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[–] oopsgodisdeadmybad@lemmy.zip 31 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Billionaire tax should be 99%, no breaks or deductions. Boom I said it.

Even double digit millionaires shouldn't exist.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Anything networh over 10 million should be taxed 100%. hard stop, hard cap.

Companies too should now be able to grow beyond 1 billion in net worth. Anything over that, 100% tax

NO MORE MULTIMILLIONAIRES! NOT ANYWHERE

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[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 38 points 4 days ago (12 children)

Remember Democrats, if he's the Democrat option come election time it's TOO LATE TO bitch!!

Fucking primaries!! They matter they are the only real choice! Organize, cavas suppot real progressives!

But once the national election comes up, I better not hear any fucking bitching, and you better line up becuase 4 years of president Vance is going to kick you in the nuts.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

If I'm forced to vote for this asshole I'm going to bitch the entire time.

Why? Because it's bullshit and I'm allowed to.

Fuck the Democratic Party.

[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 days ago

"But complaining is anti ~~-American~~-Democrat, how dare you use the free speech they claim to protect to criticize the shitheel!"

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I don't like him, he's just another Republican-lite establishment Democrat, like Obama, or the Clintons. He used to be married to Kimberly Guilfoyle, before she became Don Jr's concubine (Now she's in exile as the Greek Ambassador, to shut her up), so he must be tolerant enough of MAGA nonsense to marry one.

I'm so sick of these people claiming to be our saviors every four years, and when they get in, they spend ALL their efforts appeasing corrupt pedophile traitors, even when they have the power to crush them.

We've seen what MAGA is capable of, and what they want in the future. When the power flips, we have to fight fire with fire, and ruthlessly purge MAGA from our government and our society, and I doubt Newsome is the guy for the job. He's just another water-carrier for the Sociopathic Oligarchs, which California has lots of.

But if he's the nominee, then that's who I'll vote for over ANY MAGA.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Get used to it. I'm in my mid 40s and the Democrats have been this my entire fucking life.

[–] 7101334@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Gavin Newsom takes money from AIPAC and knows he can't justify it, and has expressed support for Zionist Israel. Just like Holocaust Harris, I will not vote for anyone who supports genocide. If signing my name to greenlight genocide is the cost of "democracy" (actually oligarchy with some publicly-funded democracy theater), then the price is too high and I refuse.

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 points 3 days ago

For every step forward, this prick takes 3 steps back.

Ladies and gentelmen, California Bush

[–] LotrOrc@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Gavin Newsom has always been a slimey shit who is basically a right wing candidate. If the dems could stop fucking giving us right wing or maximum centre right candidates that would be super cool.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 13 points 4 days ago

Well, then, fuck him.

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 146 points 6 days ago (2 children)

And so it begins. Abandon all progressive ideas to appeal to the "centrist", only to lose to the fascist again. I hate it here.

[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 40 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Gavin never supported progressive ideals?

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Is anyone really surprised? He's just a neoliberal that's had a lot of good press this year.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 19 points 5 days ago
[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago (2 children)

On the side of the billionaires and the zionists. He'll be the next president for sure.

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[–] TheMinister@sh.itjust.works 19 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I got a fiver that says he has to try to walk this back when he runs “the most progressive campaign in us history” in 2028.

I mean, how lucky are we? Hillary, Biden, Kamala, all with “the most progressive platform” ever!

[–] stabby_cicada@slrpnk.net 7 points 4 days ago

And before that, Obama, Kerry, and if I remember right even fucking Gore were all accused of being the most radical left Presidential candidates in American history.

Funny how the Democratic Party keeps running more and more progressive candidates - both the Republicans and Democrats say they're doing it, so it must be true - and yet the Democratic Party keeps moving more and more to the right.

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[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 28 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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?

[–] I_Jedi@lemmy.today 21 points 6 days ago (12 children)

If you're not greedy, the billionaires won't fund your campaign. Then you lose.

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[–] salacious_coaster@infosec.pub 29 points 6 days ago

No surprise to anyone who's been paying attention to what he does instead of what he says.

[–] j4k3@piefed.world 21 points 6 days ago (10 children)

This guy fuckmurders the homeless while whoring for billionaires. Why the fuck should anyone vote for this prick?

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