I believe the forced birth policies demonstrate that they look at us as no more than livestock. We are the servant class being forced to supply the elite class with more servants.
I’ve never been under any illusion that I wasn’t a cog in the machine. They treated me well enough for the most part (there’s always bad managers that are just fucking morale killers), but I decided to retire a few years early and take less money in Social Security because dying at my desk was a non-option. Zero regrets.
Oliver Markus Malloy/Bad Choices Make Good Stories: THIS is what needs to be taught in schools at all levels! Your posts are not only entertaining, they're also educational and enlightening. They deserve wide dissemination, for the sake of opening eyes and waking people up (yes, they are 'woke!'}. A man can dream, can't he?
I have been saying the same things for awhile. People in my MAGA state of Missouri give me a vibe that my ideas are insane. Thanks for the validation. I needed that
Yes! Love the picture! If I were a billionaire I’d take out a full page ad and put that picture in every newspaper and magazine in this country! Burger King should use it in an ad! All that’s missing is a Diet Coke 😝
All this talk of who is doing what to whom. Bottom line is Trump will not follow the constitution. Trump will cost lives. Your freedom, your democracy, your ability to think. Do you want Trump telling your kids how and what to think. Instead of just Hitler think of East Germany and what they went through.
No matter what you think of Biden he will follow the rules and laws of this country. You will still have free speech. You won't have the Proud Boys roaming free. You won't have to worry if you or your family is going to wind up in a concentration camp today.
I was going to say, the choice is clear, but in thinking about it there is no choice. It is as simple as this. With Trump you will have nothing. With Biden you will still have your freedoms, your country, and you will still have the opportunity to change things. If you don't like the way the government and the world is then do something about it. Don't just complain get involved. Don't let people like Trump, the Christian Nationalists and their plans for OUR COUNTRY tell you how to live and think. This is a defining moment in history. Do you want to see the end of democracy of freedom in this country. If you vote for tRump then you will have what you want but you will have plunged the rest of us into the same hell hole with you. WE don't want that. We who love our freedoms and our country. Those of us who went off and fought for this country know what cost freedom is. tRump is the worst thing for America and the world. This time may be your last time. If tRump gets in there will be no freedom no democracy just a dictator for life.
If you think for one minute that tRump is going to be good for this country what about your children. Especially your daughters. No birth control no say over so many aspects of her health care no defense against rape.
I did think of one good thing that tRump will do. He and his pals will get richer as they run, not only this country but world along with it, into the ground. If you want clean air and water don't look to tRump to do anything for you. In fact whatever your problem don't look to tRump to help. He is only going to help himself and the 1% to get richer off of your hard work. The situation could not be clearer. With Biden we have a chance with tRump you will get tyranny, no freedoms no hope for a better world. It all comes down to tRump and his greed, and that of the people behind him. Think and think again.
“As this debate unfolds, policymakers and the public should understand that the 2017 Trump tax law:
Was skewed to the rich. Households with incomes in the top 1 percent will receive an average tax cut of more than $60,000 in 2025, compared to an average tax cut of less than $500 for households in the bottom 60 percent, according to the Tax Policy Center (TPC).[1] As a share of after-tax income, tax cuts at the top — for both households in the top 1 percent and the top 5 percent — are more than triple the total value of the tax cuts received for people with incomes in the bottom 60 percent.[2]
Was expensive and eroded the U.S. revenue base. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated in 2018 that the 2017 law would cost $1.9 trillion over ten years,[3] and recent estimates show that making the law’s temporary individual income and estate tax cuts permanent would cost another roughly $400 billion a year beginning in 2027.[4] Together with the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts enacted under President Bush (most of which were made permanent in 2012), the law has severely eroded our country’s revenue base. Revenue as a share of GDP has fallen from about 19.5 percent in the years immediately preceding the Bush tax cuts to just 16.3 percent in the years immediately following the Trump tax cuts, with revenues expected to rise to an annual average of 16.9 percent of GDP in 2018-2026 (excluding pandemic years), according to CBO. This is simply not enough revenue given the nation’s investment needs and our commitments to Social Security and health coverage.
Failed to deliver promised economic benefits. Trump Administration officials claimed their centerpiece corporate tax rate cut would “very conservatively” lead to a $4,000 boost in household income.[5] New research shows that workers who earned less than about $114,000 on average in 2016 saw “no change in earnings” from the corporate tax rate cut, while top executive salaries increased sharply.[6] Similarly, rigorous research concluded that the tax law’s 20 percent pass-through deduction, which was skewed in favor of wealthy business owners, has largely failed to trickle down to workers in those companies who aren’t owners.[7] Like the Bush tax cuts before it,[8] the 2017 Trump tax cut was a trickle-down failure.
