@EricSpracklen He is exactly the same man you voted for. What about January 6th did you not understand? The guy is unhinged and only cares about himself.
@ChrisMartzWX Earned income is money you receive from working, such as wages, salary, tips, commissions, bonuses, or net self-employment income. It generally does not include passive income like interest, dividends, or rental income.
@bbs1derzy@TheModerateCase I have yet to hear a good argument for keeping the EC. States are currently in charge for how they choose electors in their state. Your solution would still require a constitutional amendment and would only result in making the system even more complicated.
Jude, yes spending is out of control but its not going to help the average American, its going towards paying on the debt and the military industrial complex. This is all steered by the wealthy elite and corporate donors. They get to steer more and more money toward themselves while the rest of us fight over the scraps and blame illegal immigrants. Politicians aren’t drunk on spending and power, they are clear eyed in lining their own pockets while they lie to us.
@lizpeek@AOC It’s fine to admire what some people have accomplished. AOC serves as a US representative in congress. She’s not supposed to represent a handful of billionaires. She represents the majority of people who haven’t been fortunate enough to amass insane levels of wealth.
Your reasoning was we have certain laws because the people who make laws aren’t that smart. Doesn’t the fact that lawmakers aren’t smart call into question the validity of any laws that these morons dream up? Just trying to get a handle on that reasoning of yours for clarity’s sake. 😉
@aclownin1@Ringmaster3030@HistoryBoomer So you’re basically confirming that corporate taxes were higher in the mid 20th century and have trended lower in the recent years. So what are you arguing about?
You’re funny. You literally made a comparison between “billionaire” companies and “regulated” sectors. Now you’re saying that’s not what you said. Go back and look at your previous comment.
My argument isn’t against billionaires per se, it’s about a system that favors the ultra wealthy donor class over everyone else. We no longer live in a true representative democracy. Taxes on those at the top are slashed year after year while we wage unnecessary wars abroad, have crumbling infrastructure, homeless on our streets, and the cost of living continues to get more unaffordable. We print money to pay to fund our military and now ICE at ungodly levels, putting our country in deeper and deeper debt as it devalues the dollar. Meanwhile, I hear people like you go to bat for these billionaires. Why are some people treating billionaires like they are some precious resource? They aren’t. They are individuals who have managed to amass a huge amount of wealth and power, and most of them couldn’t care less about you and your problems. They are looking out for their own interests. You should look out for yours.
We already had our way decades ago, during a time many point to as a golden era in America. From the 1950s through 1970s the top corporate tax rate was around 50%. These days it sits at 21%. Back in the mid 20th century families could survive on a single paycheck and afford a house. These days families need two full time earners and many find the prospects of ever owning a home unreachable.
That argument isn’t sound. Based on that logic, we shouldn’t have any laws because sometimes the cops arrest the wrong guy or someone innocent gets convicted. You may be right about individual anti trust cases, but that doesn’t mean those laws aren’t important. Antitrust laws were developed to stop monopolies and trusts from crushing competition and raising prices.