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David J. Sharp's avatar

Oh, the brutal irony: Undocumented pay taxes, Trump doesn’t. Musk doesn’t. Bezos doesn’t. I do.

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OJVV's avatar
Mar 5Edited

Yeah, that's always been the irony. I recall, as a young teen, learning that my single, working mom paid more taxes than GE did as a corporation. We were poor, by every measure, and the image that we paid while the wealthy did not has always resonated with me. Musk/Bezos/Fuckerberg can pay their share and still be wealthier than the bottom 30% of the country combined.

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David J. Sharp's avatar

Somehow “love of country” has become adoration of bottom line—“patriotism” in the 21st Century.

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OJVV's avatar

Strangely, a view held by so many, with relatively so little.

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