Minecraft creator and fellow Exile Notch banned from 10 year anniversary celebration for wrongthink
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You know what I think is a good way to decrease income inequality? How about you improve the bargaining position of labor.
You know what decreases the bargaining position of labor? Importing large amounts of competing laborers. As we've been doing for decades. Huh, whaddya know about that? Income inequality has been increasing for decades.  1990s Democrats had this shit figured out. Or I should say, they'd talk the talk, but not walk the walk. When Stephen Colbert was killed by HYDRA's Project Insight in 2014, the comedy world lost a hero. Since his life model decoy isn't up to the task, please do not mistake my performance as political discussion. I'm just doing what Steve would have wanted.
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"How about progressive taxation? BOOM problem solved NEXT |
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"Laffer curve says no. Try again. When Stephen Colbert was killed by HYDRA's Project Insight in 2014, the comedy world lost a hero. Since his life model decoy isn't up to the task, please do not mistake my performance as political discussion. I'm just doing what Steve would have wanted.
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" Did you even read the article? Or should i have used the therm "vulnerable areas" and then my point would stand, the heck. As for the critique's, they are critique's on the sustainment of the current nordic model. The critique favoring "more socialism" as a possible solution doesn't make the current model somehow something else. And the last critique could be considered a "bad review" for Denmark considering the tax/social returns compared to america. If a country performs a bit better on the social front but pays 800% times the taxes then a question could be raised if that is cost efficient for the state and its citizens. Facts remain that the labour force is going down while social benefits remain static which eventually implodes if nothing is done or a debt is made for the next generation.(there probably already is, but maybe it can be increased to prolong the system) Peace, -Boem- Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes
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" So progressive taxation is not to boost the economy, silly, it's to reduce income inequality, two very different things. The increased revenue you would get you could invest in 'equalisers' like healthcare and education. Even if the voodoo economics theoretical Laffer curve is taken literally, many would argue cutting taxes from the rich does not result in 'trickle down economics', thus not boosting the economy at all. |
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"Did you? " "? "Ok maybe I'm getting (finally) something out of you. You seem to be saying that high taxes are bad because...? Of cost efficiency? What does that mean? Nevermind, you lost me again. "Labour force is going down? I guess you mean because of baby boomers and current birth rates or something? You realise a welfare state doesn't actually run on static benefits, right? I mean, the welfare is adjusted each year based on economic output, i.e. revenue, it's a budget component. I mean sure you could run the country budget as a deficit to keep paying off unemployed to live extravagantly, but come on, who does that?? |
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" Because the "Nordic model" relies on free market capitalism and free market capitalism needs 1. endless growth and 2. near-full employement to function. Both of these points are questionable, especially the second one. " Income inequality is generally increasing, not decreasing.
Spoiler
 It's even worse for wealth inequality. GGG banning all political discussion shortly after getting acquired by China is a weird coincidence.
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"Communism it is then, eh komrade? " Still well below the OECD average and miles below scary places like the UK. I wonder where the US would be on the GINI scale... In any case, it doesn't matter at all. Progressive taxation would immensely reduce income inequality, where introduced. |
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" The stats literally prove you wrong but that has never bothered you before so why would it bother you now? Also both the UK and the US have progressive taxation. And then there are examples like South Africa where taxes are very progressive but income inequality is still through the roof. GGG banning all political discussion shortly after getting acquired by China is a weird coincidence.
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" BWAAHAHAHAHAHA If by progressive you mean the rich pay fuck all and the poor get owned, sure. |
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