the i dont care about politics anymore thread

[Knowledge]

Madonna's right this cancel culture has to go.

Let's Go Brandon!

[Whale biologist]

LIKE THE BEGGAR QUEEN YOU ARE

Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) told CNN's John Berman that her caucus is ready to pass both parts of President Biden's sweeping economic agenda — the Senate-passed bipartisan infrastructure framework, as well as the Build Back Better act — the former of which she believes will likely be done "well before" the latter.

[Shourty]

Make haste Brandon!

[Jibartik]

Originally Posted by starkind [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I believe u. My question about the nose was not an indictment of you.

It appears her lady friend also has a nose which seems odd.

This whole show is just prepping people to be comfortable with the government seeking more authority. It neglected to mention government authority was a part of the actual problem in the first place.

Then nose 1 and nose 2 did a lot of customary covid handwaving.

If calling fed ex makes you feel better. It does. For whatever the reasons. Right, wrong or indifferent. I never implied that you shouldn't or are wrong.

You don't need my approval to call fedex.

I'm just calling into authenticity the noses I see on the telescreens.

hehe I just thought you were like, "lol ru serious?" lmao cus I was!

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[walfreyydo]

Originally Posted by Ooloo [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Also the rich 5% got more because they contribute far more in total tax revenue than the other 95%.

You keep repeating this lie and I keep showing evidence you are wrong. Its false - do I need to re post the sources... again?

[starkind]

Originally Posted by Jibartik [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

hehe I just thought you were like, "lol ru serious?" lmao cus I was!

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me2 i mean i think we are pretty much in agreement

i feel that 2

i believe we've reached consensus

u can have all of my blood for your bloodwar with fedex

Originally Posted by walfreyydo [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You keep repeating this lie and I keep showing evidence you are wrong. Its false - do I need to re post the sources... again?

no one rly cares about brandon anymore

and biden is a worse sockpuppet than tunabros, i would rather have tunabros be president of the united states

[Elizondo]

Originally Posted by walfreyydo [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You keep repeating this lie and I keep showing evidence you are wrong. Its false - do I need to re post the sources... again?

Post your evidence and source dude

[Toehammer]

Originally Posted by Botten [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

"Due to one of the code’s biggest loopholes, increased wealth enjoyed by billionaires and other members of the richest 1 percent—for whom such wealth growth is the primary source of income—can go untaxed forever. The virtual tax-free status of billionaire wealth growth was highlighted recently by a report from ProPublica. It estimated that 25 top billionaires paid on average just 3.4 percent of their wealth-growth in federal income taxes and that several, including Jeff Bezos (worth $188 billion on August 17, 2021) and Elon Musk (worth $175 billion on August 17, 2021), went multiple recent years paying zero federal income tax."

With the money received in stimulus went mostly to the rich.

"Not only did the wealth of billionaires grow, but so did their numbers: in March of last year, there were 614 Americans with 10-figure bank accounts; this August, there are 708."

You really don't get it Baler and you need to stop going by word of mouth from your kin or from opinion pieces on Fox.

What sane economist would use tax on wealth growth as a metric? With stocks/investments you get taxed on profits (i.e. when you sell), called realized capital gains. If my portfolio doubles in 5 years but I don't sell anything, those are unrealized capital gains, and are not taxable, as they shouldn't be. Wealth is equivalent to unrealized until you sell! https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c..._gains_tax.asp I haven't sold any of my stocks in the last 10 years, so my only taxable capital gains are dividends. If someone taxed me on my "wealth" that would be crippling to any investment whatsoever:annual negative compound interest working against the growth. Nobody would invest ever.

Billionaires have "wealth" in the billions, but typically not taxable income/gains. Also if they tried to sell billions worth at once (couldn't really) the value and thus their "wealth" would likely drop precipitously due to oversupply. Bezos has "gained/lost" billions in wealth in a single day.

All this talk about "wealth" or "wealth inequality" really is just commie/socialist dog whistling. Enough already. "Wealth growth" lol, there's a goofy one. People seem to forget that economics is not a zero-sum game... only fools/lazy care how big someone else's slice of pie is when they didn't steal it and you can make your own damn pie.

[starkind]

we are all attracted to wedge issues because it allows us to ignore the good hard long look at how we ourselves are contributing to the slaughter of millions and the oppression of ourselves

[Whale biologist]

Originally Posted by Toehammer [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

What sane economist would use tax on wealth growth as a metric? With stocks/investments you get taxed on profits (i.e. when you sell), called realized capital gains. If my portfolio doubles in 5 years but I don't sell anything, those are unrealized capital gains, and are not taxable, as they shouldn't be. Wealth is equivalent to unrealized until you sell! https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c..._gains_tax.asp I haven't sold any of my stocks in the last 10 years, so my only taxable capital gains are dividends. If someone taxed me on my "wealth" that would be crippling to any investment whatsoever:annual negative compound interest working against the growth. Nobody would invest ever.

Billionaires have "wealth" in the billions, but typically not taxable income/gains. Also if they tried to sell billions worth at once (couldn't really) the value and thus their "wealth" would likely drop precipitously due to oversupply. Bezos has "gained/lost" billions in wealth in a single day.

All this talk about "wealth" or "wealth inequality" really is just commie/socialist dog whistling. Enough already. "Wealth growth" lol, there's a goofy one. People seem to forget that economics is not a zero-sum game... only fools/lazy care how big someone else's slice of pie is when they didn't steal it and you can make your own damn pie.

Wealth taxes are stupid and also stealing.