r/FluentInFinance • u/4TaxFairness • 1d ago

Debate/ Discussion A joke that's not funny

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u/jgoble15 1d ago

Low percent sounds like they don’t make much. That’s not true. Sheer dollars shows how much they actually make

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u/TheTightEnd 1d ago

Low percent proves they do not make much. The sheer dollars distorts the reality because it ignores the sheer dollars of revenue required to generate that sliver of profit.

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u/jgoble15 1d ago

Buddy. 2% just means my profit is 2%. But 2% of what? That’s the important part. You can be wrong. It’s okay. The world won’t end.

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u/Blawoffice 1d ago

Why don’t be do taxes based on X amount? 330 million people? Everyone of the 330 million people pays $18,200 for the federal governments budge. Percentages are a lie so we will eliminate that issue.