Boohoo
They’re just proposals, guys. They’re not going anywhere. Biden’s a Democrat, remember?
I’m wondering if your downvotes are from people thinking you’re saying Republicans would do better. It’s so strange these days, you’re not allowed to criticize Biden or Democrats because if you do, you must want the fascists to win. Why is it so difficult to see that two things can be true. One, that this election is literally a vote on if you think democracy should continue as a way of gov’t. Two, the dems could do better. Everyone can always do better.
Hurr de durr, both sides bad…
My downvotes are from people who expect everyone to treat campaign promises as accomplishments.
It’s so weird how electing a single Democrat doesn’t get us everything we want.
It’s weird how he says shit he knows he can’t accomplish and centrists expect everyone to treat that as an accomplishment.
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The rule against advocating violence that removed this post kind of makes sense, from a CYA perspective, but also feels like it’s endorsing violence against everyone else.
Eh. I’m fine with my comment being removed. Fair call. But to also be fair, “eat the rich” is a sentiment as old as time.
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The guillotine was mostly used after the revolution, to kill political opponents of the ruling party that took over. More of an animal farm type deal than a revolution.
This is the sort of pedantry that keeps me coming back to Lemmy.
Hey now, we can still do both
Biden was cooking with this one. It should be even higher that wealth is stolen.
If it hurts you, it’s the right thing. Cry some, leeches.
Billionaires: You want to prey upon the rest of us unilaterally? That fine. Just stay on your little island, announce it as a sovereign nation, pay to defend it, and good luck! That’s what happens when you contribute nothing to society yourself…
Considering the billionaires also own the contracts for manufacturing every piece of military equipment we have… That would get interesting.
United States government takes control of those manufacturing facilities?
“I don’t agree with the idea of just singling out people because of how much they have or don’t have,”
That’s literally how income tax works, you ignorant slut.
He best start believing in being singled out to pay more taxes because the alternative is being singled out to have his head cut off.
The old old money knew this. Why do the nuveau rich not?
For the same reason the world is trying to pull 1920s fascism round 2. People don’t learn from history.
Maaaaan people is DUMB
The ones being singled out are poor people and the middle class. The rich get preferential rates, deductions that only apply to them, the ability to have armies of accountants and lawyers to limit their liability, and are far less likely to be audited.
It SHOULD be that all income within different brackets should be taxed the same. The rich only pay more because they have more. We all should be taxed 50% on income over $500,000, it’s just that most of us don’t have any income over that.
I wonder if he feels the same about healthcare, housing, food, and clean water. Regardless of how much shit he has, he can live in the same apartment with the same public water and food deserts and a doctor that isn’t on his personal staff.
Don’t like it? Fuck you. Your greed is unconscionable and your hoarding of wealth is amoral and disgusting. In conclusion, fuck you.
Yeah, but what if they find the right commercials to throw at us during election time?
Did you expect an addict to thank you when you take away their drug cold turkey? Billionairism is a mental disorder, like addiction, and it should be handled with the same care. The kind of care that only billionairs can afford in the US, I must add.
Billionaires: Cry more. Yours is the machine we rage against.
Thoughts and prayers
Well they got rich taking advantage of the poor. That’s the only way you become a billionaire. I feel nothing towards them.
“My kids, who are 10, 12 and 14, you could tell them, ‘You know what, when you retire you’re gonna get money at 70, not 65.’” he said. “Do you think they’re gonna care?”
Archive link for those that don’t have access.
This is never getting implemented and is just theatre for the masses.
