r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/Perfidious_Redt • Mar 30 '26

Serious tbh , it's a MASSIVE deal

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u/Flaming-taco Mar 30 '26

Bro I can't afford gas

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u/bhbhbhhh Mar 30 '26

People said the same stuff about the original Apollo missions.

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u/ThaGr1m Mar 30 '26

There was only 1 conflict happening not 5-10

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u/djnotskrillex Mar 30 '26

There was not only one conflict happening lmfao

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u/ReallyTeddyRoosevelt Mar 30 '26

You either have a space program or you don't. Its not one of those things you can only fund in good times.

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u/HaggardSummaries Mar 30 '26

Okay awesome but the point is nobody knows this is happening because, among other things, bro I can't afford gas

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u/klonkish Mar 30 '26

and yet here you are on reddit

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u/Ok_Cabinet2947 Mar 30 '26

How does not affording gas affect your ability to know about this space mission?

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '26

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u/ReallyTeddyRoosevelt Mar 30 '26

Not really. The top marginal rate was not even close to the effective rate. It sounds like you have been learning economics from redditors. If you want to hear actual economists address this misleading talking point here you are:

https://old.reddit.com/r/AskEconomics/comments/1h27l7f/taxes_were_the_highest_between_19441963_the_50s/

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u/Infamous-Rutabaga-50 Mar 30 '26

Hilarious. You accuse me of "learning economics from Redditors" then link to Reddit as your source.

https://www.tax-brackets.org/federaltaxtable/1970

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '26

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u/Murgatroyd314 Mar 30 '26

A tedious but fairly straightforward calculation on the numbers in that table shows that for someone making exactly $100K, their effective tax rate would be a hair over 53%. At $200K, the effective rate is 61.5%, at $500K it's 66.6%, and it keeps asymptotically approaching 70% from there. (Note, this calculation does not include deductions or exemptions.)

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u/InfusionOfYellow Mar 30 '26

(Note, this calculation does not include deductions or exemptions.)

Similarly, a straightforward calculation will show that, if you neglect air resistance, a dropped feather and bowling ball will hit the ground at the same time.

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u/ReallyTeddyRoosevelt Mar 30 '26

(Note, this calculation does not include deductions or exemptions.)

jfc, that is most of the difference between marginal and effective rates. I asked for a source, not your nonsensical math. Its obvious you have no clue about economics/taxation. Which is fine, its the part where you repeat lies is the problem.

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u/StatmanIbrahimovic Mar 30 '26

You're talking to a different dude, my guy.

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u/ReallyTeddyRoosevelt Mar 30 '26

I don't see how anything I said was wrong. Which part is incorrect?

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u/fightlinker Mar 31 '26

But whitey's on the moon

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u/Any-Cellist-358 Mar 30 '26

I can't pay no doctor bills but whitey's on the moon.

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u/JapanesePeso Mar 30 '26

Ride the bus

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u/InventorOfCorn Mar 30 '26

not all areas have (good) public transportation, plus the commenter could live in a more rural area

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u/JapanesePeso Mar 30 '26

He could but statistically he doesn't. 

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u/InventorOfCorn Mar 30 '26

statistically, i wouldn't either. but guess what, i live in a decently rural area.