@Big_crusher1000 But earning 5% on government bonds is somehow a masterclass of how to provide value in the world. Can a person with the same background as your example make money with bonds. Is it the money part that defines character.
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Mark Pertz
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When do you look in the mirror and realize the reason you're working a low-paying job is that nobody will pay you for a high-paying one?
Corporations are not laboratories for social justice; they're there to make a profit. If they pay you $100,000 a year, they want to see if it's money well spent.
Whose fault is it that you have three kids and you're working a low-wage job? That is not the fault of the job; it's your fault.
ً@omgsidewalks
can someone PLEASE tell me when did “if you work full-time you should be able to comfortably afford shelter, food and utilities” become an extreme leftist belief ??
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@SteveOnSpeed If we could just repeal all labor laws this country could get back on it's feet.
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Whenever you hear someone clamor for tax increases to provide such-and-such for the poor or kids, just remember:
The government is $39 trillion in debt.
If more money would solve the problem, it would already be solved.
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@Tweetoleon What kind of system channels a poor kid towards the military for 800 a month but super wealthy wouldn't serve to save 100 million. Tax according to military service. Is a poor kid's life worth less than a billionaire's life. ?
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In what timeline does having the government seize the property of one person to give it to another person sound like anything remotely conceived of by the US Constitution?
Ro Khanna@RoKhanna
If it went directly to families making $150,000 would you support it? Bernie and my plan gives a check of $3000 to working families.
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@KettlebellDan No wealth tax. It will be voluntary. Any billionaire that didn't serve in the armed forces here pays a higher rate. Don't want to pay , get serving instead of the 18 year old poor kid you helped create risking his life while you back slap buddies for creating a limo driver job
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@adamscochran Higher tax rate on billionaires who didn't serve in the armed services. Not a wealth tax. A coward pillager tax
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I don’t think we should tax the ultra wealthy on unrealized gains, or a wealth tax.
I DO think we should close tax loopholes.
I DO think we should tax you more if you took government subsidies.
I DO think we should have the government earn equity in the private businesses that it gives tax breaks, subsidies and grants to.
I DO think we should add an interest based tax to any loans you take against equity in a company you control since it’s abused to avoid taxes.
If the public system in this country helps you build that wealth, then it’s reasonable that system should be paid back from its prosperity.
If you make a huge sum of money, that’s fine, pay your tax rate like everyone, and I’m good with that.
But:
A) Pay your actual prescribed percentage rate like the rest of us.
B) Pay back into the system that benefited you.
Those points should not be controversial to any rational actor.
It is only through lenses of jealousy, greed, or a lack of understanding, that we can conclude either of the other extremes to be fair here.
Western Lensman@WesternLensman
Adam Schiff released a video fantasizing about what “we” could pay for “by the wealth of our first trillionaire." "$1 trillion, if we decided to distribute that equally among American households, your household would get $7,500..." Sounds downright utopian, Adam.
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@tonjkb Tax billionaires that didn't serve in the armed forces here. Their choice. Serve or pay higher tax towards the people who d.o
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Chamath says his father chose welfare and drinking over working
"My father couldn't get a job. So, we were on welfare and welfare was probably 17, 18, $19,000 a year at the time in Canada. And it's a family of five."
...my dad just spent this cycle between drinking and not working, drinking and not working......But could he have gotten a job making eight or 10 bucks an hour at a store? He could have. He chose not to. "
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@wokal_distance Let's tax billionaires that live here but didn't serve in the armed forces. No wealth tax. Call it the coward pillager tax.
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If she wants an ultra-millionaire tax, why is she threatening to create more community college graduates if she gets it?
Elizabeth Warren@SenWarren
If Elon Musk paid my ultra-millionaire tax, we could fully cover free community college in America.
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@ZaidJilani Any billionaire here who didn't serve in the armed forces should be taxed at a higher rate
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If you’re poor and criticize the rich, you’re a jealous moocher
If you’re rich and criticize the rich you’re hypocritical.
It seems to come down to: just bow down to the rich.
John M Chell@JohnMChell
Claire is a failed artist who worked in Taco Bell. She has been easily brainwashed to compensate for her failed life experiences which is clearly on display. Who does she thinks she is telling us what’s the right way to live - to govern? This RESUME falls way short! VOTE NO @claireforny VOTE YES @ReynosoBrooklyn SOCIALISM is a failed ideology. @NYCMayor @nycDSA @NYCCouncil
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@porterstansb If everyone had a comfortable life there would be no soldiers.
