Ocasio-Cortez floats 70 percent tax on the super wealthy to fund Green New

[hankhatesyouall 2,731]

GGD: Why is right-wing populism picking up steam all over the globe? 
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https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/04/ocasio-cortez-70-percent-tax-1080874

[geopang 4,831]

What a joke

[GunninMan 1,406]

I see no problem in taxing the wealthiest people in this country more, but 60 to 70 percent is ludicrous. 

I guess it’s also ludicrous that the wealthiest people in this country also get a tax cut worth more money than what most of Americans will ever see in their own entire lives. But hey, if I work long and hard enough that could be me one day too right? Or maybe I should become a politician so I can have all that undeserved money in my bank account, slowly widening the gap between the rich and poor, and decimating the middle class.

[Nemo 4,410]

A very modest goal when you compare it to the rates we had in the 1950's.

[Nemo 4,410]

3 minutes ago, GunninMan said:

But hey, if I work long and hard enough that could be me one day too right?

In Fantasyland, yes. Not in America.

[hankhatesyouall 2,731]

2 minutes ago, GunninMan said:

I see no problem in taxing the wealthiest people in this country more, but 60 to 70 percent is ludicrous. 

I guess it’s also ludicrous that the wealthiest people in this country also get a tax cut worth more money than what most of Americans will ever see in their own entire lives. But hey, if I work long and hard enough that could be me one day too right? Or maybe I should become a politician so I can have all that undeserved money in my bank account, slowly widening the gap between the rich and poor, and decimating the middle class.

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Taxation is theft. The federal income tax should be abolished. 
 

 

[DelusionalGaga 29,717]

It's amazing how AOC lives inside of right wing lunatics' heads entirely rent-free. 

[DiscoHeaven23 35,007]

This is what's not going to work

 

Introducing such extreme leftist ideals in 2019. 

 

It's only going to enrage the right and some moderates even more, which will work against democrats. Fear is shown to get people to vote the most and this will scare those factions. 

[Othon 34,299]

She's absolutely right and this is not an "extremist" position at all. We had much higher tax rates on the rich in the past and economists think we should tax the wealthy at a 90% tax rate (https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/22/economists-tax-rich_n_6024430.html) (https://mic.com/articles/119630/bernie-sanders-wants-to-tax-the-rich-at-90-here-s-why-that-s-not-so-crazy#.eZGfvpRWl)

Right-wing fascism is on the rise because working class people have been disenfranchised by austerity over the past few decades. These a-historical right-wing takes on GagaDaily... embarrassing...

[GunninMan 1,406]

18 minutes ago, Nemo said:

In Fantasyland, yes. Not in America.

My point exactly, it’s next to impossible to achieve that level of wealth.

[Varys 30,916]

23 minutes ago, hankhatesyouall said:

Taxation is theft. The federal income tax should be abolished. 
 

 

Omg this is already the 3th  i saw you post this week 

[geopang 4,831]

15 minutes ago, DelusionalGaga said:

It's amazing how AOC lives inside of right wing lunatics' heads entirely rent-free. 

Just like Trump lives rent free inside the heads of leftist lunatics?

[uo111 5,282]

Can someone sane make a topic celebrating this? Of course it takes a woman to have the balls to say what is right and needed.

[GunninMan 1,406]

20 minutes ago, hankhatesyouall said:

Taxation is theft. The federal income tax should be abolished. 
 

 

Well that’s literally never going to happen, unless we have some revolution and abolish all government and start completely over. The idea of the federal income tax is not a bad idea if it were to have worked properly, and had the federal government not dipped into the funds of every American citizen. This isn’t so much about the policy itself, but the crooked officials that have run this country for decades. They get paid boat loads of money. They spend the federal money, meant for us, on chicken **** policies, overfund our military, are asking for more of our. Obey for a god foresaken wall that’ll never do any good in the long run of this country, etc. etc.

I agree, abolishing the federal tax income would be ideal, but that is a ****ing pipe dream for the US. This country is so screwed.

[gag 22,449]

5 minutes ago, geopang said:

Just like Trump lives rent free inside the heads of leftist lunatics?

Wait... leftists are concerned about what the president of their country is doing? Crazy