in an inhumane terrorist traitor who should be killed
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the guy who killed homeless people in the same week: “some say that he is a hero” and praising him for the full news cycle
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Maybe it’s because we’re not animals. Had half of this country been educated enough to see what was coming- we wouldn’t be in this mess. Violence will only make it worse.
Who’s not an animal? Because humans are definitely classified as animals. We’re definitely not plants.
Animals as in- barbaric knuckle-dragging cavemen than can’t handle negativity and adversity without harming others.
You’re virtue signaling and need to do some deep searching and a review of human history. Be better.
Yeah… being nonviolent absolutely is a virtue. A pretty simple one at that. So I’m hoping the signal is loud and clear. And human history? Really? We used to use the practice of trepanning to release evil spirits from one’s head. Doctors once prescribed cigarettes to patients. History is a bad example to use to justify the present.
And lastly, you have the nerve to tell me to be better while you try and justify acts of violence?
Be better indeed- and evolve while you’re at it.
What acts of violence have they committed?
strange though that rich educated billionaires are fine using violence through the state to oppress citizens
Did I say that was fine?
In a game theory situation, One actor that obeys laws vs. another that doesn’t tends to eliminate the one that does obeys laws.
so even hypothetically, we can’t take the high road as it leads to a cliff.
and don’t be so naive to think the world peace and order we enjoy wasn’t paid for with blood of our ancestors. The rules you hold dearly now didn’t protect your ancestors when they sought to do what’s right.
Violence is the hallmark of peace.
Have fun storming the castle when people can’t even organize protests of any significance.
That is a completely different problem.
Yeah, I forgot how this country became liberated in the first place.
Yeah… it’s not 1775 anymore. Did you not know this?
Oh, so that’s why I can vote. I was so confused. Doesn’t change the fact that fascists need pitchforks.
BULLSHIT
Such an astute point! Care to elaborate?
Sure! NOTHING has been achieved in repelling tyranny or gaining human rights without violence. All of the rights that the Fascist Pedophiles are taking away now were all won through acts of violence or very serious threats thereof. There is NO SITUATION in which tyranny abdicated itself because you begged it to. Not only is violence a legitimate answer to a problem, in political situations it is often the only reasonable response available.
Also, we are, in fact, animals in a very real and literal sense: “a living organism that feeds on organic matter, typically having specialized sense organs and nervous system and able to respond rapidly to stimuli.” And animals often fight to survive.
BULLSHIT.
Such an astute point! Care to elaborate?
What world are you living in? Only slightly more 1\4 of the US voting population tried to stop fascists from taking over even after the fascists said, “Hey, we’re fascists, and we plan on getting super fascisty up in dis bitch!”. Slightly less than 1\4 of the voting population actively worked to put the fascist in power and the remaining half gave the fascists 2 thumbs up and cheered them on. You are talking like this is some coup, but the US fucking invited them in and handed them the keys to the place. Even with all their tricks and lies and downright illegal activities, it wouldn’t have meant shit if just a small percentage of the rest of the voting population had bothered to vote. So, even if we pretend that we are all Rambo and go on some single-handed “cleansing” of Washington, and we just murder the shit out of them without them lifting a finger to stop us. WTF is that going to do for us? They’ll just be replaced by more monsters because that’s what we chose.
Backslash fractions!?
For some reason, the Google keyboard has \ on the main keys, but I have to dig for / and I just can’t find the ability to give a shit some days.
Print, laminate and start ticking this up around your local town centre.
Spread incorrect info? Sounds good
What’s incorrect about it?
I, too, would like to know what is incorrect.
Nobody making less than 200k will see an increase in their federal taxes. In fact if the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act didnt get extended, you’d be far more likely to see an increase.
Do you have a source?
Is there something in there specifically i should be looking for?
Its all there, black and white. You wont find anything that matches this fabricated infographic.
Thank you, user C126, for so proudly and loudly declaring yourself as someone to be summarily ignored.
The only way the folks who need to see things like these infographics will see them though:
you can shove it up their ass and they’ll still vote for him
What does this have to do with enshitification?
Can a whole country come under the enshitification banner?
It’s certainly trying.
I didn’t think it was possible, but clearly…
There are so many spaces where you can talk about US politics and so few where you can talk about enshitification. Please don’t turn this into another noisy sewer of American political discussion.
I mean, I agree with this and think it should be spread widely, but probably should be in politics or politicalmemes.
Enshittification is, from the sidebar, “The phenomenon of online platforms gradually degrading the quality of their services, often by promoting advertisements and sponsored content, in order to increase profits.”
Sorry. There just isn’t a platform for stuff like this big enough on lemmy right now. Tried shoe horning it here but it’s literally at the top of r/all and is good content. From my experience politicalmemes would bite my head off. Politics must be an article.
Ironic. Enshittification of Lemmy.
The same thing happened on reddit, where any “content” could fit anywhere, because who gives a shit right?
Hey, the mods could have removed it. I will if you insist. Give me the word.
This has been my experience as well. Many communities have strict posting rules. If you just want to post an infographic, options are extremely limited.
You can never vote in your life and still have to pay taxes. You could be as non-political as you want, you’re still paying taxes. What’s the point of pretending this only affects people who are into politics?
Also surely that’s not correct on the sidebar right? Only online platforms? That’s that’s not what we’re here for. If that’s what it says someone fucked up. That’s obviously not right.
Well, I mean, I remember when Cory Doctorow first created the word, and it’s always meant to me what the sidebar says. It captured specifically why online platforms start out very consumer-friendly to attract users, until the users and businesses are trapped by network effects, and they become the product being sold.
Maybe language changes, maybe it now means just “things getting worse” to some people. But I honestly think that’s a tragedy, because if “enshittification” loses its specific meaning, it loses the power to specifically call attention to this phenomenon.
It’s like Robin Hood, but in reverse…
Dennis Moore?
Your lupins or your life!
Hobin Rood or Nibor Dooh?
Hood Robbin’ was right there
Damn son, you cut that mustard with precision and speed.
Here in eu there is 30% tax for job contract salary and landlording is 8% tax
Hahaha if only it was 30%
| 40 % | 15.200 -
| 45 % | 26.830 -
| 50 % | 46.440 - … euro
On income from work. https://fin.belgium.be/nl/particulieren/belastingaangifte/inkomsten/belastingtarieven
