+17 Making and spending a ton of money is doing enough for society, amirite?

by Anonymous 3 hours ago

Depends where you're getting the money from. Are you making it by exploiting the lower classes, or are you salvaging it from the rich? If the former, then all you're doing is a complicated version of rent-seeking while you shuffle money around, and you're an active drain on society.

by ConferenceAncient 3 hours ago

Let's assuming they're earning it working for a company that makes products that people see the value in paying for

by Anonymous 3 hours ago

Doing what job?

by ConferenceAncient 3 hours ago

I mean at that income level we're talking executive management

by Anonymous 2 hours ago

So rent seeking.

by ConferenceAncient 2 hours ago

I don't think you know the definition of that term

by Anonymous 2 hours ago

There's no such thing as exploitation

by Anonymous 2 hours ago

Well that simply bs

by Anonymous 2 hours ago

There are plenty of people who keep to themselves. What specifically are you complaining about?

by Anonymous 1 hour ago

You should not give 1/3 of your income to the government. That''s a travesty.

by Anonymous 1 hour ago

The things you mention are cheap.

by HallOk 1 hour ago

what universe do you live in?

by Anonymous 1 hour ago

Far more of our taxes get blatantly wasted then they ought to. At the very least we could reduce our tax burden by having a more competent government

by effie71 1 hour ago

That's an extremely small portion of the budget. Most of it goes to freebies.

by Anonymous 49 minutes ago

Exactly my point

by Anonymous 37 minutes ago

These things don't require 1/3 of your income

by Anonymous 9 minutes ago