HouseMD wrote: ↑February 14th, 2019, 5:42 pm
Cornfed wrote: ↑February 14th, 2019, 4:16 am
Craigmiller wrote: ↑February 14th, 2019, 3:50 am
The inherent flaw in capitalism. Of course the Democrats would likely fix this with regulation and higher tax on the rich but who wants that?
Lol, the Democrats are in the pockets of billionaires.
Both sides are in the pockets of billionaires, they are just different groups of wealthy people fighting a proxy war using our political system. Both don't give a damn about you or I
This is a little too simplistic. Sure, the opinions of rich people affect public policy because average, middle-class people are stupid. Look at the recent GOP Tax scam. Taxpayers have long typically enjoyed unlimited federal deductions for state and local taxes, known as SALT deductions. Under the cap, individuals and married taxpayers filing jointly who itemize deductions may deduct only up to $10,000 annually for state and local income, property and sales taxes. This was basically a tax increase. The average American’s tax refund was 8.4 percent lower in the first week of 2019 than it was one year ago
https://twitter.com/search?src=typd&q=GopTaxScam
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/02/ ... -year.html
Now who VOTED for this? All Trump supporters... Democratic elected officials are much likelier to share the policy opinions of the poor or middle class on economic policy, while Republican officials are likelier to diverge from middle-class public opinion in favor of representing the views of the wealthy.
Over the last 40 years people have been f***ing themselves. Don't blame billionaires. They are just looking out for their own interest... just like you should be.