Comments by "Matthew Nirenberg" (@matthewnirenberg) on "The Rich are HATED More Than Ever Before" video.

And in reality when they say rich they mean 'middle class' because we're easier to go after than the rich who're already long gone to greener pastures.
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@anomadhunter Funny how you say that but ignore the fact that its only when the rich are getting hammered with taxes that they don't tip. Every rich person I've encountered (been wait staff at restaurants) ALWAYS tips large amounts because they aren't getting hammered with taxes as they live in tax havens and holiday abroad. Also, you bullshit about most have inherited wealth is nothing but lies as its a well known fact that 90% of the current living rich/wealthy are all self made as with literally a handful of exceptions, multi-generational wealth ALWAYS fails as often the future generations have no clue about maintaining and building wealth so they waste it all.
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@akiblue So why are independent software developers such as myself who create solutions to problems and then sell licences for our software online hated and lumped in with those who 'manipulate markets, lobby governments, etc.'? No one can ever explain that and they always claim we somehow 'exploited others' to get rich, when its simply not true as we didn't involve anyone else in achieving what we did.
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Its actually very simple. There's the huge capital injection for CBI or RBI, then there's the whole buying or building a house or apartment. Then there's the whole you're spending your money in the country which means you're paying GST/VAT and the money you're spending is coming to the country as it was earned abroad. Everything you import or export from the country is taxed (most 0% PIT countries have high import and export duty as well as high GST/VAT). Its positive impact all around to the new country.
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Found the welfare leech who like the 'free money bro' instead of working. I'm middle class and taxed to death yet idiots such as yourself keep calling us 'rich' and demanding we pay more taxes. We're currently getting hit with 75% tax (adding all the taxes and levies up) but that's still not enough, taxes are getting increased, new ones added and the masses are still demanding we pay more. The reality is we're trying to leave as the place is basically impossible to be middle class in, and thanks to the leeches demanding 'tax the rich (read: tax the middle class)', its basically impossible to actually succeed and make something of yourself. Then there's the fact that most businesses are gone due to over regulation and huge taxes such as payroll tax, corporate social taxes and other 'behind the scenes' taxes that the average employee never even hears of. I've literally had people tell me that I should sell the family home, go broke buying a small place (everything is $2m+, not to mention the CGT and stamp duty taxes that a sale and a purchase would trigger) to live in (and pay insane amounts to store my stuff that wouldn't fit in a small place) because that would make me 'morally better' simply because the family home is a large two storey house that was built 20ish years ago for $275,000 but is now valued at $2.4m simply because the currency has inflated so that $9.50 now had the same buying power as $1 when the house was built.
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Limit wealth and then kiss goodbye mortgages and loans from banks as they won't have the money to lend. Learn how money, finance and banking work, and no they aren't the same thing.
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They're also forgetting that a wealth cap is fixed forever as laws are rarely, if ever, indexed or amended to keep up with inflation. For example my family home was only $275,000 when it was build 20 odd years ago, a large two storey house that was common at the time. Now everything is tiny dog-box units crammed in each costing $500k to buy. The current value of my family home is $2.4m - the reality is that the house isn't worth more, its the buying power of the dollar that has tanked. $9.50 now has the same buying power as $1 back when the house was built. Because the 99% are too stupid to understand this, and because they don't care that the house was built a long time ago, they consider us to be 'evil rich' who should be forced to sell and move into something smaller (ignoring the sales taxes, CGT and stamp duty that selling and buying something else would trigger) and paying insane amounts for storage (for the stuff that wouldn't fit in a small place), simply because they live in a tiny dog-box and are broke. If we did that, we'd be broke due to the taxes, the insane prices for tiny dog-boxes and thanks to the insane costs for storage for our things that wouldn't fit in a small dog-box. Why should we be screwed over because people don't understand the basics of finance?
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Which is why the bulk of them end up on welfare and the whole system fails as currently proven in all of CANZUK & CUNA. But we can't let facts get in the way of the 99% who are braindead morons.
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@thepockethaven Yes they are. Whenever the scum masses say 'eat the rich' and 'the rich need to pay their fair share' they're talking about all of us who are middle class and who pay the most taxes. They're talking about the small business owners and even the independent software developers such as myself who are somehow 'only getting rich by exploiting others' even though we're not exploiting anyone. The reality is that its too hard to go after the shitty rich who do screw people over, but its far easier to go after the average middle class person.
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Precisely. The problem is too few have read it or seen the movies and understood them. Also, too many dismiss Ayn Rand without having ever read or seen Atlas Shrugged. Who is John Galt...
