VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 2 months agoThe rich convinced us that taxing them is too complicated but everyday people can be taxed pretty easilydiscuss.onlineimagemessage-square174linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageThe rich convinced us that taxing them is too complicated but everyday people can be taxed pretty easilydiscuss.onlineVetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square174linkfedilink
minus-square4am@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoThey’re not taxed because they used to be illegal and they shouldn’t ever be taxed because they should be made illegal again.
minus-squareHostilePasta@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoThe same way prospect (futures) markets should be illegal, as well as options. The rich apparently couldn’t make enough with regular stocks so they had to build gambling into it, and then inside trade to make sure they won. Burn it down.
minus-squaresik0fewl@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoShould probably do both for when they inevitably become legal again.
They’re not taxed because they used to be illegal and they shouldn’t ever be taxed because they should be made illegal again.
The same way prospect (futures) markets should be illegal, as well as options. The rich apparently couldn’t make enough with regular stocks so they had to build gambling into it, and then inside trade to make sure they won.
Burn it down.
Should probably do both for when they inevitably become legal again.