From: punditster@gmail.com
On 2/1/2026 4:33 PM, dart200 wrote:
> On 2/1/26 9:35 AM, Dude wrote:
>> On 1/31/2026 3:12 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
>>> On Sat, 31 Jan 2026 13:44:44 -0800, Dude wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 1/31/2026 10:30 AM, dart200 wrote:
>>>>> because billionaires don't have morals, and are slave to chasing what
>>>>> they perceive as profit regardless of the effect of others
>>>>>
>>>>> there's a reason rich people can't make it into heaven
>>>>>
>>>>> cause we can't even build heaven when rich people exist
>>>>>
>>>> Because it's obvious that you are biased by even using the term "rich".
>>>> There's a good reason people don't want to be equally poor.
>>>
>>> And good reason why that is not necessary.
>>>
>> I'm not sure you've thought this through.
>>
>> Wealthy people donate the most to charity and pay most of the US
>> income tax. Poor people pay no income tax and get charity.
>
> yes the exploit common labor (which is necessarily devalued), collect
> the lion's share when the pass go, and hence they pay the most tax and
> have the most leftover for charity.
>
>>
>> So, what's wrong with this picture?
>
> what would honestly be better, rich people extracting the wealth and
> doling a portion of it back patting themselves on the back like they're
> the good guys (that's also a tax break), or labor getting paid more so
> it didn't need charity in the first place...
>
> common dude, i know ur a boomer, but still
>
> a little systemic insight here would go a long way
>
So, I'll tell you what you can do - get back on the gold standard.
The doom is with paper dollars. You know the planet is going to hell in
a hand basket.
Quit printing funny money and stop making things up, like a con in a
casino in Las Vegas. You know that's a loser. Keep everything
transparent, Nick!
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)
|