Policymakers should seize the opportunity the 2025 expirations provide and make a course correction in the nation’s revenue policies. This would mean reversing the regressive tilt of the 2017 law, raising more revenue, and correcting priorities to advance the interests of low- and moderate-income families across the country instead of those of wealthy shareholders. Several key principles should guide this new course:
Tax cuts for people making over $400,000 should end on schedule. The 2017 law’s provisions primarily benefiting high-income households are costly and do not trickle down. They should all end in 2025.
The tax system needs to raise more revenues from wealthy people and profitable corporations to offset any tax cuts extended or expanded for those with incomes below $400,000, to finance high-value investments in people and communities, and to improve our fiscal outlook. President Biden’s prior budgets have proposed raising progressive revenue to pay for extensions of provisions affecting households with earnings below $400,000.”
Bad analogy. The people who built the pyramids weren't peasants they were farmers making extra money in the flood season, when they can't plant back on the farm.
They ate better on the pyramids than they did back on the farm. They were well taken care of. They weren't slaves.
"New archaeological evidence shows that those who dragged and laid the 2.5-tonne granite blocks making up the pyramids were condemned to an early grave, and they died with deformed bones and broken limbs.
The joints of numerous bones show wear and tear and many bodies have damaged spines. Six skeletons have severed limbs or splintered feet. Workers died on average between the age of 30 and 35, compared to between 50 and 60 for members of the nobility. “They literally worked themselves to death,” says Hawass."
Weird position to take defending the pharaohs about how the “little guy” was all too happy to oblige and build those pyramids. What kind of mentality …. Never mind
I believe the forced birth policies demonstrate that they look at us as no more than livestock. We are the servant class being forced to supply the elite class with more servants.
Exactly! The true meaning of "be fruitful and multiply" is "Breed! The king needs more soldiers, more workers, more tax payers, more money."
I’ve never been under any illusion that I wasn’t a cog in the machine. They treated me well enough for the most part (there’s always bad managers that are just fucking morale killers), but I decided to retire a few years early and take less money in Social Security because dying at my desk was a non-option. Zero regrets.
Oliver Markus Malloy/Bad Choices Make Good Stories: THIS is what needs to be taught in schools at all levels! Your posts are not only entertaining, they're also educational and enlightening. They deserve wide dissemination, for the sake of opening eyes and waking people up (yes, they are 'woke!'}. A man can dream, can't he?
Thanks for the kind feedback! That means a lot to me. If you'd like to help me reach more people, please share it. Thank you! ❤️
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Stop calling them the ruling class and start calling them what they really are: The parasite class. And we know how to handle parasites🤷♀️
I have been saying the same things for awhile. People in my MAGA state of Missouri give me a vibe that my ideas are insane. Thanks for the validation. I needed that
Pyramid scheme
Yes! Love the picture! If I were a billionaire I’d take out a full page ad and put that picture in every newspaper and magazine in this country! Burger King should use it in an ad! All that’s missing is a Diet Coke 😝
The quotes are all spot on! Amazing that writers from Orwell to Buffet all got it perfectly but the MAGA dweebs can’t see past their beers.
All this talk of who is doing what to whom. Bottom line is Trump will not follow the constitution. Trump will cost lives. Your freedom, your democracy, your ability to think. Do you want Trump telling your kids how and what to think. Instead of just Hitler think of East Germany and what they went through.
No matter what you think of Biden he will follow the rules and laws of this country. You will still have free speech. You won't have the Proud Boys roaming free. You won't have to worry if you or your family is going to wind up in a concentration camp today.
I was going to say, the choice is clear, but in thinking about it there is no choice. It is as simple as this. With Trump you will have nothing. With Biden you will still have your freedoms, your country, and you will still have the opportunity to change things. If you don't like the way the government and the world is then do something about it. Don't just complain get involved. Don't let people like Trump, the Christian Nationalists and their plans for OUR COUNTRY tell you how to live and think. This is a defining moment in history. Do you want to see the end of democracy of freedom in this country. If you vote for tRump then you will have what you want but you will have plunged the rest of us into the same hell hole with you. WE don't want that. We who love our freedoms and our country. Those of us who went off and fought for this country know what cost freedom is. tRump is the worst thing for America and the world. This time may be your last time. If tRump gets in there will be no freedom no democracy just a dictator for life.
If you think for one minute that tRump is going to be good for this country what about your children. Especially your daughters. No birth control no say over so many aspects of her health care no defense against rape.
