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by rebanevapustus 348 days ago
> Brazil One of the most violently unequal countries on the planet. Very proficient however in virtue signalling.
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Like I said elsewhere, virtue signaling is moving the Overton window. It works pretty well for the alt-right, so we know it is working.

Reading the press release shows me that Spain and Brazil are aware that this is a hard problem. They are especially aware that a nation, or two nations, alone cannot solve it, thus they suggest a "global registry", which is basically a "abolish tax havens" again. Let's see how far we get this time, I wish them all the best.

Also let's not forget Spain's endless corruption scandals. You aren't going to tax the people giving you money
> You aren't going to tax the people giving you money

Lol, why are we still being taxed then?

We do have endless corruption scandals though, that part is pretty accurate, but they still tax us like there is no tomorrow. At least we have pretty good healthcare, so it isn't all doom and gloom like the "news" want us to believe.

I meant: you're not going to tax the people giving you bribes.

Are you bribing politicians LOL? I hope not

No, at least not as far as I know :) But we are indeed paying their salaries ("giving you money") via our taxes, I guess that's what I thought when you wrote that. No foul :)
health insurance contribution is considered as tax in Spain?
Taxing wealth-extracting foreign corporations is a way to have resources to fix the inequality.
“The problem isn’t solved, so how dare they try to solve it”
They are not trying to solve it. They are pretending to solve it by masking the underlying issue and making things worse in the proccess.
I don't have high hopes it will solve anything, but I'm also not sold on it making anything significantly worse.
Worse for whom? If it's for people richer than me, I'm okay with it.
That is completely obviously not what they meant
Everybody who is richer than me are bourgeois scum and should have all their property confiscated.

Everybody who is poorer than me are lazy bums and shouldn't get any more help.