Mandatory equality?
To each according to his or her or whatever's "needs" AS ESTABLISHED BY A CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
What could go wrong?
Link: https://x.com/shaunmmaguire/status/1939362603592986627?s=46&t=ocw1zEWml0FhdtNIxbJqiQ
Replies to: Mandatory equality?
As wealth disparity grows, this message will become more and more popular.
But the only thing a NYC mayor can do to billionaires is to get them to leave.
Yes. And I maintain that the best way to fix this is through the tax code.
Obviously, I'm a conservative. But simplifying the tax code so that the brackets are more straightforward and billionaires are paying a higher marginal tax rate is a good thing that I think most billionaires would generally agree with. And hand-in-hand, let's expand the Earned Income Credit so that individuals and households in the lowest brackets have more money to spend, save, and invest.
We don't need to make it so that everyone believes they have a real opportunity to become Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk. But we do want them to feel like they have a realistic chance of upward class mobility.
We may actually have some common ground here, Jake. Trump's BBB is the polar opposite of what you're
advocating...i.e. tax breaks for the very wealthy as opposed to them paying their fair share...for more on that, check out the linked article which proposes using our tax code to rein in the ever expanding gap between CEO and average worker compensation.
btw, Mamdani is only calling for a 2% tax increase on those making over $1M/yr., and quite a few make a lot more than that. Note that back in the 1950's the top tax rate for the wealthiest Americans was on the order of 90%...and yet the USA thrived.
Make your voice heard to more than the UHND Open Forum...tell your Representative and Senators how you feel about all this.
Link: https://www.epi.org/publication/ceo-pay-in-2023/
Eliminate all deductions, eliminate SS cap. The bill could take one page.
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Reminder: Tyrone and conner are defending this buffoon.
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His plans would mean the end of real "progress" technologically.
Socialism/communism kills creativity and initiative.
That's hyperbole, Curly, and you know it. You should also know that we have an obscene Wealth Gap
here in the USA that's only getting worse. In the years following WWII we had extremely high tax rates (up to 90%) on the wealthiest Americans, yet the country thrived...and factory workers were able to afford vacation cabins on the Jersey shore...all within a Capitalist Economy...that had rules to ensure that ALL members benefited.
Mamdani signals the end of classic liberalism
Our parties are seriously realigning.
I’m not sure this was i tended
Link: https://www.salon.com/2025/06/29/zohran-and-democracy-three-days-that-shook-the-world/