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What's a scam that's so normalized that we don't even realize it's a scam anymore? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 days ago by Basement_Dweller@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] darkmogool@feddit.org 14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Tipping (for the US and so), Tax and Rents

[–] kunaltyagi@programming.dev 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Progressive tax (based on income as well as the value of the item) isn't a scam. Flat fee is a scam (eg: a hypothetical 0.02 cents to support veterans). Percentage based taxes like sales tax aren't much better. Cliff based tax like luxury taxes are better but not as good as progressive taxes

[–] DiarrheaSommelier@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I've always been in favour of tiered consumption taxes. Basic neccessities of life aren't taxed. Sorta nice stuff gets taxed a bit. Uber lux stuff and harmful stuff gets taxed all the fucking way.

Example: bus pass? Free. Subcompact cheap EV? 20% tax. Lambo? 300% tax.

Rich fuckers have way too many ways of getting out of paying income tax. Tax the stuff instead so that you can't live like a rich person without paying the kind of taxes rich people should be paying.

[–] kunaltyagi@programming.dev 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Business class ticket? 300% tax. Please have fun

[–] DiarrheaSommelier@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

Exactly.

[+] Squidious@lemmy.ml -14 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

I like tipping (in the US). I feel like servers would be a lot less friendly if they weren't so directly incentivized to be nice. Plus I've been treated somewhat gruffly by servers in countries that do not have tips. Maybe that is just dislike of U.S. citizens.

[–] smeenz@lemmy.nz 14 points 3 days ago

Ah yes, the culture of punishing people pre-emptively with the threat of not being able to afford to live, in order to force them to be nice to your smug ass

[–] darkmogool@feddit.org 4 points 2 days ago

So you say you have to pay people to be nice? Thats fucked up…

[–] Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

| Maybe that is just dislike of U.S. citizens.

Quit possibly. I live in a country without a strong tipping culture and people are (generally) nice.