• @SCB@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    591 year ago

    From the article:

    With a divided Congress, the bills are unlikely to pass into law this session. But Mr. Smith said legislators needed to start a conversation.

    Solid odds this will be a campaign issue, which is a great thing.

      • @Shadywack@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        111 year ago

        This 1000%. A bunch of bullshit from all sides, all these “ought to’s” and a bunch of malarkey will get tossed around. The election will get won by Biden or Trump, and all this will just turn into the same thing it always does…empty promises and a shit ton of money getting made at the top while we’re all fucked.

        Real change won’t happen by voting for it, it’s when billionaires find their heads in baskets staring up at the axe/guillotine/whatever that just cut their fucking heads off. Eat the rich.

        • @Blademaster00@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          21 year ago

          The “Guillotine the rich” crowd sure loves saying they wanna do it but they never have the balls. You talk of politician “ought to’s” yet here you and many others are not executing billionaires. Put up or shut up.

          • @Shadywack@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            English
            41 year ago

            I said, and I’ll copy and paste:

            Real change won’t happen by voting for it, it’s when billionaires find their heads in baskets staring up at the axe/guillotine/whatever that just cut their fucking heads off. Eat the rich.

            That’s a message to show support and willingness. I can’t pull it off myself, but if more people are aware and willing, the future is bright.

        • @Arbiter@lemm.ee
          link
          fedilink
          -21 year ago

          Disolving companies resolves problems only if the people who bought the products dont turn immediately to the replacement.

    • Everyone will talk about it, nobody will do anything to improve the situation.

      Once you reach the ranks of the Senate, you have more financial interest in the future of your REIT-heavy investment portfolio than the price any of your constituents are paying for housing. Hell, more than a few Senators come straight from the halls of Wall Street themselves. That’s how they have the kind of surplus cash to run for office to begin with.