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    the american dream is apparently making normal people pay full price for a country run on loopholes

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    1. LongEyedSneakerhead on

      always has been, and they never forgave us for abolishing slavery, and giving workers rights.

    2. Montanann on

      Tax season is just a yearly reminder that the rules were not written for people like us

    4. nitotv on

      oh look another meme whining about billionaires, so edgy and original! i miss the days when memes were actually funny and not a crybaby circlejerk.

    5. salter77 on

      Well, I’m Mexican, I’m paying taxes so politicians can get a bigger house or nicer car.

      Billionaires not paying taxes is actually the “second grade” issue. I want to at least get what I paid for.

    6. Molaac on

      Full price? My man you need to learn about deductibles. Get you a CPA. Even in the lowest tax bracket you should still be using those loopholes for yourself.

    7. h0zR on

      “Effective Rate” lol – what a load of shit that phrase is. Effective rate of 100% on $0.01 is $0.01. Effective rate of 1% on $1,000,000 is $10,000.

      10,000 is 1,000,000% effective rate of $0.01

      See how the match can be manipulated to prove a point? If the argument is for a flat tax then the poor pay more and the rich pay WAY less of their income.

    8. moderngamer327 on

      It is extremely unlikely that this is the case unless you are pulling in >$200k a year

    9. Stuck_in_my_TV on

      You can take the same tax breaks as them. But the tax code is over 70,000 pages long. So it takes a lot of time to go through it, or a lot of money to pay someone to go through it for you.

    10. Callec254 on

      The average billionaire pays more tax in one year than most of us will ever make in our entire lives.

    11. MattDaaaaaaaaamon on

      This is false. The government doesn’t give them a higher effective tax rate on income. Most of a wealthy person’s “wealth” is gains from stocks/funds/bonds. Until they sell them and actually, you know, make money, there’s no tax. You do not want unrealized gains to be taxed, because that would affect everyone that invests and your getting taxed on money that isn’t actually in your hands.

      Learn how to manage your investments and start creating wealth income. You probably won’t be a billionaire, but nothing is stopping you from having long-term growth income.

    12. Accomplished_Big7413 on

      It’s wild how billionaires have root access to the economy while the rest of us are stuck with guest privileges. We’re basically paying the hosting fees for a server that doesn’t even serve us.

    13. vbrimme on

      I think the modern American dream is being lived out by warehouse workers across the country right now…

    14. Squatsoverjars on

      The bottom 50% pay about 3% of all federal income taxes, and most pay a net zero or a net negative because of credits.

    15. StrictWelder on

      relative*** they pay a less RELATIVE amount to what they bring in. They effectively pay a higher rate than someone in the lower classes.

    16. TuggerHuggerFugger on

      They write the rules. They’re somehow admins and abuse their power. Sane shit, different game.

    21. Frosty-Source-4994 on

      Want to fix the tax system? End automatic withdrawal from people’s paychecks. Have them actually sit down and pay their taxes. Once people see the money actually leave their pockets and go to a wasteful, bloated government, there will be a tea party like you’ve never imagined.

    22. CopeHarderDweller2 on

      Billionaires pay more in taxes a year than you will in your entire lifetime.

    23. Johnfromsales on

      The “effective tax rate” of billionaires is calculated using their total net worth. This is decidedly not how tax rates are calculated. We tax income, among other things, but we do not tax net worth. Dividing their tax paid by their net worth is extremely disingenuous.

    25. Disastrous_Reward_90 on

      Rate.. not amount.

      Maybe ya should be pissed about the Somalian learing centers

    27. gabbyrmz on

      I noticed this year how the questions are written in Turbo Tax –

      “Is there blank paid under your name?”

    28. Some_AV_Pro on

      Here is line from my 2025 tax return:
      “Effective Tax Rate -10.54%”
      That is negative 10.54 percent. I think that might be lower than most billionaires.

    29. shryke12 on

      Top 1% pay by far most of the tax burden. Bottom 50% pay zero federal income tax. This is propaganda.

    31. IC_Ivory280 on

      I mean, I can’t complain. For the first time in two years, I’m actually getting a refund. Then again, I got laid off in August 2025, so I was out of work.

      But at least I got a new job in January 2026, so it’s all good.

    34. tlm11110 on

      …… and knowing the top 10% still pay 50% of all taxes and the bottom half pay virtually zero taxes.

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