From the Navy SEAL officer who planned and executed the Bin Laden raid: “In recent months, President Trump, upon advice from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, has relieved or forced the retirement of some of the finest officers that have ever served this nation. I have personally worked with most of them in combat….And this week, in an egregious decision, the president forced General Chris Donahue to step down from his position in command of U.S. Army Europe. Donahue is without question one of the most brilliant officers I know. He is strategically focused, tactically aggressive, personally courageous, exceptionally thoughtful in his planning and execution, and compassionate with his troops. He has the respect of every man and woman who ever served with him—and you can put me at the top of that list.”
Seattle's city council imposed a $26 minimum wage for delivery drivers.
Now, Seattle residents are complaining about DoorDash prices: “I ordered a $12 sandwich… $12 grew to $32!”
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The simplest question to ask a socialist is how much of their own money they have given to the causes they support
The answer is always 0
On some deep psychological level, it’s because they see taxation and control of other people’s money **as their contribution** to solving the problem
Some people really do care about the causes (doubtful that ro or warren or aoc or Bernie do at all) but regardless the core moral error is they think that being the one to demand where money is spent is a morally good action.
It isn’t.
Service is service. Sacrifice is sacrifice. Generosity is generosity. Secondhand is not. Controlling is not.
Hi Ro, the real scandal is YOU, not the billionaires.
They create jobs, technology and pay taxes.
You take and take. Always asking for more money but have ZERO accountability. And you're selling one MORE magical tax that will suddenly solve all of our problems.
Scapegoat: builders (framed as billionaires)
Bailout: rampant government negligence and fraud
Over the last 25 years we have done the following;
2000: revenue $2T. Spend $1.8T. A $236B SURPLUS.
Today: revenue $5.2T. Spend $7T. A $1.8T DEFICIT.
Revenue up 2.6x. Spending up almost 4x. And the money you don't have, you print, so the inflation lands on everyone who isn't you.
So where does the money go???
Everything has gotten worse.
Healthcare: the most expensive it has ever been. Test scores: historic lows. Infrastructure is degrading and some of the worst in the world. Housing affordability is absolutely wrecked.
Debt in 2000: $5.7T. Today: $39T. We now burn over $1T a year just on the interest. More than the entire military.
Record revenue. Record debt. And a normal family is further from a home than their parents were, on a quarter of the budget.
So the simple question. After all of that, why should anyone hand you EVEN MORE to torch?
You want to gaslight us into thinking one more tax saves it. It does not. You do not fix this with a bigger check.
Show me zero based budgeting. Show me a single outcome worth $7T a year.
Where does $7T go, Ro. Riddle me that.
@ryangrim Ryan, if the billionaires never existed do you really think it would easier for everyone to buy a home? Your thesis seems to suggest they caused the problem. It is likely that without all these great companies that have been created, average Americans would be worse off...
@RoKhanna@Georgesantos Ro, Elon is creating massive value for society through building his companies. You would feel better if he put his name on a new library? It takes an incredible arrogance to think you have the right to just take someone's assets.
@RoKhanna How is it a scandal. If they never existed, would others be better off? If someone created wealth and didn’t take it from others how did they create a scandal and why do you think you have the right to take it…
@BernieSanders Your the oligarch. You want to take other peoples assets and the means of production and then redistribute it as you see fit. This gives you massive power and allows you to distribute the $ to your preferred groups. You get to control it all ...
GENERAL: “The $300,000,000,000 is real. Who cares where it comes from? The Iranians are still in charge. They’re gonna take that money and recover everything. You know that, Sean.”
Even Fox guests aren’t letting them pretend Trump’s deal is good. (Obama had a deal for far less)
Here's the amazing thing about written agreements: they are comprised of words we can all read and then form opinions about! It's really neat! So release the MOU text. Now. Don't keep it secret and then complain that people aren't trusting your version of events.