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You know, the entire US economic system is so messed up and so is a lot of your views of it (and I mean on both sides, I also include myself in this since I often don't realize until I *really* think about it) but like. Let's start by talking about taxes. There was a post going around lately that was like

Anyways this is not true. You can deduct INTEREST on mortgage from your taxes. Not mortgage itself. And for renters, in 23 states you can do the same. It's meant to be an offset for property taxes, which, in case you didn't know, are INSANE. Like my family pays more taxes on our house and property then on THE ENTIRE REST OF OUT TAXES, and we're in the top tax bracket. They don't tax you nearly enough on your ACTUAL INCOME but tax you way to much on your property and stock. It's basically based on, if you sold everything right now, what would we then be able to tax you. It's not measuring how much you make on a year to year basis, it's measuring how much you managed to save up over a long period in order to buy your big household a home that has enough space for everyone. It's definitely possible with housing/property taxes for them to cost so much that you can no longer afford your house and land, that you reasonably worked and saved up for. That's kind of unfair. Especially if you bought it when housing was cheap, and since the value on such things has gone up, so have your taxes. You weren't spending an insane amount of money on it. But now it's worth about 1.1 million and you've gotta move out or pay taxes on that. That's a thing that happens.

And meanwhile, a mega rich person who loves the city and therefore doesn't bother with a lot of land is taxed less than the moderately well off person in the previous example.

So the tax system is messed up, people need to pay more based on their actual income and less based on their homes.

Oh another thing with taxes is you know how charitable donations are tax deductible? Yeah only to a certain amount, meaning that there is no incentive for rich people to donate the proper amount given their income. Yes, I think they should give regardless of whether they're going to be rewarded for it, but people who hoard THAT MUCH money are selfish, and they're not going to. My family is not even that rich (dad worth something in the 10s of millions) but the amount we give (no big deal for us) is ALREADY well above the amount you can deduct from taxes. And we don't mind, but the super rich? Do you think they're going to go out of their way to support causes with anything more than petty cash and not be rewarded for it? They're not.

Ultimately, they shouldn't have such extravagant amounts of money in the first place, since they didn't work for it. My dad, which I mentioned previously, works 10+ hours a day, often including weekends. That's real work. His field is high paid and he in particular is high paid since he's the only one who can do what he does, and he gets extra for INVENTING most of the things his companies are based on, which he, you know SPENDS TIME STUDYING AND WORKING ON AND CREATING. He's not making tons of money just by owning something. That's wrong. All that excess cash should be going to the people who actually do the work.

And I think for the most part everyone acknowledges this, but y'all talking about killing the 1% doesn't realize how broad the 1% is. That includes doctors, lawyers, high level computer scientists, that WORK for their living, and are not exploiting you. Who you're looking to target is the owners, the people who hoard billions or trillions of dollars in wealth. Do you even know how much a trillion is? Let's say you take a rich person worth about 10 million. Ok how much more does someone worth a trillion make? They make 100,000 times more. What can you afford these days with 10 million? A nice house, decent cars for the household members that drive, some land, the ability to not worry about medical bills and to pay for college, plus a bit extra to save or give to charity. How nice. A lot of people don't have that privilege. What about 1 trillion? There is not a house in existence that will make a dent in your finances. You could send your children to any college they want for their whole lives and not make a dent in your finances. You could buy companies on a whim with almost no consequence. It's not right. It's especially not right when other people have trouble paying for both rent and groceries.

If we redistributed the 8 richest people's wealth (the 8 of them have more money than the poorest HALF of the planet combined), you all could afford a home, food, a good education, and have a reasonable amount left over.

And this is why, even growing up rich, I'm such a communist. It is not a fever dream for us ALL to be able to live, comfortable, reasonable lives. The current wealth in the world redistributed, and suddenly everyone could live like I do. It isn't lessening the average person's quality of living. For the vast majority of us, communism done right is nothing but an upgrade. Yeah so a fistful of billionaires and trillionaires will be really upset. They'd still have enough to live comfortably and yet they're the ones who own so much they can effectively block any progress in this direction. It's pure selfishness.

