thatonecoder

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[–] thatonecoder@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah. I personally think that a mathematical curve would address that.

[–] thatonecoder@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 hours ago

Yeah. The little amount of financial literacy that I have, I got from experience; it was never taught to me by the school system.

[–] thatonecoder@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Hmm, you are right. But this is not knowledge that is taught to us. So, the main problem is politicians limiting the information given, no?

[–] thatonecoder@lemmy.ca 1 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (4 children)

Thanks for the explanation, but keep in mind that this is not only about the US. I am Portuguese, and this is a problem here, AFAIK. Nonetheless, this would simplify the tax calculation.

 

As the title goes. This would involve turning the tax levels / brackets into an exponential mathematical curve. One of the benefits off of the top of my head, is that people wouldn't be scared of their salary increasing just enough, to actually lower their clean income. Another one would be that you can lower even further the tax rate for middle / low class, because you (the government) would receive more from taxes. Any opinions/ideas for this?

[–] thatonecoder@lemmy.ca 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah. I guess the most important thing is to educate people, something that politicians haven't done, because they know that people wouldn't vote in them, if they were educated.

[–] thatonecoder@lemmy.ca 2 points 20 hours ago

We need to rid our society of greed, jealousy, and hate. But that is also in our genetics, so it will take a lot of effort.

[–] thatonecoder@lemmy.ca 2 points 20 hours ago

We (the people) desperately need to find a balanced solution, one that slowly makes people realize that capitalism hurts them, and that the only way is to make the richest people max. 3 times richer than the very poorest. And there should be a point where money is not a thing, anymore. However, that conclusion will only happen in decades, if not centuries.

[–] thatonecoder@lemmy.ca 1 points 20 hours ago

But the Democrats are the lesser evil of two. Just because you vote in the lesser evil doesn't mean you can't fight it, later on. Bernie Sanders knew he most likely wouldn't win, so he focused on fighting the Greater Evil: Trump, and the MAGA mob.

[–] thatonecoder@lemmy.ca 4 points 21 hours ago

Ah. Thanks for telling me about this project, though!

[–] thatonecoder@lemmy.ca 2 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

So, do those minority protections have to be implemented in the Constitution of the country itself?

[–] thatonecoder@lemmy.ca 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I actually thought about including that (counting abstaining as voting for no party/leader) in the post, but the problem would be people voting for the Greater Evil, because they don't really want to vote. But it would, indeed, lower the amount of people who don't vote.

 

As the title goes - I think it's a good solution for some of the Western World's problems, like politicians not following their campaign promises. On the other hand, conflicting politics are a big possibility, which would create further problems. Any ideas?

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