The top 1% now have more wealth than the "middle class"

[priapism]

 

[UW_Doog_Bot]

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[EverettChris]

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“We did it, Joe!”

But still…

 

[Fire_Marshall_Bill]

Stop taxing job creators. They clearly can't afford it.

 

[CallMeBigErn]

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It's worse now. You love it.

 

[priapism]

It might be time to massively tax stock buybacks by listed entities.
When you go to a fast food place, think about how much of your order's profit is likely going towards stock buybacks.

 

[Bob_C]

Where do you suggest the profit goes? To the government?

 

[WestlinnDuck]

It's worse now. You love it.

Actually it is the open borders and America Last people on Team Ern that put the hurt on the US middle class. Wasn't the Tug conservatives and classic liberals that shut the country down and destroyed thousands of American small businesses.

 

[PurpleThrobber]

It might be time to massively tax stock buybacks by listed entities.
When you go to a fast food place, think about how much of your order's profit is likely going towards stock buybacks.

When they raise the prices every quarter. All of it.

 

[priapism]

Where do you suggest the profit goes? To the government?

Towards the $2 trillion+ deficit.

 

[Bob_C]

lol. So they should pay taxes on their profit, which they already do, and then pay taxes on what is leftover too?

 

[priapism]

I like this vid about how Chipotle changed from making their customers happy to making their shareholders happy: smaller portions sizes.

If a chain store screws you on portion sizing, just walk out or ask for your money back. That's how you battle this shrinkiflation for profit in most everything now.

 

[PurpleThrobber]

lol. So they should pay taxes on their profit, which they already do, and then pay taxes on what is leftover too?

Depends on the industry. Putting into domestic capex raises all boats. There also used to be this thing called a pension that corporations would fund for their employees.

Lots of ways to deploy capital rather than financial engineering for benefit of most already overpaid CEOs

 

[PurpleThrobber]

I like this vid about how Chipotle changed from making their customers happy to making their shareholders happy: smaller portions sizes.

If a chain store screws you on portion sizing, just walk out or ask for your money back. That's how you battle this shrinkification for profit in most everything now.

Throbber bought a fucking maple bar today. It was shocking how they’ve shrunk even baked goods down to roughly half the old size.

It was damn good though. Tasted like Canadian tears.

 

[haie]

Oh my God how can I possibly give up chipotle and red robbin and those fucking places

 

[haie]

Shit thread anyways, so

https://twitter.com/x/status/2025620859315237319

 

[Goduckies]

Shit thread anyways, so

https://twitter.com/x/status/2025620859315237319

Yup hockey players are different... a NBA guy gets a booboo and he is gone.... hockey player gets tooth knocked out and he scores the winning goal

 

[CallMeBigErn]

Shit thread anyways, so

https://twitter.com/x/status/2025620859315237319

Nice propaganda, but there is nothing middle class about hockey.

 

[haie]

Nice propaganda, but there is nothing middle class about hockey.

Pop another zyn neckbeard.

 

[Fire_Marshall_Bill]

My brother and nephew go to Chipotle for some reason. It's the Mexi version of Subway. There's way too much good Mexican food around here to spend $18 for a burrito made by a poor gringo, chips, and a 25 oz. drink filled to the brim with ice