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notinkansas

(1,322 posts)
Thu Apr 30, 2026, 12:23 PM Thursday

He knows republicans can't win in 28 and so he is doing

everything he can, spending as much as he can in order to put us in serious debt so Democrats will be unable to do anything to benefit the American people. We'll be paying off republicans' debt.
Same old playbook. The Santa Claus theory of governance.

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He knows republicans can't win in 28 and so he is doing (Original Post) notinkansas Thursday OP
Yep. But we can still sell a plan to pay down debt and tax large cash flows. Stable and responsible policy can win. dutch777 Thursday #1
Absolutely agree Wifes husband Thursday #7
Not when we start taxing the rich like FDR did in 1933! Chasstev365 Thursday #2
Please don't say the R's can't win in 28 awesomerwb1 Thursday #3
I have to believe that the millions!! of people showing up to No Kings notinkansas Thursday #8
Biden spent 4 years reviving the country Johonny Thursday #4
The midterms always fuck up a presidency... lame54 Thursday #6
No. Just his usual thieving... lame54 Thursday #5

dutch777

(5,094 posts)
1. Yep. But we can still sell a plan to pay down debt and tax large cash flows. Stable and responsible policy can win.
Thu Apr 30, 2026, 12:33 PM
Thursday

The 'tax the rich' slogan may seem an easy sell but targeting individuals does not yield as much as one might hope. If you tax the flows of money, be that to/from individuals or to/from big business you have a more sustainable and substantial yield. Individuals can move and offshore their money but folks making money in and off the US economy can't hide as easily. If every money transfer of say over $5 million is taxed at say 1/10 of 1%, you get huge revenue. Banks loaning from the Fed gets that tax, people buying large properties get hit, business buyouts, on and on. There would need to be rules that you don't get to break up big transfers into a bunch of sub $5 mil transfers and so on but it can be done.

awesomerwb1

(5,129 posts)
3. Please don't say the R's can't win in 28
Thu Apr 30, 2026, 01:54 PM
Thursday

They have in 2026:
President
ICE
Senate
House
SCOTUS
Most billionaires

Going into the 28 elections they will still have
President
ICE
Senate
SCOTUS
Most billionaires

They will stop at nothing to ensure the continuation of Project 2025.

notinkansas

(1,322 posts)
8. I have to believe that the millions!! of people showing up to No Kings
Thu Apr 30, 2026, 03:15 PM
Thursday

demonstrations are representative of a whole lot more Americans than just those millions. Change is possible. It has to be.

Johonny

(26,460 posts)
4. Biden spent 4 years reviving the country
Thu Apr 30, 2026, 01:57 PM
Thursday

And lost to the fucker that ruined it.

Obama spent his first 4 years doing the same thing.

Clinton same thing.

GOP suck at almost everything in terms of governance. H Bush was the best, Trump was the worst. But all vastly worse than the worst Democratic president. Why the GOP wins the presidency is a mystery and due to very very stupid voting base.

The next president will inherit a disaster. Hopefully this time the shit hits the fan during Trump. Last time a lot of Trumps bad decisions didn't fuck us until Biden.

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