Re: Facebook Account

On Wed, 28 Aug 2024 17:59:08 -0500, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

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I can't speak to Brasil tax policy but 'self employed' has
grown more than 'employees' under very different (some might
say diametrically different) administrations:

 
"Self employed" here means you work for a firm but have no
benefits at all. You have to pay your retirement, health costs, food,
eventual injuries etc. And you can be fired at any time.
Also, you don't have the right to a minimum wage. The road
sweepers in our town are "self employed" and make around 110 dollars a
month. That was illegal before the 2015-2026 coup.
The minimum wage currently is US$ 280 a month for a 44 hour
week.

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https://www.statista.com/statistics/1039345/distribution-employed-population-status-brazil/

Paywall. ~US$ 200 and I had to give credit card details....
Maybe it's a Brazilian thing or else you have a subscription.

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Brasil Real to gold shows weaker currency in the present
administration, similar to the US regime effect:
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https://goldprice.org/gold-price-charts/10-year-gold-price-history-in-brazilian-reals-per-kilogram

Very similar to the US.

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Then again exports have strengthened (note: not a weaker
currency effect; shown in USD):
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https://trendeconomy.com/data/h2/Brazil/TOTAL

Exports at the end of Bolsonaro's regime were practically the
same as before the coup. It was a "lost" 7 years.
2023 was the first year of recovery. Looks like 2024 will be
even better.
Brazil was the 7th largest economy in the World prior to the
coup. It slid to 12th. Can't blame COVID because all countries had
COVID.

If you look at Argentina's data and compare it with this
#FAKE_NEWS article:

<https://web.archive.org/web/20240807093445/https://nypost.com/2024/06/20/opinion/argentinas-milei-miracle-proves-the-failure-of-socialism/>

... you will see why people that vote based on the "news" they
get from their cellphones always pick the worst candidates....

(I archived it because #FAKE_NEWS tends to disappear).

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[click 'line chart' and 'exports']
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So it appears that Brasil is functioning and growing, so
perhaps a crappy tax code is not yet at a crisis. Again I
don't know that.

 
Brazil is growing, but very slowly. The Central Bank was
"privatized" by Bolsonaro and the Federal Government has to pay over
6% interest(over inflation) on the National Debt Bolsonaro left
behind. Around 95% of our GNP.
But life is better, unemployment is down, wages increased and
our poverty is diminishing.
I can't see your links under this OS, it's too hardened. I
check them out on Linux tomorrow.

Done...

TY
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Again thank you.  Standard statistical reporting needs
standard definitions for comparison.

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