MuskyMelon@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 month agoThe Largest Upward Transfer of Wealth in American Historywww.theatlantic.comexternal-linkmessage-square181fedilinkarrow-up1763arrow-down16cross-posted to: theatlantic@rss.ponder.cat
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minus-squarecapital_sniff@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down7·1 month agoWe get banned for talking about increasing taxes on the wealthy through like progressive tax policy?
minus-squareTheShadow277@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·1 month agoAsking the rich to be less rich doesn’t seem to be working so well to me.
minus-squareSoftestSapphic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·1 month agoSo how do we increase taxes on them when they control all our politicians?
minus-squareSabinStargem@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month 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-squareblakenong@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 month 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.