silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoBiden calls for broad new social programs, higher taxes on corporations and the wealthywapo.stexternal-linkmessage-square91fedilinkarrow-up1403arrow-down18
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minus-squareDominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up99·edit-28 months agoThis is wonderful. I did spot this: and eliminate some tax deductions for executive compensation. Why the fuck do tax deductions for executive compensation exist in the first place?!?!
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up53·8 months agoCompanies have been allowed to treat pay as a business expense. Executive pay is pay, so they treat it as a cost of doing business.
minus-squareohlaph@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·8 months agoIt really shouldn’t. What they should do is reduce taxes on bonuses for middle and lower classes. The C-suits don’t need the tax break.
minus-squarePoliticalAgitator@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoBecause neoliberals have built managed democracies in every wealthy country the world over, ensuring that every election is between a blue neoliberal and a red neoliberal.
This is wonderful. I did spot this:
Why the fuck do tax deductions for executive compensation exist in the first place?!?!
Companies have been allowed to treat pay as a business expense. Executive pay is pay, so they treat it as a cost of doing business.
It really shouldn’t.
What they should do is reduce taxes on bonuses for middle and lower classes. The C-suits don’t need the tax break.
Because neoliberals have built managed democracies in every wealthy country the world over, ensuring that every election is between a blue neoliberal and a red neoliberal.