They’re so bad faith. They vote for the richest man in the world as president and another billionaire as VP but to them Bernie is the hypocrite because he owns a small home or two. Guy even said he’d have no problem paying higher taxes if that’s what the government decides to do
Cost of college, Healthcare, housing, wages adjusted for inflation and worker productivity since roughly the late 70s, then we get to the growing income disparity after the wealthy got significant tax breaks, the steep rise of ceo pay, etc. Basically everything Bernie has been screaming about for decades whilst wealth inequality has become more pronounced while liberals keep telling us everything is fine, look at a couple lines on a graph, ignore the noise!
To be clear you're also pointing to lines on a graph except you didn't even go through the trouble of citing actual graphs.
I can point to lines on a graph and say anthropogenic climate change isn't real. I can find climate scientists that say it's bullshit.
So then show me and cite the graphs.
No. Not to mention I'm on my phone and don't have time. What you're saying is so antithetical to reality I won't entertain it at any point. You're smart enough to know better to so this is being in a bubble, willful ignorance, or dishonesty. Sorry bud, I like you but there ain't no way around it. Saying inequality isn't an issue in 2024 is absolutely insane
Life expectancy has also increased in the same time frame.
Life expectancy in the US has been decreasing. Like, wat?
Over the last 50 years? You think Americans 50 years ago lived longer?
Okay so you literally agree with me but just not that billionaires shouldn't be billionaires. Odd conversation but okay, got it
I don't agree with your doom and gloom narrative. We've made serious progress on the last 50 years despite some setbacks and lingering issues here and there.
Life expectancy in America is lesser than it is in Cuba. America is capable of being better than that with all our advancements in healthcare and technology, getting outplayed by a runt like Fidel in any metric is embarassing…
Cynicism and Populism coupled together is a recipe for disaster. The Naxalite movement back in India is concise evidence for that.
www.wolterskluwer.com
www.expat.hsbc.com
www.pewresearch.org
usafacts.org
quillette.com
Oh shit, you lost me
It happened, just like libs saying on these hallowed forums that Biden wasn't suffering cognitive decline.Oh shit, you lost me
This sounds like some MAGA hyperbole at the end there. Data is pretty objective lol
I do like you as a person so don’t take it personally. I did say Biden was too old as did several liberals on here as well. Jon Stewart, George Clooney and so many did close to Biden. The party fought and eventually he was shoved out….That type of infighting and introspection was not done in the Republican Party and they seem rewarded for sticking with a guy that pays less in income tax than single mothers barely holding on.
Smug? I’m generally only smug towards the vitriolic right wingers or just bonafide terrorists apologists on the left that were coddling Assad or Putin. You expect me to bend a knee to people that see immigrants from my family as vermin? Lol
When I said libs I wasn't referring to you specifically, you weren't posting here or at least not on this account then.
Life expectancy in America is lesser than it is in Cuba. America is capable of being better than that with all our advancements in healthcare and technology, getting outplayed by a runt like Fidel in any metric is embarassing…
Cynicism and Populism coupled together is a recipe for disaster. The Naxalite movement back in India is concise evidence for that.
That being said, a “fair market” economy is pretty subjective. Time and time again, wealth has shown not to redistribute reasonably for the working class. Since ‘87, the top 1% federal tax has plummeted and swimmed around 30-40%. The trend of income disparity has only risen since then….It is uncanny.
Historical Income Tax Rates
Wolters Kluwer takes a historical look at the top marginal income tax rates in the United States.
I wouldn’t necessarily have a particular issue with the billionaire entourage or their tax cuts either if stuff like Healthcare were efficiently universalized or infrastructure was well-maintained like in Singapore. They manage to do that with some freakishly low tax rates.
Tax in Singapore | Singapore Tax Guide - HSBC Expat
Moving in to or out of Singapore? Get in-depth information for expats on different taxes and how to deal with them.
Nonetheless, I’m not saying that we need to go all technocratic like Singapore but surely, there is some unnecessary expenditure going on the government’s behalf that can be better served in the domains of universalized healthcare or rebuilding impoverished communities.
This is the kinda stuff I was talking about that is extremely well known and there's even more that goes with this, that's why I brushed off @Islam Imamate, he's not some MAGA goof and this stuff is easy to look up and he probably already knew a lot of it, that's why I was confused about his responses. Nothing I said is remotely controversial.U.S. income inequality, on rise for decades, is now highest since 1928
U.S. income inequality, on rise for decades, is now highest since 1928
Credit: Dorsey Shaw; Source: Emmanuel Saez, UC Berkeley President Obama took on a topic yesterday that most Americans don't like to talk about much:
US obesity rates have tripled over the last 60 years
US obesity rates have tripled over the last 60 years | USAFacts
Nationwide surveys show that 40% of Americans are obese, while 10% are severely obese.
Overall, 11 percent of US children were living in a father-absent household in 1960 as compared to 25 percent in 2020
The Rise of Father Absence and Its Attendant Social Ills
Fatherless children are at higher risk of delinquency that undermines their own prospects and disrupts the communities in which they reside.
Annual suicide deaths per 100,000 people in the US increased gradually from 10 in 1950 to 13 in 1970 then experienced a long decline, reaching a trough at 10 in 2000. Between 2000 and 2020, however, the US suicide rate exhibited an upward trend.
Nine-year-olds had the largest score decline in reading since 1990.
NAEP Blog - Performance Declines in Basic Mathematics and Reading Skills Since the COVID-19 Pandemic Are Evident Across Many Racial/Ethnic Groups
NAEP Blog - Performance Declines in Basic Mathematics and Reading Skills Since the COVID-19 Pandemic Are Evident Across Many Racial/Ethnic Groupsnces.ed.gov
