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[–] Cliff@lemmy.world 17 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

(But actually that guy in the middle doesn't just have this plate full of cookies. He owns a huge vessel full of cookies)

[–] scarabic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

There’s a twisted sort of logic to this. Let’s put ourselves in the position of that worker with one cookie for a second.

Two things are true in America:

  1. the rich don’t pay taxes
  2. benefits cost money

If the worker feels caught between those two things, he has to ask which he can change more easily. And clearly, denying benefits to the poor is easier than taxing the rich. In today’s climate, there is a “deny benefits to the poor” party that is very well mobilized and has delivered numerous victories. And where is the “tax the rich” option? Nowhere.