return2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 2 days agoGavin Newsom opposes California ‘billionaire tax’ as he eyes 2028 White House bidnypost.comexternal-linkmessage-square146linkfedilinkarrow-up1238arrow-down10
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minus-squareTommySoda@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up31·2 days agoAt this point in time I’m pretty sure you would win in a landslide if you ran on taxing billionaires. Is being greedy a requirement to be a politician in the US?
minus-squareI_Jedi@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 days agoIf you’re not greedy, the billionaires won’t fund your campaign. Then you lose.
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 day agoWell, added context is billionaires won’t fund your campaign causing your public relations to drop. Then you lose. We shouldn’t just scapegoat the rich for something that tens of millions of people vote for while tens of millions more don’t vote at all.
minus-squareiambatman1469@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 days agoThat would only be true if most people couldn’t think for themselves and it was possible to spend money to influence their opinion.
minus-squarea_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 hours agoHuh. What got deleted by a mod if you agree?
At this point in time I’m pretty sure you would win in a landslide if you ran on taxing billionaires. Is being greedy a requirement to be a politician in the US?
If you’re not greedy, the billionaires won’t fund your campaign. Then you lose.
Well, added context is billionaires won’t fund your campaign causing your public relations to drop. Then you lose.
We shouldn’t just scapegoat the rich for something that tens of millions of people vote for while tens of millions more don’t vote at all.
That would only be true if most people couldn’t think for themselves and it was possible to spend money to influence their opinion.
Exactly.
Huh. What got deleted by a mod if you agree?
Don’t know. What got deleted?