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You can't tax rich people on unrealized gains from stocks because "it's not real money until it's sold."
So explain to me why my property taxes keep going up based on the unrealized value of my house?
I didn't sell it.
I didn't cash out.
I didn't make a profit.
But somehow I'm paying taxes on paper gains every single year.
Interesting how "unrealized gains" only become a problem when wealthy folks are involved.
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This is bullshit. I promise you.
Tax billionaires. Invest in schools.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar
Bezos on CNBC: "You could double the taxes I pay, and it's not gonna help that teacher in Queens. I promise you."
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@SohrabAhmari It’s casting an ugly women as Helen and an trans male as Achilles
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There is nothing more philistine than the Right-wing agonies about Christopher Nolan's casting choices for a MYTHOLOGICAL piece.
It's as stupid as the circa-2018 Left throwing tantrums about white novelists writing black characters in first-person POV.
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Tim Dillon: “People have no clue what is coming.”
“The economic fallout from the Iran war is going to be massive.”
“And I don’t think your average American has a clue.”
“The price of fuel is higher.”
“The price of goods at the local store are much higher.”
“I think people think the Iran war is over, it was a bad idea … oopsie.”
“We’ll spin it like, we could have won but didn’t want to.”
“We’ll lie and say that we made great progress and they would never think of having a nuke now.”
“Why would they think of having a nuke now?”
“I could think of one big reason they’d want a nuke now more than ever.”
“And will Israel let us get out of the war?”
“Let’s just be honest.”
“They’re not gonna let us get out of the war.”
@TimJDillon
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NYT: Bernie Sanders said in an interview that at 84, his days as one of the defining faces of progressivism in America are numbered, so he is working to help elect as many like-minded allies as possible up and down the ballot, from county commissions to the Senate.
“By the time I’m 104 and serving my 8th term in the U.S. Senate — that’s a joke,” Mr. Sanders said, pausing for effect. “Yes of course, we’re building a movement for the future.”
Politics & Poll Tracker 📡@PollTracker2024
NYT: Bernie Sanders Backs Slate of Candidates in Bid to Cement Progressive Legacy Senator Bernie Sanders has endorsed more than five dozen candidates for local and state offices nationwide as he seeks to remake the Democratic Party in his image and build a progressive bench as part of his legacy. nytimes.com/2026/05/15/us/…
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@unusual_whales Maybe stop flooding country with immigrants and spending to oblivion
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AOC: In the last 5 years, billionaire wealth has doubled. Ask yourself if the quality of your life has doubled.
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Tim Dillon on America: “We’re not the high school bully anymore. We’re the weird kid who may have a gun. We’re not the bully, we’re not the jock, we’re not the quarterback. This is not Top Gun, we are not Tom Cruise. We’re the college kid who keeps going to the high school parties. We’re a pedophile and we may have a gun”
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Dan Bilzerian reveals he's worth $375M and did over $500M in vape sales after media said he was broke
"The headline was Dan Bilzerian went broke and put $50 million on his credit card. I was worth $375 million at the time. The company did $100 million in vape sales that year alone"
"We've done over a half a billion dollars in sales just in South America. Red Bull and Monster spent hundreds of millions on marketing. I spent 15 and created a global brand in one year"
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When we came into office, we uncovered a $12 billion budget deficit.
Today, I’m proud to say we brought it down to zero.
We didn’t close the gap on the backs of working people.
We closed it while funding parks, libraries, safer streets and making historic investments in public housing.
Call it Pothole Politics. Call it Democratic Socialism. It's government that delivers for the people who make this city run.
That’s what New Yorkers deserve. And that’s what we will keep fighting for every single day.
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You can’t build cohesive and functional public infrastructure and spaces with this guy’s worldview. It’s selfish, antisocial, and unworkable.
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In Washington D.C., taxpayers who don’t take the train or bus are increasingly subsidizing those who do, and it’s not sustainable. @DominicJPino explains why. 🔗 Read more: wapo.st/42nR9Ok
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@KellySeven3 @actingliketommy Yes and the genius democrats who have been in charge of California for decades are soooo smart
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@actingliketommy He's an absolute idiot. I say that as a former addictee to The Hills, he was a moron then and hasn't changed a bit. Cannot believe he's a contender.
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Podcast of billionaire shitters who don't want to pay taxes platform a reality tv goon suggesting the criminalization of homelessness... because billionaires can't stand walking down the street and seeing the evidence of what they've done to society.
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@actingliketommy I’m not a billionaire and I’m fucking sick of this shit too ..shut the hell up you commie
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The worlds richest man posts like a low IQ frat boy rapist
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Should just parents pay for schools? Only bill crime victims for police? This is a 10th grader's approach to diffuse costs and concentrated benefits
Washington Post Opinions@PostOpinions
In Washington D.C., taxpayers who don’t take the train or bus are increasingly subsidizing those who do, and it’s not sustainable. @DominicJPino explains why. 🔗 Read more: wapo.st/42nR9Ok
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@kevinamezaga You do use it.. the high way is used to transportation of goods
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I subsidize the capital beltway as a Virginia Taxpayer and I never take that god forsaken road so maybe we should tear it down.
Do you see how stupid you sound?
Washington Post Opinions@PostOpinions
In Washington D.C., taxpayers who don’t take the train or bus are increasingly subsidizing those who do, and it’s not sustainable. @DominicJPino explains why. 🔗 Read more: wapo.st/42nR9Ok
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MICHIGAN, VOTE FOR ABDUL!!!!
Dr. Abdul El-Sayed@AbdulElSayed
🚨🚨An AIPAC shell organization just bought $5.3 million in ads to beat us. We need you.
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BREAKING: Iran has moved to take full control of all 7 undersea internet cables passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
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Graham Platner: “I refuse to believe there is some metric of hard work that says the people I know in Hancock County that work 3-4 jobs to keep a roof over their head, that somehow Elon Musk or Peter Thiel or Jeff Bezos worked so much harder than them that they deserve to be a billionaire and these people deserve to live in poverty”
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@KyleKulinski You get paid what the market determines your labor to be worth.
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Nobody “earns” or “deserves” a billion dollars. Market value doesn’t equal human value. Your logic creates a world where Elon is nearly a trillionaire as people who work 2 jobs can’t make rent.
Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸@AndrewYang
I think someone can become a billionaire by creating over a billion dollars worth of value.
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