• ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netOP
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    6 days ago

    As a programmer and my wife is a doctor, I’m in the upper brackets. But I don’t care. Also happy to see the millionaires losing even more money!

    In my eyes, $3000 goes a long way for someone struggling!

    • Bsher8365@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      I am in upper brackets, too - I’m happy to pay more if someone who is struggling doesn’t have to.

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        I guess I am too, maybe it’s my nouveau-ness (not that I’m anywhere near “rich”), but I don’t understand why the attitude isn’t “just go make more money”? (Keeping in mind we’re talking about people who don’t need the money for subsistence and are clearly capable of generating cash)

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      5 days ago

      That’s because anyone with even a shred of empathy would rather live in a healthy society for relatively cheap.

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      5 days ago

      Same. Oh no I’ll have to cook at home a few more times per year. How will I survive.

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      If I didn’t have to pay taxes, I could buy a house and stop paying rent. I’m above median.

      Neither plan is good.

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      5 days ago

      Yeah, I would pay less under Trump and so would everyone in my area. The brackets that would pay less under Kamala can’t afford to live here. Still a very blue area.