Remember when all the high tech world supported the Dems
How blind they were to the brutal fact of life that progressivism has a voracious appetite for ever increasing tax revenue that would ultimately mean total control of the economy.
Link: https://www.foxnews.com/media/tech-entrepreneur-flees-washington-due-companies-being-villainized
Replies to: “Remember when all the high tech world supported the Dems”
They thought the Dems would exempt them. They didn't understand that libs hate anyone successful
Remember Obama's famous words to entrepeneurs:
"You didn't build that".
Once again, Baron fails to do his homework...the Romney campaign left out a few words from Obama's
speech...i.e. the government funded American Infrastructure (e.g. Bridges and Roads...like Ike...and later Biden did...or 'DARPA' research on the Internet (re: ARPANET), AI, Semiconductors, GPS, Robotics, Cloud Computing, Biotech, and many other industries...including NASA that enabled Elon Musk to hire experienced scientists and engineers)
Were it not for such 'High Risk' use of taxpayer money, today's wealthy owners wouldn't be able to build any companies in those industries.
Now, here is what Obama actually said...note the mention of Bridges and Roads...one example of Infrastructure enabling businesses to be built)
"Proud To Pay More"...click on the 'Signatures' list...
'There will always be the Greedy among us'....who refuse to pay their fair share.
To claim that Dems are coming after the Low and Middle Classes is pure fabrication and smoke to distract from the harm caused by our burgeoning Wealth Gap. The very successful signees to the "Proud To Pay More" movement are looking to avert harm to the nation...not cause it. Take time to understand why they have taken this position...
Link: https://proudtopaymore.org
Do you voluntarily pay more tax?
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No one does that...I vote for Representatives and Senators who want to amend our tax laws
to accomplish that end...so far, the GOP has been standing in the way.
And they shall pay more and more and more... to make up for those who left.
There are hundreds of Millionaires and Billionaires who signed onto "Proud To Pay More"...here
is one of them...
Link: https://www.facebook.com/officialtomsteyer/videos/873290785771561/
I have no problem with any level of taxation in California
If the majority of voters want ever higher taxes to pay for whatever the politicians desire they are free to open their pocketbooks and live with the consequences. It’s called States Rights and I support it.
There are genuine needs, Curly, that philanthropy can’t be counted on to meet…as
Described in an earlier post…sorry that doesn’t get your attention.
"To each according to his need"
is a principle advocating that individuals receive resources based on their needs, while contributing according to their abilities, popularized by Karl Marx as a core ideal of communism.
That trope was used against FDR's "New Deal"...yet Capitalism still thrives in our Democracy..and
you get Social Security checks...which I'm guessing you cash.
Again, a sizable contingent of the Super Wealthy Class see the wisdom of sharing their largesse with those in true need. Besides, their Enlightened Self-Interest produces a Safer...more Stable..and more Productive Society to live in...as opposed to one where the prevailing attitude of the very wealthy is..."Let Them Eat Cake"...
They are free to do so. But forcing others to do the same is not freedom.
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It's the right thing to do...clearly, too many refuse to concern themselves with the Greater Good of
our states and nation...
btw, you should know that Greed is one of the "Seven Deadly Sins"...why would you want to support it?
You equate wealth with greed. Another lie. Ever hear of philanthropy?
Or using wealth to create jobs? Or fund civic institutions?
Begone Satan (BS).
Here is another perspective on choosing 'Philanthropy' as a solution to social needs...
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Link: https://ssir.org/articles/entry/strategic-philanthropy-went-wrong
Pure nonsense. Begone.
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Never any substantiated refutation from you, or any MAGAs on the OF...par for the course...
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The smell of your horse crap offends everyone. It is not to be mistaken for cogent thought.
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Well that call of yours for ‘Civility’ didn’t last long…;-)
Epithets can’t substitute for substantive content Ara…they just highlight your weaknesses…like being unable to refute solid arguments that are backed up with real world evidence…like I provide.
Btw, I don’t wish you ill…just enlightenment and courage to face the real world of facts…even when you don’t like seeing or hearing them.
Spare me the lecture. Use logic.
Blue State governments are rife with fraud, corruption, and goofy priorities such as high speed trains to nowhere and trillions spent on green initiatives. The money designated to help the poor isn’t getting to them because of fraud.
You want to give them more money?
That is liberal insanity.
Begone.
Your lack of Critical Thinking keeps coming back to bite you...is it logical to believe that only
Blue States experience Fraud? (see linked article on Mississippi's Fraud)...
Also, had you done any Critical Thinking, you'd have noted that CA's Governor Newsom's administration was working with the DOJ to investigate and prosecute Hospice Fraud back in 2021. Then there's the Federal Fraud going on under Trump, as referenced by Robert Reich's '5 Steps' article...and the fact that he fired 17 Inspectors General, without replacing most of them. This goes back to his first term where IG Glenn Fine was fired a day after DJT signed his $2T COVID relief bill...an IG who had uncovered and prosecuted the biggest fraud (see "Fat Leonard" Scandal) the Navy has seen since the Cold War ended.
As for CA's HSR Project...many other countries, that don't have established O&G Industries...have very efficient and beneficial HSR systems (Japan, France, Spain, China....)...unfortunately, it's no secret that CA's O&G + Auto Industries have done their part in resisting a project...that CA voters have supported over decades...for their own self-interests. Add to that, Trump's denial of federal funding to a state that didn't vote for him...imagine if Biden had denied Federal Infrastructure funding to Kentucky and Ohio for their critical Brent Spence Bridge...just because they didn't vote for him.
Got a 'Civil' response to these substantiated facts?
Link: https://mississippitoday.org/2025/03/11/feds-ask-mississippi-to-repay-101-million-in-misspent-welfare-money/
I certainly have heard of philanthropy, and have learned it's insufficient in meeting societal needs
...as the attached article explains...
For example, our nations needs are highly divers and there are significant gaps existing because independent philanthropists don't resonate with them...among other reasons...
Link: https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2018/12/the-problems-with-philanthropy
It’s BS crap. You must have conceded the other two
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