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Riots in France caused by police shooting 17-year-old: 40,000 officers will be deployed; 180 people arrested around the country, 170 officers have been injured(www.nytimes.com)

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MomoTimeToDie@sh.itjust.works
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So unless I pay lower taxes, I don’t pay power taxes? Brilliant fucking conclusion you’ve come to there

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Nah what I’m saying is that most states’ taxation rates are pretty close to what you’d get in other developed countries.

Except pretty much every other developed country has cheap healthcare and education. The US is truly alone in this, and it shows, because the US also has some of the worst inequalities of the modern world.

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because the US also has some of the worst inequalities of the modern world.

Ok and I care why?

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Because maybe, just maybe, you’re a good person?

Oh and also because pretty much every economist agrees that lower inequalities are better for the economy. ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

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