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@kingshrubb@lemmy.ml to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months ago

Legalized bribery

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Legalized bribery

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@kingshrubb@lemmy.ml to Microblog Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 months ago
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  • mechoman444
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    Turbo tax made 1.6 BILLION in income. And that’s not enough. They need to lobby and change the landscape of the countries tax system to generate even more profit on top of the profit they already made.

    This isn’t capitalism anymore this is something else entirely. It’s a metal disorder. A disease.

    https://www.propublica.org/article/turbotax-and-others-charged-at-least-14-million-americans-for-tax-prep-that-should-have-been-free-audit-finds#%3A~%3Atext=The+company's+TurboTax+unit+generated%2CSterling+Auty%2C+who+covers+Intuit.

    • @pablodaniel@lemmings.world
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      This isn’t capitalism anymore this is something else entirely.

      That’s the thing, it is capitalism. It’s always been about those who have more exploiting those who have less.

      The problem is this generation of workers has been duped into believing that corporate profits are a good thing, rather than an indication of workers getting taken advantage of.

      It’s all bass-ackwards by design. I stopped trying to find rhyme or reason and just settled on “most people are dumb as shit.”

    • @ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one
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      17•2 months ago

      Capitalism demands that line must always go up.

      • @pablodaniel@lemmings.world
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        5•2 months ago

        Line goes up means businesses are taking advantage of customers.

        Line goes down means customers are taking advantage of businesses.

        Why are customers cheering when line goes up and angry when line goes down? Oh yeah, they’re useful idiots.

        • @Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works
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          3•2 months ago

          Well also, most people have been forced into a retirement system that makes line go up make everyday person happy. Cutting off the nose to something…

    • @technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      And this is just taxes. Capital also do this with our health, water, air, etc.

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