• Lv_InSaNe_vL
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    10314 days ago

    My dad (long time conservative but can’t get on the trump train which is good at least) thinks that “tax the rich” means people like high end doctors and surgeons. People who are absolutely in the top 1% but like “has a nice weekend car and maybe a lake house” not people making millions of dollars per month or week (or more)

    • @Genius@lemmy.zip
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      4114 days ago

      Your dad thinks that people earn money by working for it. In other words, he’s what would be a normal person in a socialist society.

      All you have to do now is teach him what capitalism is.

    • @gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world
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      3014 days ago

      Yeah, it’s hard for the human mind to comprehend how much money a billion dollars actually is and neither of the two major political parties in this country want to expand it to them

    • @jacksilver@lemmy.world
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      714 days ago

      The top 1% make roughly $600k per year, or probably more significantly (as not all rich people get “income”), a net worth of $11million according to this article

      So yeah, maybe some doctors are in that category, but it’s probably just the real big earners.

    • @Ledericas@lemm.ee
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      113 days ago

      mostly the actualy 0.5% to .05% which are the hundred millionaires and billionaires. MDs are close to 1%

      • Lv_InSaNe_vL
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        113 days ago

        Yes that’s why I called them “people absolutely in the top 1%”