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So everyone pays that tax unless they own nothing. Literally owning an apartment puts you over that as the cheapest apartment in most of CANZUK & CUNA is $500,000. You're an idiot. Also, the amount can't be fixed, it has to index with inflation otherwise wait 10yrs and the homeless guy will have a $300,000 loaf of bread in his backpack.
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@cody8121 You talk pure rubbish, look at my situation and try to claim I used value from others and decided to keep it for myself: I wrote a bunch of software that solved numerous problems, I bought a protection system to prevent people from reverse engineering my software, and so I could easily enforce licencing. I sold that software online and made money. Who exactly got screwed over? The truth is I 'got rich' from my own hard work without 'keeping anything for myself by depriving others'. You sound like a low-life leech that lives on govt handouts - you are literally the problem with society as you don't contribute to society by creating and earning and (if you live in a 'western' country) paying taxes.
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@lgrrf Luck is what you make it because it doesn't exist. Anyone who wants to succeed needs to learn and put in the hard work to succeed. The hardest working people are those who got rich from their own hard work. You talk a mountain of pure rubbish. The reason the rich are hated more than ever is because the crooked western governments (sorry... regimes) have got the bulk of the population on welfare (i.e. tax money) who don't want the rich to leave which would end the handouts as those who leave don't pay taxes (ignoring the USA), and, the result is people like the 'free to them' money which actually lets them be better off than those who pay taxes, so they hate the rich. The rich have options and can get to a place where they don't have to pay taxes to where they were (ignoring the USA unless they renounce). Its purely the scum of society wanting their 'free money bro' who don't want that to end. The 'west' hasn't operated on merit since the woke DEI tyranny was implemented. In most of CANZUK and CUNA I'm formed to hire people based on their skin colour, gender and sexual orientation regardless of their skills - skills come second to DEI factors. That's literally enshrined in law. Yet they wonder why people such as myself are waiting until we're out of the woke west to start businesses that actually employ people - we only want to employ the best, most qualified and experienced people for the job. The other problem is that those who hate the rich are too cowardly to take risks in life, and they're 100% financially illiterate which results in them hating the rich and wanting what others have (politics of envy). This is why I 100% hate the poor and the 99% in the 'western' world as they're nothing but violent primitive scum who think that theft and violence is the solution to their problems.
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Which is a problem solely caused by the government who put the countries into insane debt, who are hyperinflating the economy by printing money, who are increasing taxes which makes basic living harder. Its NOT the rich, its the governments that are the problem, but the braindead masses are too stupid to hate the real problem, instead they hate the rich - the ones whose taxes they're living off. Yet they wonder why the rich hate them and simply walk away from the countries and subsequently reduce the tax revenue as a result. If the masses want better lives then they have to get off their arses and actually work hard, earn money and pay taxes. There is no easy way.
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@petecabrina You're a moron, the problem is the government and all the leech scum who think they're entitled to anyone else's money. I work bloody hard for the money I have but I'm expected to pay 75% (when factoring in all the taxes and levies) of it to the regime (sorry... govt) who then waste it on stupid road projects that end up tolled for eternity, or they give it to the lazy scum who live on welfare. I NEVER agreed to that and am trying to leave the country as a result, but given the insane taxation, its a lot bloody harder to do. The problem is the government and the poor leech scum who like the welfare state. I gather you enjoy living on the welfare money?
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@christels8002 Its you that doesn't get it. There's plenty of us who aren't rich but who are 100% self-made without the help of anyone else (I'm an independent software developer who works alone) but who are lumped in with the 'evil rich' and hated all the same. I had some moron try to tell me that I 'exploited people to be successful' completely ignoring the fact that I taught myself to program, that I paid for everything myself, that I went with minimal food and drink / living expenditure for years to write software that solved the problems of many, only earning money once I was able to sell licences for my software online. The the 99% say 'rich' they mean the average middle class person who isn't homeless, they NEVER mean the actual super rich ($50m+).
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What's the matter? Scared of the source of your 'free money bro' leaving... Boo hoo... baby needs a diaper change. You are the problem.
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But the problem is that people such as myself who aren't rich but are middle class and taxed the most are lumped in with the evil rich and hated. The 99% do this because its easy to go after the middle class who pay 85% of the taxes in the country, but its near impossible to go after the truly mega rich ($50m+). Where I live, I'm getting hammered with 75% tax (adding all taxes and levies together that I have to pay) but that's still not enough. I've had people call me scum because I made a modest living (kept a roof over my head, kept the lights on and food on the table) from selling licences for the software I wrote that solved problems for people, they claim I had 'exploited people' because otherwise I would be poor and on welfare. The only person who could have been exploited by myself, is myself, as I never billed myself for my time and effort, as that was the only way to be able to sell licences for the software I wrote, by first writing the software. I do agree with your points about the mega rich and how they want to stop anyone getting rich like they are.
