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@ 403smiles
2025-03-08 11:49:21
IT'S THE SAME THING AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN....
I just watched the latest John Oliver episode—I enjoy seeing opinions from all sides—and I'm just furious. He brought up an argument from some economists that left me rewinding just to make sure I heard it right. In response to Trump's proposed tax-break for tipped workers, they argued that these workers shouldn't get a tax-break because it's "unfair" to non-tipped workers in the same income bracker.
Wait, seriously? That's the hill they want to die on? So we're supposed to keep everyone broke just to preserve some twisted idea of fairness? That's like watching someone drown and refusing to throw one of those floating rings because someone else upstream doesn't have one either. It's not just misguided—it's downright delusional.
And, of course, the people pushing this argument aren't the ones worrying about rent or groceries. They're sitting comfortably, while arguing against anything that might actually help people who need it. It's all just virtue signaling.
What they misunderstand (when they choose to) is that **fair isn't the same as good.** I don't want a world where everyone's equally miserable—I want a world where people's lives actually improve. If a tax break can help tipped workers, even a little, why are we wasting time debating it?
This obsession with fairness for fairness's sake is exhausting. Isn't the goal to lift people up instead of dragging everyone down to the same level of struggle? It’s almost impressive how out of touch some people are. Fuck all of them.