• Hikiru@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    A 4% tax on millionaires in Massachussets got free lunch for school kids in the state

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      1 year ago

      Is this actually true or just post hoc ergo propter hoc?

      It seems like we shouldnt need a tax on millionaires just to pay for lunches. It’s more depressing than we weren’t paying for lunches more than it is inspiring that we are now.

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        It’s more depressing than we weren’t paying for lunch

        Because billionaires lobbied congress to reduce budget for public schools

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        1 year ago

        Just look it up. And we should need taxes for it, because that’s what taxes are (at least they should be) for.

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          I think you misunderstood my question. I was genuinely asking if it was directly from this tax that the program was expanded. The articles I read on it said that this tax would help, as it’s allocated to public schools and transportation. But they also said part of it would be coming from federal grants.

          I am all for taxation, don’t get me wrong. But it’s a failure of our government that this took a millionaires tax to accomplish. And I don’t think this goes far enough in either the taxation or the allocation of funds for our school children.

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        IMHO it’s not just to pay for lunches (or whatever else); the primary goal is to limit price inflation and housing speculation. The fact that it generates revenue is an added bonus.