MuskyMelon@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 5 months agoThe Largest Upward Transfer of Wealth in American Historywww.theatlantic.comexternal-linkmessage-square178linkfedilinkarrow-up1763arrow-down16cross-posted to: socialism@lemmy.mlworldnews@lemmit.online
arrow-up1757arrow-down1external-linkThe Largest Upward Transfer of Wealth in American Historywww.theatlantic.comMuskyMelon@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square178linkfedilinkcross-posted to: socialism@lemmy.mlworldnews@lemmit.online
minus-squarecapital_sniff@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down7·5 months agoWe get banned for talking about increasing taxes on the wealthy through like progressive tax policy?
minus-squareTheShadow277@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·5 months agoAsking the rich to be less rich doesn’t seem to be working so well to me.
minus-squareSoftestSapphic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·5 months agoSo how do we increase taxes on them when they control all our politicians?
minus-squareSabinStargem@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months agoNo politicians, no problem. …I can’t use a /s for this. Because, honestly, we might have a shooting war within a decade. I think most of our politicians don’t understand why the social contract was a thing.
minus-squareblakenonglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months agoSweet summer child, that won’t happen. It’s far more likely that we just kill them all before those things get voted in.
We get banned for talking about increasing taxes on the wealthy through like progressive tax policy?
Asking the rich to be less rich doesn’t seem to be working so well to me.
So how do we increase taxes on them when they control all our politicians?
No politicians, no problem.
…I can’t use a /s for this. Because, honestly, we might have a shooting war within a decade. I think most of our politicians don’t understand why the social contract was a thing.
Sweet summer child, that won’t happen. It’s far more likely that we just kill them all before those things get voted in.