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Correct.
jay plemons@jayplemons
The great lie is that society is divided between rich and poor. The great truth, as David Friedberg puts it, is makers vs takers. Makers build, create, and deliver real value: houses, software, art, businesses, and everything that moves civilization forward. Takers watch, criticize, analyze, and politic. They push the lie that the rich hoard unfairly so the poor must seize it… all while positioning themselves to rule the chaos. As @friedberg tells his kids: “At the end of the day, if you made something and someone else valued it, you were a maker. That was an amazing achievement. That is a great day.” Takers thrive on division. Makers drive progress. Time to choose your side.
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Getting real tired of working my *ss off my entire life to involuntarily fund government pet projects that go directly against my values (and common sense), harm people I care about or just never actually benefit my loved ones whatsoever while always somehow magically ending up back in politician’s overstuffed bank accounts funding their Mega Mansions and Mega Pints on vineyards and beaches they didn’t earn. Yeah pretty damn tired of all that.
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@RockChartrand If it wasn't for the job creators there wouldn't be any labor laws. They are obviously on the side of the employee class.
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Communists look at a world where everyone got richer and complain that some people got richer more.
They'd rather have less wealth distributed more equally than more wealth distributed unequally.
That's why they focus on inequality instead of explaining how wealth is actually created.
MC Squared@mcsquared34
“Communism sounds good in theory but…” Let me stop you right there compadre, bc capitalism doesn’t even sound good in theory. Oh ya, 13 people owning 99% of global wealth, ya let’s create a system that makes that possible. What the fuck is wrong with you?
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@his4Everz Musk is the brand.
Anti fraud with Doge but lives by gov. Money.
Humanitarian calling out the UK but never Israel
Richest man now saying money is irrelevant.
Free speech on x is censored.
Satellites for rural folks. Cmon.
Hook line and sinker. Kudos
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@RockChartrand We need to repeal all labor laws to get this country back on it's feet.
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Socialists think lacking options is slavery. It never occurs to them that laziness, dependency, and bad decisions make harsher masters than any employer ever could.
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@faizsays Spacex is like a wannabe blockbuster movie. Spend 200 million on it but still loses 50 million. Everyone got paid, jobs were created but the loss goes to the shareholders. Both are entertaining.
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From me: SpaceX’s orbital data center plans are about as thought out as Elon Musk’s idea for The Boring Co. Take an existing problem and move it somewhere else. (Traffic: underground. Data centers: space). Don’t even get people started on the Mars colony. “[If] anyone else said it, they would probably have him institutionalized.” And yet, SpaceX soared to a more than $2 trillion valuation on these ideas + others
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@SamAntar I'm just thankful for all the job creators that fought and lobbied for the labor laws we are privileged to enjoy.
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If Elon Musk decided “enough is enough” and shut down Tesla, SpaceX, and Starlink, politicians would discover pretty quickly that jobs, innovation, and tax revenue don’t come from press releases. They come from businesses that employ people, build things, and take risks. Kill the goose, and eventually you run out of eggs.
Elizabeth Warren@SenWarren
If Elon Musk paid my ultra-millionaire tax, we could fully cover free community college in America.
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@omgsidewalks We need to repeal all labor laws to get this country back on it's feet.
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@mert The job creators want you to work 7 days a week. And thank them. Thank God for laws against that.
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"we couldn't do anything useful for citizens in my 14 years of office allocating 60 trillion USD. but if we can just steal from the rocket science electric car guy, then we can solve all your problems."
Elizabeth Warren@SenWarren
If Elon Musk paid my ultra-millionaire tax, we could fully cover free community college in America.
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@StealthQE4 If all the employees from Musk's companies worked 7 days a week instead of 5 think how much better off they would be.
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Elon becomes a trillionaire and then he stiffs the Creators on X. 😂
Ohhh the irony.
Very bad optics.
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@teslaownersSV X should start a wish list section for people in need. To give the elites something to laugh about at the clubhouse.
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I know exactly how Elon Musk built his way to trillionaire status through revolutionary companies like Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink and Boeing Company.
What I don’t understand is how career politicians like Nancy Pelosi, Bernie Sanders, and Elizabeth Warren somehow became millionaires on a government salary
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@mark_slapinski If poor people would just skip meals for a day or two they would have more money.
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Rich people give poor people advice assuming they're stupid.
They tell poor people to stop buying avocado toast.
$5 a day x 20 days a month = $100
Not enough for a down payment. Not enough for anything of value. At least the toast provides some temporary comfort.
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