>Trump ran on a promise to lower costs on day one, but a year into his presidency, the real beneficiaries are his billionaire donors. Instead of making life more affordable for everyday Americans, Trump has used the presidency to enrich himself and his billionaire allies, while making the largest cuts to Medicaid and food assistance in history and leaving working families behind.
nasorrty346tfrgser on
you cant defund the oligarchy because they are everywhere. You can’t even boycott them, because they controlled all the resources in the US. It is like oh we are not going to olive garden but going to another chain restaurant, but if you trace back up they are all owned by same big corporation.
And they owned both of the parties, and if someone like Newsom get elected then would just be the same. Unless we really elect someone that would put an end to corporate welfare and tax the rich, we won’t see any change
reddittorbrigade on
First things first.
Remove Trump and deport Elon Musk.
Fastluck83 on
Nice thought, but letting rich guys and their businesses do whatever they want seems to be the only economic vision that exists in the US these days, and every kind of tax or regulation is branded as un-American because personal freedom trumps everything else.
Defunding the oligarchy is like step 3, but US didn’t even take step 1, yet.
Quirky_Atmosphere_96 on
The oligarchy ain’t gonna vote for this. What’s your next great idea?
elementality883 on
This is the conversation that has been decades in need of attention.
It’s at the tipping point where comfortable living is no longer possible and people need to recognize it is not because of immigrants, but the billionaire class who sews divide amongst us who have more in common.
Bubbly-Two-3449 on
If you want to defund the oligarchy, enforce antitrust and fund elections with public money.
(but we also should stop funding a company whose leader emailed jeffrey epstein on christmas day asking about when he could party on Epstein’s pedophile island. )
Puzzled-Dress-4904 on
🎵
_Beautiful dreamer_
_Wake unto me_
_Starlight and dewdrops_
_Are waiting for thee_
🎶
The Guardian is living in la-la land.
NoReserve7293 on
The time is way overdue. Great damage has been done, Americans need to find a commonality and get money the fuck out of politics.
athornton79 on
Take us back to the “good old days” – you know, that time that MAGA dreams is so great? But only in the ways THEY want. Instead, focus on the parts they don’t! Restore the 90% tax rate on the top! Revise the tax laws so that their “borrowing” means of utilizing their wealth without paying taxes actually owes taxes! Close that loophole forever.
“But the rich will leave!” Yeah, just like they did back in the 60’s and 70’s, right? Oh, what’s that, they didn’t leave? Surprise surprise.
CQscene on
Deport Usha Vance
Arizona_Pete on
Let’s assume you have been alive for 250 years – Since the founding of the Republic.
Let’s also assume that since that time you’ve made $70,000 a week ($280,000 a month) every week with no change for inflation. Just a static amount.
If both of those things were true, you ***still*** wouldn’t have made a Billion dollars over that time.
I genuinely do not mind millionaires, I aspire to be one myself. However, we need a second Teddy Roosevelt to rise up and break up the extreme oligarchy and wealth inequality we have seen since the 1980s.
HowardBunnyColvin on
Fuck the oligarchs, every single one. Bezos, Zuckerberg, Musk. Fuck them all old country way.
Western-Corner-431 on
Past time, really.
Judgeman2021 on
If we only had a Congress that wasn’t profiting more than Wall Street
Gotta get enough people to stop lavishing the wealthy in the hopes that one day they will be one of them. How many times have you read something like “Well I never got a job from a poor man”? Until we stop fighting amongst ourselves, such an endeavor will be difficult to overcome.
Avoidtolls on
Withdraw all your money from the bank. Get enough people to do it and you might get their attention.
SaltyBigBoi on
“Very generic and overwhelmingly popular opinion” 🗣️
Lucas_OnTop on
There’s no mechanism for the American People to give feedback to the government and tell them what they need/ what to invest in.
Average people don’t go to town halls, and the only way we’re considered is where our dollars get spent.
This should be a no taxation without representation moment, not a pow-wow for elites to tell us they’ll take care of how to invest in the American people.
Does anyone actually think decently of the US Government at this point? It’s either Pedos or Nazis
Status-Secret-4292 on
Just think, we could of had this already started in 2016 with Bernie Sanders
parkinthepark on
This starts in the Democratic Primaries.
Support *progressive* Democrats in the primaries **and don’t fall for the “they can’t win against a Republican” lie*****.***
Establishment (Corporate) Dems love to scare you into thinking that only a “moderate” can win. They are lying because they’re scared.
Give em the boot.
Holdthemuffins on
Far past time actually.
Creative-Package6213 on
This is what needs to happen to our oligarchs, they get to chose one of two options:
1. Any net worth over $1,000,000,000 gets taxed at 99% and goes to the government.
2. Can contribute to public works and get a tax credit of up to 40% on income (ie. social security, public schools, public infrastructure, museums, libraries, etc…)
Either way these obscenely rich fucks need to be made to pay their fair share.
