@DudePluto I'm not sure where you live, but in my part of the world approx. 50% of my income goes to taxes, either directly (sales tax, income tax, social security tax, medicare tax, property tax) or indirectly (taxes paid by people who make the things I buy that increases the overall cost of the things I buy). If some billionaire is stuck in a sub, whoever wants him alive can pay for it.

[–] DudePluto@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I don't care how much you pay in taxes. If you calculated what percentage of your actual income went to trying to save people (specifically in this instance) the number would be infinitesimal. And you better believe that if this incident is found to be the result of corporate negligence there will be lawsuits and more.

The fact that people turn legitimate anger and frustration from class warfare into hatred and indifference toward the suffering of fellow human beings is fucking disgusting. And I guarantee if you were in their boat and needed rescuing you'd spit in the direction of everyone holding their hands out for you to pay them to save you

[–] emberwit@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

indifference toward the suffering of fellow human beings

Sine qua non for being a billionaire

[–] DudePluto@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I am certainly in agreement that billionaires are unhealthy for society and have no reason to exist. Their wealth should be redistributed. But I will not let my ideology eclipse my humanity. Nor should anyone.

[–] ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

How much do you pay for US coast guard? I think people are moaning about nothing on this.

[–] fu@libranet.de 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

@ImFresh3x more than 0 is more than I want to pay.

[–] LufyCZ@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Then don't, leave the country that steals from you

[–] ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago

You don’t. You aren’t paying anything. Because you don’t pay for USGC. And we’re not getting rid of the coast guard. Move somewhere where essential governance doesn't exist. Some libertarian utopia without building codes and roads. And die from eating toxic food.

[–] cyclohexane@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But another 1% is too much for migrants? Contradictory logic.

[–] DudePluto@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I'm fine with my tax dollars going to rescuing both. It would be a much better use of my money than more bombs