• Signtist@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    9
    ·
    edit-2
    6 hours ago

    Corruption already makes most millionaires’ and billionaires’ money go to that anyway. At least if it’s taxed some of it will actually go to toward necessary housing, maybe even frequently enough that it’s not newsworthy when it does, the way it is now.

      • Signtist@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        1 hour ago

        You’re worried that if we collect money from the wealthy through taxation, it might not be used to reduce homelessness. However, if we don’t tax the wealthy, they’ll spend the money on their own goals, which definitely won’t be to reduce homelessness. While you’re right that taxes are largely wasted, they do still fund important things such as fire departments, medical research, and yes, government housing. It’s true that we need to implement better tax management systems, but we also need a wealth tax.

        • suoko@feddit.it
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          23 minutes ago

          I never said we don’t need a taxation system, I’m just reporting what’s happening almost everywhere.

          Alternatively a possibility is to give the public sector to woman, they should be a little bit more immune to corruption (I might be wrong though).