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I don’t get it. But I also don’t subscribe to mainstream media and news. Is this a play on media trying to sell bidenomics as good for common, or most, people?
I think the implication is that rich people don't have popcorn ceilings, so if you do, you don't make enough money that his tax plan will hurt you. The premise seems flawed to me, but I could be interpreting it wrong.
Ah, I was thinking "it's probably asbestos so long term financial planning is not something you should worry about" but your interpretation makes way more sense.
I was thinking "Should they worry about crumbling lead paint?"
Nah you’re spot on.
will the tax plan actually "hurt" the rich or will it simply limit their means to get even richer?
Depends on who you ask. Normal people, no. People with posh ceilings, yes.
It is 2024 and words can be violence against someone, as per Antifa. Money is free speech, as per Citizens United v FEC.
Taxing the rich specifically is literally harming their right to free speech violently, just because they are successful.
I say gag them unless they have something of value to say to the people who allow them to talk.
I was thinking it was a joke about asbestos. Yours makes more sense.
I don't think you're wrong. I grew up in a more affluent area, and these types of ceilings are very popular there.
How affluent? Because few people compared to the population actually make more than $400,000/year. So the meme would still stand.
Ceiling types who NEED to worry:
That second one is the one I want!
I'm gonna make that shit in Minecraft
So. Many. Stair. Blocks. I salute you and what this will do to your free time.
"The media" isn't trying to "sell" Biden's tax plan. Some guy on the internet is saying via meme that if you have popcorn ceilings, you don't have to worry about your taxes going up under Biden. Biden has famously pledged that he will not increase taxes on people making less than $400,000/year, so the implication is that people with popcorn ceilings make less than $400,000/year.
Have you ever seen popcorn ceilings in any of your multimillionaire friends houses? The bootstrap friends that we all have‽
Yes, but in a way that makes it actually correct.
It's about assuaging fears of people who think Bidenomics are extreme and will be worse for the working class than the Reaganomics that's still somehow popular with Republicans.
It's not a whole-hearted endorsement of every aspect of Bidenomics or a claim that Biden is a true leftist.