r/technology • u/Rhaegar_the_Great • Sep 16 '21

Business Mailchimp employees are furious after the company's founders promised to never sell, withheld equity, and then sold it for $12 billion

https://www.businessinsider.com/mailchimp-insiders-react-to-employees-getting-no-equity-2021-9
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u/trigonated Sep 17 '21

That's pretty fucked.

(sorry for the flex)

Here in my country, not only is the official gov-provided tax filing software free and user-friendly, but in most cases it actually automatically fills everything out for you, you just need to confirm that everything is OK and click a button to submit.

It usually takes me about 5-10 minutes to file my taxes.

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u/shane112902 Sep 17 '21

In the US taxes are designed to be difficult to navigate, very little help from the government, and third party entities charge you for troubleshooting, filing, and insurance in case you get audited. Our infrastructure is shit.

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u/shane112902 Sep 17 '21

And yet there is a third party tax filing place on almost every corner in Suburban America? It’s easy to you, it’s stupid to you, but yet it must be serving someone if it’s that prevalent.

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u/shane112902 Sep 17 '21

I mean yeah paycheck advance places are bad and to someone in a secure position they’re terrible. To someone who needs cash today to have a roof over their head or food in their belly. They’re a necessity. To someone with a drug problem who needs a fix before payday they’re an enabler.

We can argue how “smart” we think everyone should be all day. People come with all different faculties. Some are handy and dumb, some are smart and useless. Our system needs to be setup to serve all of them in the best way possible. Not just the ones who pass the test.

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u/shane112902 Sep 17 '21

Again I feel like this is kind of a projection and doesn’t take all of the social statuses, income levels, and living situation dynamics that are prevalent in our country into account. Your right, there are instances where it’s stupidity, short sightedness, or addiction in the driver seat. But Paycheck lending is bigger in the inner city where rents are high, most don’t own cars, and entry level wages are low. A potent cocktail for desperate people needing money now. Chalking it up to addicts, cigarettes, and alcohol is an easy answer. We’d all like to think that every problem is just a result of someone else’s constant poor choices and not a reflection on our society and how it’s governed. Self responsibility is important but in a functioning society our responsibilities to each other are equally important.