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LogGrad98 said:
I'm thinking thegoldstandard is just a Trumper. I've posted twice now in response to his posts directly about the revenue side of that equation and he's ignored it both times. He just wants to go at the "Trump is great" angle in a slightly different way.
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How much tax would you like people to pay?
 
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Bucknutz said:
How much tax would you like people to pay?
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At a minimum let the Trump tax cuts expire. That's already cost us $4 trillion and the fact that a very minimal amount of that is from anyone outside the top 10% means ordinary folks won't feel it. And realistically neither will the top 10% due to the sheer volume of their wealth.
 
fishonjazz said:
Maybe all this stuff exists and I just don't know about it but I saw this and it made me think.
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I listened to a podcast episode not too long ago about how the richest families in America 100 years ago were pretty cutthroat businessmen but did a lot of philanthropy. Perhaps to offset their ugly business side? At any rate, they did a lot of good with their money. But today’s richest, especially in the tech industry, are a bunch of awkward, desperate, many of them are autistic weirdos. Like Musk, money isn’t enough. They want the power and respect and the vengeance they seek for never being invited to the cool kid’s table at lunch. When you see how guys like Zuckerberg, Thiel, and Musk operate, it makes a lot of sense. These guys aren’t trying to make the world better. They want to rule.

www.theatlantic.com

The Rise of Techno-authoritarianism

Silicon Valley has its own ascendant political ideology. It’s past time we call it what it is.
www.theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com
 
LogGrad98 said:
Proof is mounting that nothing Musk is doing does anything except harm.

www.economist.com

Elon Musk is failing to cut American spending

DOGE has so far disrupted everything in government bar the deficit
www.economist.com www.economist.com
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What a shock.

If anyone has been paying attention to twitter, they’d know that it operated far better pre-musk ownership that post. It’s impossible to get reliable news from that platform anymore. Plenty of porn, Russian bots, and crypto ads though!

Bobby knight wanted to be buried *** up so journalists could kiss his ***. Before I die I want Americans to finally realize that just because you’re rich doesn’t mean you’re smart. And government should never ever ever be run like a business.
 
The Thriller said:
What a shock.

If anyone has been paying attention to twitter, they’d know that it operated far better pre-musk ownership that post. It’s impossible to get reliable news from that platform anymore. Plenty of porn, Russian bots, and crypto ads though!

Bobby knight wanted to be buried *** up so journalists could kiss his ***. Before I die I want Americans to finally realize that just because you’re rich doesn’t mean you’re smart. And government should never ever ever be run like a business.
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I'm happy to say that I have never once had a Twitter/X account.
 
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