I grew up low class, and expected my life to be hard - only I didn’t process it as “hard”; it was just how life *was.* I was going to have to spend the rest of my life doing minimum-wage physically-hard labor, and then getting pregnant. That was the plan, but more importantly-
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And who is denying both? Most people I know work hard, pay their dues, and simply want their kids to be afforded the same - including fair wages and a taxation system that ensures the most wealthy don't pay less than them.
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Right now the wealthiest 1% pay like... ~40% of total income tax revenue, despite making only like ~20% of income. They are absolutely paying muuuch more than people poorer than them. And ‘fair wages’ is weird - you don’t deserve more money than someone is willing to give you
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