Electoral Politics: A Losing Game

[BlueCollarTr8n]

@mnben87

I just don’t think “not paying federal tax” = “contributing nothing”.

One could make a good argument the EIC and similar is subsidizing the labor cost for companies and corporations.

[Bauber]

Taxation is theft…

The Truth About Frivolous Tax Arguments — Section I (D to E) | Internal Revenue Service (irs.gov)

This has always cracked me up. The federal government will go to any length to make sure they can tax you in every way possible and then turn around and spend your money trillions into the red while blaming tax payers.

Next they will print money and devalue your currency.

I fucking hate the federal government and the IRS and federal reserve.

[mnben87]

In many cases those programs do. I am in support of the EIC though, even expanding it. I like that it incentivizes people to earn more to receive more.

[BlueCollarTr8n]

@Bauber

Next they will print money and devalue your currency.

Been out of control for some time now.
Currency in Circulation (CURRCIR) | FRED | St. Louis Fed (stlouisfed.org)

[Bauber]

Oh for wayyyy too long for sure.

[castoli]

@Californiagrown

intended to suppress the vote of a specific demographic for political purposes

Exactly.

[castoli]

Read Stephanie Kelton.

[castoli]

@Bauber

print money

They rarely do that any longer. Money is marked up in an account by the key stroke of a computer.

[castoli]

@mnben87

Locally voting can make a difference that is more noticeable

True.

[castoli]

@Bauber

You have been paid for your labor on agreed terms. Nobody is forcing you to accept the job or pay.

When it’s either the shitty money they pay or starve, do you honestly have a choice?

[castoli]

@Bauber

. The older I get the more disillusioned I get with the entire political process.

This is right where they want you. They try and marginalize you.

[mnben87]

I see a bit of truth to it, but see your point as well.

You might need that job now, and have to accept shitty pay. Most will be able to work up to more pay in some way or another. Not everyone has the capability to do much though. Some people are really only capable of low end jobs, I don’t think we should see these people as being drags on society or what not if they are trying.

[castoli]

@BlueCollarTr8n

Exclusive public funding has as many issues as the current system, it wouldn’t be an improvement, IO

How so?

@BlueCollarTr8n

I’m not in favor of a true democracy

Yeah, you wouldn’t want the public to get what they want. Keep letting the 1% get everything. Greed knows no bounds.

[castoli]

@RT_Nomad

skin in the game.

Sounds like a talking point from that jerkoff Rick Scott.

[castoli]

@RT_Nomad

Now SSI is a more difficult situation, especially if it’s tied to a disability

I have a simple solution, just let’em die.

[mnben87]

@castoli

Yeah, you wouldn’t want the public to get what they want. Keep letting the 1% get everything. Greed knows no bounds.

Wouldn’t having a document like the constitution make the US system not a “true democracy” even if we just decided issues with a majority vote?

I am in support of having some sort of document like the constitution. Sometimes the majority isn’t right. Sometimes the majority wants to violate rights I believe in.

[castoli]

@mnben87

The main point I have is that workers are on average producing more value than they are paid.

Welcome to the wonderful world of capitalism.

[RT_Nomad]

@castoli

Sounds like a talking point from that jerkoff Rick Scott.

I suppose Scott stole that from a time where there was an honestly understood work ethic.

[castoli]

rwojarslave’s definition of a troll: Anyone who doesn’t agree with my propaganda filled posts.

[castoli]

Oh you mean like Scott’s criminal ethic?