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		allovernow on March 17, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What If Andrew Yang Was Right? Billionaires skim like .5-2% in margins off the top of the companies and relationships they build. People get paid throughout. This is nonsense.

PopeDotNinja on March 17, 2020 [–]

If we had real wage growth, maybe I'd feel bad for them, too. When people can't afford to live on what they make, taxing them into oblivion is stupid.

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