Did I stumble into an Ayn Rand forum?

Do you agree? I think coming from a history of not receiving any of it at all, 50+% of the income from our labor isn't a hard ask.

By the way, would it be a sliding scale? Would there be some sort of melanin test where the greater the concentration the lower the tax rate?

I pity the Dutch. Other than freckles, they are pretty much boned.

Ah well. Enjoy your weekend.

because the poster didn't think tax rate should be determined by race.

Did he think that African Americans should earn a majority of the income for their services?

He said no and then went on some tangent about melanin not determining tax policy. This is a low count poster that has in multiple posts brought up the "not about melanin" excuse to dismiss the racial aspects of something. Sorry, I'm not dealing with that shit.

That isn't a racist opinion.

But the top Federal income tax rate is 39.6%. Only people with high state and local taxes might pay more than 50%.

And an entertainer like Beyonce probably takes a lot of deductions before her income is taxed.

You haven't been pulling a "melanin is not the reason" card on DU and you have a history here.

And personally that is fine, but I'm not voting for any political candidate that ultimately has me paying more than 50%+ of my income in taxes. I refuse to work for less than a majority of my income, which tbh is still vastly smaller than what a corporation would make off of my labor.

Deductions aside, Beyonce is still probably paying a much larger amount of taxes than most of us on DU combined. The state property taxes on a 90mil house purchases is probably more than what many posters pay in a year.

spends a much smaller proportion of income than the rest of us on basic expenses. So she can afford the taxes on the investments she makes.

I don't begrudge her her amazing income, but I'm also not worried about her having to pay the same tax rate as anyone else. And I think people with 90 million dollar homes should pay proportionately higher taxes. Even at 50% total income taxes (or whatever her amount is) she would still have more disposable income than the vast majority of people.

You are pretty sensitive.

I don't have to be affected by the words of some anonymous poster looking to get internet points to realize that they're meant to be an insult.

A lot lately - but it's same old same old.

women. it's more about resentment than it is about tax policy. just look at the complaints about money she spends on giving birth. like WTF .

if it was about tax policy they the issue would be what her position is. i doubt she has a detailed view of it but she does vote for the more liberal party under which she would pay more taxes.

another thing is they got angry when i mentioned how lower income/working class white men vote republican and are more responsible for the tax policies that favor the wealthy.

lower income/working class white men vote republican and are more responsible for the tax policies that favor the wealthy.


Amen.

My take? A lot of those guys voted for Trump out of resentment he gunned up against minorities of ALL socio-economic flavors.

They believe that only THEY work hard.
Only THEY are allowed to get rich in America.

Truth be told - if the Carters had 3 kids and needed tanf and snap to get by . . .they would be just as angry.