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Hi, I'm mid 20s just now trying to build credit. Do you have anything that's like, explain like I'm 5, cause I really don't understand and I'm feeling like I'm playing catch up with my life. From picking a card, to actually building it?

Okay, so building credit sounds super complicated, but I promise that it's not. A lot of the complicated things, like calculating your credit score, are done by other people. Your job is to spend money so responsibly that it impresses the people doing the calculations.

Building credit is very important these days, and no credit score is even worse than a bad credit score. It is important to have a credit card, even if you don't need to borrow money and you have enough. This is so that one day, if you have a $20k medical emergency, or you want to buy a house and you need, like $500k, your bank trusts you enough to give you the money you need.

Credit is something (usually money) that you borrow for something. The example we'll use for this post is money being borrowed to pay for something. Your credit score ranges from 300 to 800, and as long as you're above 700, you have nothing to worry about.

Interest is the money you pay on top of the credit you borrowed. If you borrowed $100 in credit with 10% interest, that means that you will pay the person back $110. The interest depends on so many factors such as how much money you are borrowing and who you are dealing with. So there is no set number.

There are four types of credit:

Revolving Credit - Like a credit card, where you get a certain limit of credit every month. If you use that credit, you can pay it back within that month with no interest, so just the amount of $ you borrowed and nothing else. If you don't, it'll roll over to the next month and you'll have an interest added on top of it.

Charge Cards - They are like credit cards, but you can't roll the credit onto next month. You have no choice but to pay what you borrowed in full that very month. This isn't as common these days but some banks might still offer this option.

Service Credit - When you pay for a month-long or annual service, like a bill. You get that service continuously, but you have to pay for that at a certain point. Think of it like Spotify Premium. You'll probably pay once a month for that, but you can enjoy unlimited music with no ads all month long. The same applies to rent and gym memberships.

Installment Credit - This is where the big money comes in. You use these for student loans and mortgages on your house or car. Assuming you have a good credit score, you might be interested in buying a house. The bank will pay the seller the money they need, and you'll have an agreement with the bank to pay them a certain amount, with interest, every month. The bigger the monthly payment, the smaller the interest, and vice versa.

The reason why everyone is so scared of credit is that if you don't pay your credit on time, the interest starts to pile on, and your credit score plummets. So, if you have an emergency tomorrow and desperately need to borrow money, the bank won't trust you so they won't give you the money you need.

But don't worry! It's not that hard to keep a good credit score! All you have to do is practice the following smart financial habits:

Get a Starter Credit Card. You will probably have a low credit limit, like $500 on it, maybe more, maybe less. But using that card is the first step towards building a credit score. You can set up your account to automatically pay your card in full every month.

Don't Spend What You Don't Have. If you're going to use the credit card, use it for something you were already going to get, like gas for your car. Make sure to pay the card back that day, or automate payments with your online banking accounts. Depending on which bank you're with, they should have an online guide on how to do that, but it's usually done through your credit card settings.

Spend Below 30% of Your Credit Limit. So if your credit card has a limit of $1000, you shouldn't spend any more than $300 a month, and make sure you have enough money in your connected checking account to pay that amount off that month. Some people swear that the magical spending number is 7%, so $70 on a $1000 credit card.

Only Get Loans if They're Unavoidable, and Pay Them Back ASAP. In a perfect world, you'll have enough money that you don't need to borrow a loan. Unfortunately, sometimes you have no choice, like with student loans. Your best bet is to agree on a monthly payment option that is as high as you can comfortably pay with low interest. This way, you pay it back faster and with less money wasted on interest.

To be completely fair, most of what I learned about credit was from the Bitches at @bitchesgetriches so if you have more detailed questions, I cannot recommend them enough.

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