I did think of one good thing that tRump will do. He and his pals will get richer as they run, not only this country but world along with it, into the ground. If you want clean air and water don't look to tRump to do anything for you. In fact whatever your problem don't look to tRump to help. He is only going to help himself and the 1% to get richer off of your hard work. The situation could not be clearer. With Biden we have a chance with tRump you will get tyranny, no freedoms no hope for a better world. It all comes down to tRump and his greed, and that of the people behind him. Think and think again.
Yes! Wake up, people!
Excellent piece. And very true.
When in the white house his serving a visiting award winning sport team mcdonalds like they would think that was special. Boy, i dont know?
The Warren Buffet quote says it all!
Just starting on your piece here but I have to compliment the pic. Wow that says so much….👏🏻👏🏻
“As this debate unfolds, policymakers and the public should understand that the 2017 Trump tax law:
Was skewed to the rich. Households with incomes in the top 1 percent will receive an average tax cut of more than $60,000 in 2025, compared to an average tax cut of less than $500 for households in the bottom 60 percent, according to the Tax Policy Center (TPC).[1] As a share of after-tax income, tax cuts at the top — for both households in the top 1 percent and the top 5 percent — are more than triple the total value of the tax cuts received for people with incomes in the bottom 60 percent.[2]
Was expensive and eroded the U.S. revenue base. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated in 2018 that the 2017 law would cost $1.9 trillion over ten years,[3] and recent estimates show that making the law’s temporary individual income and estate tax cuts permanent would cost another roughly $400 billion a year beginning in 2027.[4] Together with the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts enacted under President Bush (most of which were made permanent in 2012), the law has severely eroded our country’s revenue base. Revenue as a share of GDP has fallen from about 19.5 percent in the years immediately preceding the Bush tax cuts to just 16.3 percent in the years immediately following the Trump tax cuts, with revenues expected to rise to an annual average of 16.9 percent of GDP in 2018-2026 (excluding pandemic years), according to CBO. This is simply not enough revenue given the nation’s investment needs and our commitments to Social Security and health coverage.
Failed to deliver promised economic benefits. Trump Administration officials claimed their centerpiece corporate tax rate cut would “very conservatively” lead to a $4,000 boost in household income.[5] New research shows that workers who earned less than about $114,000 on average in 2016 saw “no change in earnings” from the corporate tax rate cut, while top executive salaries increased sharply.[6] Similarly, rigorous research concluded that the tax law’s 20 percent pass-through deduction, which was skewed in favor of wealthy business owners, has largely failed to trickle down to workers in those companies who aren’t owners.[7] Like the Bush tax cuts before it,[8] the 2017 Trump tax cut was a trickle-down failure.
Policymakers should seize the opportunity the 2025 expirations provide and make a course correction in the nation’s revenue policies. This would mean reversing the regressive tilt of the 2017 law, raising more revenue, and correcting priorities to advance the interests of low- and moderate-income families across the country instead of those of wealthy shareholders. Several key principles should guide this new course:
Tax cuts for people making over $400,000 should end on schedule. The 2017 law’s provisions primarily benefiting high-income households are costly and do not trickle down. They should all end in 2025.
The tax system needs to raise more revenues from wealthy people and profitable corporations to offset any tax cuts extended or expanded for those with incomes below $400,000, to finance high-value investments in people and communities, and to improve our fiscal outlook. President Biden’s prior budgets have proposed raising progressive revenue to pay for extensions of provisions affecting households with earnings below $400,000.”
Dems are terrified of Trump
You should be too. Trump is an actual fascist who is using Hitler's fascist propaganda tactics to turn normal Americans into bloodthirsty MAGA Nazis.
Agree!
And you're not? Why?
Bad analogy. The people who built the pyramids weren't peasants they were farmers making extra money in the flood season, when they can't plant back on the farm.
They ate better on the pyramids than they did back on the farm. They were well taken care of. They weren't slaves.
They did it voluntarily to make extra money.
Hardly the victims you make them out to be.
Pyramids broke the backs of workers
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg14920131-100-pyramids-broke-the-backs-of-workers/
"New archaeological evidence shows that those who dragged and laid the 2.5-tonne granite blocks making up the pyramids were condemned to an early grave, and they died with deformed bones and broken limbs.
The joints of numerous bones show wear and tear and many bodies have damaged spines. Six skeletons have severed limbs or splintered feet. Workers died on average between the age of 30 and 35, compared to between 50 and 60 for members of the nobility. “They literally worked themselves to death,” says Hawass."
Weird position to take defending the pharaohs about how the “little guy” was all too happy to oblige and build those pyramids. What kind of mentality …. Never mind
Agree. Reminds me of the idea that slavery was good for the slaves, what with all the job skills they gained. A convenient justification.
And they had those barbecues!
Thanks for the factual reply.