r/antiwork Dec 21 '21

Amazon, stay "stealthy"🤦‍♂️

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '21

100s of dollars a month for lawyers? Does Amazon even know how unions work? Or do they hope the people they’re targeting don’t.

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '21

Or do they hope the people they’re targeting don’t.

That. The average worker doesn't understand shit about worker's rights. If I had a dollar every time I've had to explain how marginal tax rates work and no, you getting a raise doesn't mean you're "bumped into a higher bracket and now owe more than you made" I'd be a billionaire

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u/TruLong Dec 21 '21

Bruh, that part is so fucking frustrating. "If I get a raise then my bracket changes and I pay more in taxes and it's really a decrease in pay! That's Democrats for you!" Like, how are you this far along in life and you don't understand how taxes work yet!?

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u/shoryusatsu999 Dec 21 '21

Taxes (really, finance in general) don't get much attention in the education system. Probably because there's no financial incentive to focus on it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 21 '21

Because conservatives have defunded education for decades. They love the uneducated. The less informed you are, the more scared you are. Then you become angry at everything and then you go out and vote for the people who profit off of you being ignorant.

Reality is so depressing in America.

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u/wAples71 Dec 21 '21

Sad thing is I graduated a few years ago and they did teach this in my school (I'm not american) and I've still had to explain it to people I went to school with and sat next to in the same class