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The opening of the commentary:
>Trump ran on a promise to lower costs on day one, but a year into his presidency, the real beneficiaries are his billionaire donors. Instead of making life more affordable for everyday Americans, Trump has used the presidency to enrich himself and his billionaire allies, while making the largest cuts to Medicaid and food assistance in history and leaving working families behind.
you cant defund the oligarchy because they are everywhere. You can’t even boycott them, because they controlled all the resources in the US. It is like oh we are not going to olive garden but going to another chain restaurant, but if you trace back up they are all owned by same big corporation.
And they owned both of the parties, and if someone like Newsom get elected then would just be the same. Unless we really elect someone that would put an end to corporate welfare and tax the rich, we won’t see any change
First things first.
Remove Trump and deport Elon Musk.
Nice thought, but letting rich guys and their businesses do whatever they want seems to be the only economic vision that exists in the US these days, and every kind of tax or regulation is branded as un-American because personal freedom trumps everything else.
Defunding the oligarchy is like step 3, but US didn’t even take step 1, yet.
The oligarchy ain’t gonna vote for this. What’s your next great idea?
This is the conversation that has been decades in need of attention.
It’s at the tipping point where comfortable living is no longer possible and people need to recognize it is not because of immigrants, but the billionaire class who sews divide amongst us who have more in common.
If you want to defund the oligarchy, enforce antitrust and fund elections with public money.
(but we also should stop funding a company whose leader emailed jeffrey epstein on christmas day asking about when he could party on Epstein’s pedophile island. )
🎵
_Beautiful dreamer_
_Wake unto me_
_Starlight and dewdrops_
_Are waiting for thee_
🎶
The Guardian is living in la-la land.
The time is way overdue. Great damage has been done, Americans need to find a commonality and get money the fuck out of politics.
Take us back to the “good old days” – you know, that time that MAGA dreams is so great? But only in the ways THEY want. Instead, focus on the parts they don’t! Restore the 90% tax rate on the top! Revise the tax laws so that their “borrowing” means of utilizing their wealth without paying taxes actually owes taxes! Close that loophole forever.
“But the rich will leave!” Yeah, just like they did back in the 60’s and 70’s, right? Oh, what’s that, they didn’t leave? Surprise surprise.
Deport Usha Vance
Let’s assume you have been alive for 250 years – Since the founding of the Republic.
Let’s also assume that since that time you’ve made $70,000 a week ($280,000 a month) every week with no change for inflation. Just a static amount.
If both of those things were true, you ***still*** wouldn’t have made a Billion dollars over that time.
I genuinely do not mind millionaires, I aspire to be one myself. However, we need a second Teddy Roosevelt to rise up and break up the extreme oligarchy and wealth inequality we have seen since the 1980s.
Fuck the oligarchs, every single one. Bezos, Zuckerberg, Musk. Fuck them all old country way.
Past time, really.
If we only had a Congress that wasn’t profiting more than Wall Street
It’s time. Let’s eat. 🍽️
It’s called confiscatory taxation
https://ambushedbymemes.quora.com/ti-209103253
lol, the owners of the government will love that!
Gotta get enough people to stop lavishing the wealthy in the hopes that one day they will be one of them. How many times have you read something like “Well I never got a job from a poor man”? Until we stop fighting amongst ourselves, such an endeavor will be difficult to overcome.
Withdraw all your money from the bank. Get enough people to do it and you might get their attention.
“Very generic and overwhelmingly popular opinion” 🗣️
There’s no mechanism for the American People to give feedback to the government and tell them what they need/ what to invest in.
Average people don’t go to town halls, and the only way we’re considered is where our dollars get spent.
This should be a no taxation without representation moment, not a pow-wow for elites to tell us they’ll take care of how to invest in the American people.
Tax the billionaires….
https://substack.com/@taxtheshorties/note/p-186224694?r=6sp1vz&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
Long overdue
Does anyone actually think decently of the US Government at this point? It’s either Pedos or Nazis
Just think, we could of had this already started in 2016 with Bernie Sanders
This starts in the Democratic Primaries.
Support *progressive* Democrats in the primaries **and don’t fall for the “they can’t win against a Republican” lie*****.***
Establishment (Corporate) Dems love to scare you into thinking that only a “moderate” can win. They are lying because they’re scared.
Give em the boot.
Far past time actually.
This is what needs to happen to our oligarchs, they get to chose one of two options:
1. Any net worth over $1,000,000,000 gets taxed at 99% and goes to the government.
2. Can contribute to public works and get a tax credit of up to 40% on income (ie. social security, public schools, public infrastructure, museums, libraries, etc…)
Either way these obscenely rich fucks need to be made to pay their fair share.