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Just like Victoria, Australia - its had 24yrs of Labor (commies) in government with no way to remove them as they buy votes with welfare, higher taxes and 3rd world immigration who vote for Labor.
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Its not even about the stock portfolios, its the taxes and over regulation that makes it not worth doing business.
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@greatchalla3799 You can thank all the 'behind the scenes taxes' that the employee NEVER sees for that. Payroll tax is a big one, as are 'payroll social taxes' which the company has to pay before they pay a wage to an employee. There's also a bunch of levies that they have to pay for simply having employees. The government has been raising these in the last 10yrs, every year without fail. The result is companies can't afford to increase wages with inflation, nor can they keep the same number of staff. This is the problem of the 'west' being a welfare state where the bulk of people are on welfare. Oh and don't forget all the new taxes, levies and changes of OHS laws which often require more reports from companies regularly, and often require new safety equipment to be bought and installed for zero actual improvement in safety. For example Australia just banned blaze orange from factories and warehouses, saying that the fluro-green is 1% more visible and thus now required, whilst construction, port and rail all have now required blaze orange with dual reflective bands on arms, legs and the body. That's a huge expense for businesses and that's only one example of stupid BS that does nothing for safety.
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@islywynn7678 You're describing the 3rd world who always breed like rats regardless of their situation or ability to care for children. They only have themselves to blame as if the 'west' give aid, they breed like rats, then they cry poor and struggling, when people say 'get stuffed' they breed like rats again and the whole cycle just repeats. They're genetically programmed to be braindead, to breed like rats, to live in putrid conditions (just because you're poor doesn't mean you have to go toilet in your water and put your rubbish everywhere), to steal, to be violent and to hate.
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@homodeus8713 That's the problem, the 'west' and the 3rd world take absolutely no personal responsibility which is why I hate them and will NEVER consider them civilized. Central and Eastern Europe are civilized as they take personal responsibility and because they don't permit 'nanny state' governments.
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@cody8121 In most of CANZUK & CUNA you couldn't even buy a house with a backyard for that and still afford to live. You are about 20+yrs out of touch with reality unless you're talking about moving to the poor countries.
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@Ziegfried82 Even still its subjective to the country. In much of CANZUK or CUNA you can't live on $60k per year unless you're on welfare thanks to the governments plunging the countries into insane debt and raising taxes annually. As you said, inflation is the problem but governments like it like that, because a dependent population is easily controlled by them. Control is what the WEF and modern governments crave.
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Because only fools and morons are moving to the failing 'west'. The reality is the people rushing there are acting on information that was relevant in the 60's and 70's, and they're too headstrong to be told or shown otherwise. They also NEVER look at the laws or restrictions because they don't respect laws, when you don't care about laws, anywhere works. The reality is those who are moving abroad either want to run businesses that create things or they work online so internet access is the most important thing for them.
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@cody8121 You love to ignore that inflation/hyper inflation has go us to the point where a 3 bedroom house (minimum needed for a family) is $2.4m+. My family home was built for $275,000 20ish years ago and is currently valued at $2.4m. That's not because the area is better or that the house is suddenly more valuable, that's thanks to the government screwing the economy, pushing house prices up with inflation and making everyone poor. $9.50 today has the same buying power as $1 did 20ish years ago when my family home was built. A burger with chips and a soft drink is $45 where I live. 20yrs ago that was $10. Food is currently partly govt subsidized (the business) to keep prices low enough that people still can go out and spend at cafes and restaurants. Also, you couldn't live a full retirement duration on $5m USD in most of CANZUK and CUNA as that money would run out within 10yrs thanks to the insane taxes that are increasing, the new levies (i.e. taxes under another name) and the insane restrictions on investments in order to be legally 'retired'.
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They clearly get paid a very good wage where they work as they'd otherwise change jobs. Why would sane people want to live in the failed and collapsing 'west' anyway.
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Except whilst you might understand that, the 99% call the middle class the rich and filthy rich, because they're the easiest to go after. That is the problem. Also the other problem is that the 99% are reliant on the welfare state so they'll NEVER go after the real problem - the government, who created the problem.
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The government. Its the government who over regulate everything which forces businesses away. Its the government who control taxes and spending; they spend without a care and raise taxes infinitely. The government let infinite illegals into the country, put them on welfare, let locals get on welfare and turn the place into a welfare state. The scum leech masses then demand more 'free money bro' from the govt who raise taxes to give more welfare, so the rich leave and tax revenue plummets, so taxes go up. You seriously need to get educated instead of blaming the one group who aren't the problem.
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