"“Why doesn’t he just tell everyone if they vote for him they get $20?” — DESUS NICE"
$20? Not enough. Andrew Yang was offering $1,000 per month!
get this:
it simply isn't funny any more.
The average conservative voter just doesn't think that government provides a lot of value for the taxes we pay. That makes them sympathetic to the argument that all taxes should be flat. That 'not much value added' view of government makes them sympathetic to the idea that the estate tax is a "death tax", and it's unfair. So, that would make Warren's 'living wealth tax' very unfair.
The rich are getting a real benefits bargain for the relatively small taxation they are paying. They're getting social stability, economic stability, and political stability! And those three things don't come cheap.
There aren't too many real business-type billionaires in nations run by a kleptocracy or a dictatorship. And likely none in countries that have had a 'failed state'. The chance become a billionaire requires a government big enough, competent enough, and civic-minded enough, to create the immense opportunities that a lot of us have here.
The point is that our super-rich, rich, and merely affluent are getting the biggest government bargain in history. But the rest of us are going into a lot of debt to pay for it. So, if they don't start paying their fair share (cost/benefit wise) of the real, actual cost for that government, it's not going to last!
The rest of us and our descendants will get stuck paying the huge 'national debt' bill, accumulated since the first (Reagan) of the 3 big Republican tax cuts (Bush, Trump). Or, we lose even the facade of democracy and much, much more.
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MAGA challenge???!! The idiocy from Trump never stops.
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This is hysterical! Thanks so much for posting these videos and comment, too funny. I learned about Bloomberg's candidacy on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher." I'm immensely proud of our democratic process that permits such diversity within the ranks of leadership and representation, but I can't see another billionaire poised to speak for middle and low income voters. It would, however, be highly entertaining to watch two wealthy New Yorkers take to the podium against each other's rhetoric.;)
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Washington is not NYC. Bloomberg can't bully the city council, or threaten workers' pensions to get what he wants. He can't stop and frisk America to tackle gun control nor can he gentrify the rust belt by giving it to developers. However, all the machinery is in place to do what neoliberals do best, which is bolster plutocracy. Good luck getting any type of progressive change from an oligarch or a leader with autocratic tendencies. Look at the long game and think about the ramifications of handing the keys to this country to billionaires for generations. Let's see where Medicare or Social Security or labor rights if this keeps up.
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