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• qwerty@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  And the current tax funded system clearly doesn’t prevent that and putting more money into it seems to only make it worse. Maybe if the people in those neighborhoods could decide how they want to invest their money and the money given to them by charities and donations instead of being dependent on their racist mayor doing the right thing and investing in their community instead of taking the money for himself and his community that would change.

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  • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And the current tax funded system

    Yes, we have already established that the system as it is now is not fair.

    Maybe if the people in those neighborhoods could decide how they want to invest their money and the money given to them by charities and donations instead of being dependent on their racist mayor doing the right thing and investing in their community instead of taking the money for himself and his community that would change.

    They don’t have money to invest because they’re poor. You do understand what poverty is, yes?

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    • qwerty@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The poor pay taxes too, in fact they pay the highest percentage of their income because they have to spend most of their income and can’t afford to invest or save. By removing the burden of taxes you give them additional funds that they could invest, save or spend on necessities and let charities, non profits, donations fund infrastructure. What’s more beneficial to a poor person, extra 2 meters of road in their neighborhood or doubling their paycheck?

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      • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The poor, at least in the U.S., are exempt from income tax.

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