Hey California, New York.
Maybe start taking some notes from Nebraska. This is why when the common political wisdom claims you have to run "moderates" and blue dogs in rural districts, I puke in my mouth.
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There you go, dems. You know what they want.
God I wish we had elected Bernie.
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The Republican party’s greatest fear, taxes on the rich.
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Republicans:
Sorry, sirs and madames, we only sell tax cuts for the rich here.
Let me guess .... the Republicans couldn't hear a thing
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Anyone want to guess what is not going to happen?
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My father's side of the family is super, duper, ultra hardcore "conservative" Trump-loving "Christian".
They love, love, love to bring up politics at every conceivable opportunity. It's one of those situations where I have loathed going for visits for decades and sometimes even making the obligate check-in calls plays heck on my "nerves".
But in the past few years when the conversation turns political, I've started hearing big shifts in tone when it comes to opinions on the ultra wealthy in the USA. The last time I was at a family gathering around the holidays, they were berating the Luigi situation and talking about how disgusting it was that anybody would do that, let alone condone it.
That conversation literally did a 180 once I pointed out how it was interesting that the school shooting that happened that same day (or maybe it was a day or two before/after) had received a fraction of the coverage. And it was interesting how murders of people who aren't rich don't get that kind of coverage. Basically, when people like you and me get killed for whatever reason, you don't hear about it. But a rich person is shot and suddenly it's national news and top billed news for weeks. Wonder why that is?
And those conservative "I hate liberals and liberals should be shot" relatives of mine were in complete agreement.
So, whether you think it sucks or not, you need to know that if you actually want change and actually want things to improve, you're going to have to forgive and you're going to have to find common ground with people that you otherwise disagree with on a fundamental level. Fuck you if you say otherwise, you are wrong. And I don't say that lightly.
I'll never understand the mindset of spending MORE on lobbying and fucking competitors over and donating to political campaigns instead of spending the same or less on taxes that directly benefit infrastructure in the whole country you partake in and your businesses use like public roads, police keeping you safe, and keeping gas cheap with soft global power and not having your lifestyle change one bit. Just the idea of allocating taxes to people who you don't personally know is the worst offense...but also giving all your mental energy and cash to politicians is ok. Elon could have retired to blowjob Island 10 years ago and instead became a nazi competing with Trump for who can blow putin the hardest.
Why is this News? Of COURSE Republicans want to Tax The Rich! But they would Rather DIE then to Vote for ANYONE OTHER then a Republican!
I wouldn't take this as anything other than local Democrats showed up to yell at him, to be honest.
Republicans aren't exactly known for their pro-taxation stance let alone taxing the wealthy. :/
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