He’s just reading the room and sees it’s popular now.
It’s worse, this is Nixon and the EPA all over again.
Or Obamacare even.
They know it’s unavoidable, and if they don’t act something effective might finally happen.
So the oligarchs will pass something that says “tax billionaires” but absolutely no one will fall under it. When a progressive runs on “tax billionaires” everyone will point to this do nothing bill and say it’s already done.
Taking the wind out of the movements sails…
I’d like to say this shit should be obvious, but it’s clearly not for most people.
I’d like to say this shit should be obvious, but it’s clearly not for most people.
Its almost as if decades of attacking education and critical thought was the first step in destroying our democracy or something.
Buddy…
People back in 1969 didn’t put it together either.
1969 people didnt have the total sum of human knowledge and infinite possibilities towards personal improvement and learning in their pocket.
Yeah, but they said 1909 people didn’t have national TV news…
Not to mention the Internet only tells you someone noticed something, another way to look at that is they had more critical thinking than we do today, because they had to fill in the blanks themselves.
It’s insane how many times I’ve out time into a comment pulling form multiple different areas, and someone’s just says “source” without any context. And a single link that looks like it backs one thing up, is taken as proof for everything.
Just the concept that someone is putting things together is inconceivable to people, that expect one single article that “proves” everything.
It’s really fucking dangerous when a society blindly accepts authority like that, even without a demented fascist running the show.
yes, AI and the internet will save us all. Its the modern equivalent to DuPonts “better living through chemistry” slogan.
I love when people reply to what they imagine I posted, instead of what i actually posted.
Please don’t let this guy be who ends up on the 2028 ticket.
Democrats just be opening the door for Republicans every election since 2016
And then they are surprised to be called controlled opposition.
Dont worry, itll be Shapiro or Pritzker.
Financial obesity is an existential threat to any society that tolerates it, and needs to cease being celebrated, rewarded, and positioned as an aspirational goal.
Corporations are the only ‘persons’ which should be subjected to capital punishment, but trillionaires should be forced to transition into billionaires, and billionaires should be euthanised through taxation.
the problem is that American evangelicalism has tied money and goodness together with the prosperity gospel.
The more money you have, the more gooderer you are, and all you have to do is give all your money to (church/fund/whatever target) and god will give it back to you three-fold!
and there for, being against money by wanting to tax people means you are big evilsatanbad.
Yeah, we know. We’ve seen this dog-and-pony show for DECADES.
Nothing about Newsom has seemed honest since day 1. He’s just another opportunistic politician.
No way, really?
The guy who changed laws for his rich friends is against his rich friends having to pay comparatively insignificant sum that wont hurt their dragon hordes or its infinite growth in any significant fashion?
You mean this rich well connected individual isn’t going to burn their friends. You don’t say!
That man is the definition of afflueza, which I hear is only cured by Luigi fever or something idk all the weird media labels confuse me
He may well be describing Trump’s pee pee.
I’d like to think he’s one of the few people in politics that hasn’t actually seen it.
He had me at no a long time ago when he said he “reveres the state of Israel and is proud to support it”. The guy is corrupt trash and doesnt belong in the party at all. Kick his rightwing ass out.
A statewide billionaire tax is stupid. All it will do is chase rich people out of your state. It only makes sense as a nationwide bill.
Which study did you read that in?
It’s not in an economy that’s the 4th largest in the world. California led the way with partial zero emissions vehicles and everyone followed suit due to simple economics. Sure, some people may move, but overall this is leading the way.
Taxing a handful of people literally nothing like forcing millions of vehicles to be built differently.
