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The administration will do almost anything if asked, so long as the person asking is willing to offer tribute.
That might be accurate, but it doesn’t answer the question asked.
really? yes it does. a bribe is answer.
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Better to spend money on helping our neighbors than going around the world murdering people
Does free housing help people? The state of “the projects” in every metro would say otherwise. Does free food help people? Most Americans are already overweight, and far, far more die every year from diseases of excess consumption than hunger/malnutrition. Furthermore, when you give them food stamps, they try to sell and defraud the program to buy drugs or alcohol. We already “help” these people to the tune of many b…
Have you ever met anyone who's disabled and living off of SSI? We should be doing more to help them.
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You a temporarily embarrassed billionaire? Paying their fair share in taxes (corporate and otherwise) is far from "taking all their money away".
The top 1% alone are 40% of the federal income tax receipts. 40% of the population pays 0% in income taxes, often receiving credits and refunds. I’m all for everyone contributing: one side looks like it’s contributing 40% already. How much more do you think should be taken from them to give to the people that currently contribute 0?
Why do you think the top 1% pays that much in tax? Because we impose arbitrary taxes on them or because they get the vast amount of the wealth as well?
What's the top income tax bracket? Does it go up to Jeff Bezos levels or does it taper off quite a far amount below that?
How much do you value a stable society that doesn't promote mass death? What percentage of the wealthiest's income should we recognize comes from a world that is stable and peaceable because of opportunities for us all?
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I guess the rich people will have to cope with one less super-yacht this year.
You’re welcome to give all your money away first, then worry about taking others.
I was parodying someone very famous who said the same thing about dolls last Christmas.