Flock takes their privacy very seriously.
But the ethical gray area in surveillance technology works both ways.
Under no circumstances should elected officials or public servants enjoy an expectation of privacy when spending tax dollars to attend a surveillance lobbying event.
I think it is actually time for the bottom 50% to contribute their fair share.
They are 50% of society and yet only contribute to 3% of running and maintaining society!
"tax the rich" sounds like justice until you do the math
take every dollar from every US billionaire. liquidate their assets, seize their wealth. you'd raise about $5 trillion. the government spends $7 trillion per year. you've funded washington for eight months
then what. the wealth is gone. the businesses are destroyed. the jobs are eliminated. the tax revenue collapses. and the deficit is bigger than before because spending never went down
"tax the rich" isn't a policy. it's a tantrum. it doesn't even pretend to solve the problem. it just punishes the people who built things so the people who didn't can feel better for five minutes
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.
I would like to see you make a voluntary contribution of 5% of your family’s $200M net worth to the government for important healthcare, childcare, and jobs. Don’t worry, it’s just one-time. Your $10M contribution will provide free childcare for over 1,000 California kids for a year! Once you’ve made your personal contribution to a more just and equitable society, I’ll support all your other asset seizure ideas. But you gotta go first…
https://t.co/8pHN7pCevO The 2nd largest city in the country just finished their primary- headed to the general election is the current mayor, a leftist. LA spends $596k to house 1 homeless person. Houston spends $170k... The court-ordered audit of $2.3 billion in homelessness spending could not determine where the money went... all the while, taxes go up and contributors are FLEEING. LA's decline is incredible... but where does it go from here? Check out today's doc!