• shalafi@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Y’all. This is a wildly simplistic take. We could take every penny from every American billionaire and not even get close.

    We have to tax high-income folks, corporations, etc. We have to roll back the Trump tax cuts.

    And more importantly, we have to craft a solid message. And yes, that means emotional propaganda, not facts. Democrats have to SELL this. Facts don’t sell. Emotions sell.

    Remember all the low-income idiots freaking out over Biden wanting to raise taxes on incomes over $400,000? We can laugh about how dumb those people are, but we aren’t winning votes.

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      11 months ago

      The top 10% of families in America hold 76% of the country’s wealth. You are the one giving the incorrect and simplistic take.

      You can absolutely fund tons of important measures by taking from the rich.

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        11 months ago

        I’m talking about billionaires, not the top 10%. Those are wildly different groups.

        You want to talk about taxing the snot of of the 10%, I’m game.