Oh man, people just don't get it. Mamdani is playing the long con. He's consolidating power ahead of these elections by acting as normal as he can muster, so in the NEXT election cycle he can plausibly say "they said I was crazy! See? Socialists aren't so bad!" Then he can get more socialist allies elected (especially at a state level where he needs them), consolidate exponentially more power, and then the commies can actually execute their evil communist plans they're always saying they'll do: let all the criminals out of prison, abolish the police, seize your property, and destroy western civilization. I'm stunned by how many people fall for this scammer. The fact that nobody in media is pointing this out makes me very concerned about our prospects as a country.
Pay taxes on what you earn. Get rid of loop holes. Raise taxes on the richest, back to the pre 2017 levels. The economy grew just fine back then.
Paying taxes on what you haven't earned, whether on net worth or unrealized capital gains is just plain stupid.
Not one proponenent I have spoken to has done a multi year behavioral analysis. Meaning, how will the behavior of those being taxed on net worth or unrealized gains change.
And it will change. To the detriment of the economy and workers.
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It boggles the mind that, according to a bunch of major lobby groups and institutions here in the US, we are still somehow not supposed to read anything into the rhetoric and actions of Israel's national security minister, or see his messaging as reflective of anything deeper in Israeli society.
Apple needs to bring back the iPod, updated for today’s world. Not as a nostalgia product, but as a simple, focused device for people who want music, podcasts, and audiobooks without social media, endless apps, calls, notifications, or the entire internet attached to it.
BOOMER: "Nobody wants to work anymore."
YOU: "I work 50 hours a week."
BOOMER: "Doing what, on a computer?"
YOU: "Yes. It pays $58,000."
BOOMER: "I made $18,000 and owned a house."
YOU: "That's the whole point."
BOOMER: "We didn't complain, we just worked."
YOU: "You worked one job and got a pension. I work one job and get a 401k match if I'm lucky."
BOOMER: "Nobody handed me anything."
YOU: "College was $600 a year. Your first house was 2x your salary. Your employer covered your family's health insurance."
BOOMER: "That was normal back then."
YOU: "Exactly. It was normal. Now it's impossible."
BOOMER: "So what do you want, a handout?"
YOU: "I want what was normal."
BOOMER: *silent*
You didn't outwork us.
You just lived in the version of the country where working was enough.
@HSternfan01@MikeLegacy@mattvanswol No, your groveling acquiescence to your own government denying your constitutional right to privacy, and then going out of your way to suck that big, government dick all over the internet is what makes you a bootlicker. Does that clear it up for you?
I have a rule: I’m slow to trust anyone that wasn’t cool in high school. Not because being cool makes you trustworthy. It’s because NOT being cool during that time leaves most people with lifelong cope complexes that seep into everything they do, for the rest of their life.