okay, so all a storefront has to do is build a better system and take, say, 20%. that would pull in both sellers and buyers. why isn’t the other storefronts building competitors? epic has infinite money but all they seem to use it on is bribes. gog offers standalone installers and online community systems, but not both at the same time. itch is held together by duct tape and dreams.
if that was all they got the money for, and the devs were indeed hurt to a significant degree by it, a competitor with a lower fee (say, epic, with their 8%) would have outgrown them years ago, since steam doesn’t do exclusivity deals.
it also tends to hit poor people harder.
no it’s the normal level. the 48% is the maximum.
i don’t see why you can’t have ubi and progressive taxation at the same time. you can tailor the curve to work with the extra money. you can even set the maximum rate at 100% for people who earn more than, say, 10M a year.
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yes really
if i specifically were to earn 277k that’s currently taxed 48% in the system we use, and if we got rid of our progressive brackets it would be taxed at 33%. but we’re not talking about specific countries, we’re talking about removing progressive taxation from a hypothetical economy to replace in with… what? flat rates?
progressive taxation is an umbrella term for a bunch of systems all over the world. the only thing in common is that as income goes up, so does the percentage of it you need to pay in taxes.
isn’t a progressive taxation system meant to ramp up as you earn more, not down? that would lose you money by getting rid of it.
and there’s no generic one? crazy
from what i hear there are unions everywhere in the us. why are they not doing anything?
it’s my understanding that the system would replace social security. the savings from slimming down the systems responsible for payout would be part of what made the entire thing possible.
medical fields usually have some sort of clause that prevents complete strike, like the postal service. you can still strike but in that case it’s without union authorisation.
here the metalworker’s union is paying striking workers at tesla 125% of their regular salary and have the funds to continue doing that for about 200 years.
but i mean… the entire reason unions work is because of a mandate from the masses. if they close an office the only reasonable counter-action is for every other office to unionise too.
i mean national unions exist to strengthen the local chapters.
then join a union! they can supplement your pay when on strike.
well that’s a uniquely us problem which doesn’t really apply to the rest of the world.
really? i thought one of the main benefits of gamescope was that it can be nested inside an existing DE?
it’s not even supposed to be an “extra 1000€ in taxes”, it would just be gradually eaten up by taxes the more you make.
the big problem is, a lot of people on long-term sick pay who are not allowed to work would get less from this system. there needs to be something to deal with that.
varusteleka also sells army surplus when they can get their hands on it.
no it’s from bell labs