California restaurants are reportedly laying off staff and reducing hours for other team members in an effort to cut costs ahead of a California state law taking effect on April 1 that will raise f…

Who would have thought?

  • Bonskreeskreeskree@lemmy.world
    203·
    6 months ago

    Look no further than Europe to see the same franchises fully staffed, paying better wages and charging marginally different prices. America gonna do the American thing at first. They’ll get with the program eventually.

    • Neuromancer@lemm.eeOPM
      313·
      6 months ago

      Look at Europe where the workers from all socioeconomic status pay their fair share of the Taxes.

        • Neuromancer@lemm.eeOPM
          217·
          6 months ago

          They do. They pay more than their fair share of the taxes. It’s not time for everyone else to chip in and pay their fair share.

          In Europe, those McDonald’s worker would be paying about half their income in taxes. They should do the same here.

          • Bonskreeskreeskree@lemmy.world
            92·
            6 months ago

            Why should the poor pay half their paychecks to taxes while the rich pay less than 40%, if they actually pay any taxes at all rather than utilize tax loopholes to avoid paying.

            • Neuromancer@lemm.eeOPM
              314·
              6 months ago

              It’s been cited ad nauseam. Only an idiot would think the rich are not paying taxes.

                • Neuromancer@lemm.eeOPM
                  212·
                  6 months ago

                  For someone ignorant of the topic, you seem to have a strong opinion.

                  https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/21/opinions/income-tax-wealthy-hodge/index.html

                  Surely, the rich pay a larger amount because they earn the most money, right? Not exactly. In 2020, the top 1% of taxpayers earned 22% of all adjusted gross income; their 42.3% share of the income taxes is nearly twice their share of the nation’s income. By contrast, the bottom 90% of taxpayers (about 142 million taxpayers) paid a combined $450 billion in income taxes, or just 26.3% of the total, their lowest percentage of the tax burden in decades. That means the top 1% of taxpayers pay a far greater share of the nation’s tax burden than 142 million of their neighbors combined.