@TheVotersSay@Acyn The top tax bracket in the United States was at least 70% from 1936 to 1980. Not only did no millionaires flee the country, we fought and won WW2, put a man on the moon, and built the interstate highway system.
From each according to their abilities...
@RealmanRobotics So who stuck the cables neatly into the foam for the robot to pickup and why couldn't they have just plugged in the cables?
Oh right, if a robot does the work a billionaire gets paid, but if a person does the job someone who isn't a billionaire gets paid.
Follow the money.
No matter how hard you work, how badly you bleed, how little days you miss, how much time you miss with your kids, how invaluable you are to the company, they will still axe you the second a single quarter goes sideways. Loyalty is always one sided.
@LacysLoveCavemn@unusual_whales Not in California. You have to identify yourself if arrested (or stopped for a moving violation) but there's no stop-and-identify in CA.
This is what happens when you commodify basic necessities, when housing is treated primarily as an investment vehicle rather than a place for people to live.
@atxsouthside04@danpfeiffer I don't think Newsome will play well in the national stage, so it'll be a fun primary. On the plus side, Senator Captain (not Commander) Kelly can stomp fascist butt on my behalf every day of the week and twice on Sunday.