• bleistift2@sopuli.xyz
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    23 hours ago

    Tax cuts only benefit corporations. They already price their goods at the maximum that consumers will (read: are able to) pay. Guess what happens if consumers can suddenly pay 10% more because they don’t have to pay 10% tax?

    • Paranoidfactoid@lemmy.world
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      19 hours ago

      No. There is nuance to the tax cut and tax levy argument. Circumstances matter. Cutting taxes on groceries would immediately lower food prices for everyone, the poor included.

      • Pup Biru@aussie.zone
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        16 hours ago

        one of the things i love about australian taxes: by law the displayed price must include all taxes… the price on the label/menu/sign/website/whatever is the price you pay… by law

        always catches me out in the US adding tax and tip 😓 i end up spending way more than i’d intended and having a far worse experience because of it

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          5 hours ago

          It’s usually even more sinister for tips when using machines as the % is calculated on the total (including tax). Duplicitous bullshit.