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Spain and Brazil push global action to tax the super-rich and curb inequality

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131 points Traces | 15 comments | 02 Jul 25 10:03 UTC | HN request time: 1.273s | source | bottom
1. rebanevapustus ◴[02 Jul 25 10:37 UTC] No.44442056[source]▶
> Brazil One of the most violently unequal countries on the planet. Very proficient however in virtue signalling.
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2. mvid ◴[02 Jul 25 10:54 UTC] No.44442151[source]▶
“The problem isn’t solved, so how dare they try to solve it”
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3. pennaMan ◴[02 Jul 25 11:03 UTC] No.44442211[source]▶
They are not trying to solve it. They are pretending to solve it by masking the underlying issue and making things worse in the proccess.
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4. octo888 ◴[02 Jul 25 11:12 UTC] No.44442289[source]▶
Also let's not forget Spain's endless corruption scandals. You aren't going to tax the people giving you money
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5. exe34 ◴[02 Jul 25 11:16 UTC] No.44442318{3}[source]▶
Worse for whom? If it's for people richer than me, I'm okay with it.
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6. actionfromafar ◴[02 Jul 25 11:19 UTC] No.44442339{3}[source]▶
I don't have high hopes it will solve anything, but I'm also not sold on it making anything significantly worse.
7. octo888 ◴[02 Jul 25 11:19 UTC] No.44442340{4}[source]▶
That is completely obviously not what they meant
8. diggan ◴[02 Jul 25 11:21 UTC] No.44442360[source]▶
> You aren't going to tax the people giving you money

Lol, why are we still being taxed then?

We do have endless corruption scandals though, that part is pretty accurate, but they still tax us like there is no tomorrow. At least we have pretty good healthcare, so it isn't all doom and gloom like the "news" want us to believe.

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9. skirge ◴[02 Jul 25 11:25 UTC] No.44442383{3}[source]▶
health insurance contribution is considered as tax in Spain?
10. carlosjobim ◴[02 Jul 25 11:28 UTC] No.44442401{4}[source]▶
Everybody who is richer than me are bourgeois scum and should have all their property confiscated.

Everybody who is poorer than me are lazy bums and shouldn't get any more help.

11. Propelloni ◴[02 Jul 25 11:34 UTC] No.44442447[source]▶
Like I said elsewhere, virtue signaling is moving the Overton window. It works pretty well for the alt-right, so we know it is working.

Reading the press release shows me that Spain and Brazil are aware that this is a hard problem. They are especially aware that a nation, or two nations, alone cannot solve it, thus they suggest a "global registry", which is basically a "abolish tax havens" again. Let's see how far we get this time, I wish them all the best.

12. owebmaster ◴[02 Jul 25 11:47 UTC] No.44442533[source]▶
Taxing wealth-extracting foreign corporations is a way to have resources to fix the inequality.
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14. octo888 ◴[03 Jul 25 07:30 UTC] No.44452549{3}[source]▶
I meant: you're not going to tax the people giving you bribes.

Are you bribing politicians LOL? I hope not

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15. diggan ◴[03 Jul 25 09:26 UTC] No.44453221{4}[source]▶
No, at least not as far as I know :) But we are indeed paying their salaries ("giving you money") via our taxes, I guess that's what I thought when you wrote that. No foul :)