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On Thu, 19 Feb 2026 15:01:22 -0800, Dude wrote:
>On 2/19/2026 2:45 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
>> On Thu, 19 Feb 2026 14:09:47 -0800, Dude wrote:
>>
>>> On 2/19/2026 1:44 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
>>>> On Thu, 19 Feb 2026 13:38:57 -0800, Dude wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 2/19/2026 12:43 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
>>>>>> On Thu, 19 Feb 2026 12:39:03 -0800, Dude wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 2/19/2026 7:40 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Thu, 19 Feb 2026 13:35:08 +0000, Julian
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> a union thug and his cabal of communist academics have awoken a
sleeping
>>>>>>>>> giant: behold, your first look at the billionaire counterattack in
the
>>>>>>>>> war for California’s future
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> There you have it.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Key words: Economic Impact
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> What happened to the labor movement?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Not sure you've thought this through.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> They are now thugs and a cabal of communist academics.>
>>>>>>> Critics, argue it could negatively impact working people and that the
>>>>>>> top 1% already pay nearly half of the state's income taxes.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And so it is that the labor movement has become thugs and a cabal of
>>>>>> communist academics. Nah, you can't fool me with that shit.
>>>>>>
>>>>> That's because you have not thought this through. Otherwise, you would
>>>>> have posted your arguments, pro or con, to this list, instead of
>>>>> infantile emotional outbursts.
>>>>
>>>> Nah, I simply reject any premise that ends up with
>>>> labor movement has become thugs and a cabal of
>>>> communist academics
>>>>
>>> Obviously, you've not read any California labor union history, or even
>>> thought about it.
>>>
>>> California Teamsters were often labeled "thugs" and "commies" due to a
>>> combination of violent, coercive strike tactics, deeply ingrained
>>> corruption.
>>>
>>> The union used intimidation, engaged in mafia-related corruption notably
>>> under Jimmy Hoffa. Remember him?s.
>>
>> Right, he disappeared something like 65 years ago. Time to give labor
>> unions a break.
>>
>For the record, I am anti-union and support your right to work.
Right to work. Another mis-naming of something to hide what it is
really about.
>According to what I've read, on 18 September 2024, the organization
>announced that it would be endorsing neither of the two major party
>candidates of the 2024 presidential election: Democratic nominee Kamala
>Harris and Republican nominee Donald Trump.
>
>This marked the first election in nearly three decades in which the
>organization did not endorse a Democrat for president
> >
>
>>>>
>>>> That dog won't hunt.
>>>>
>>> This is probably the beginning of the end for Democrats in California.
>>> California Democrats are divided over a proposal to tax the state's
>>> richest residents, potentially impacting party unity.
>>>>
>>>> If you are looking for an emotional outburst, thugs and cabal would be
>>>> it.
>>>>
>>> There's a reason they call California Teamsters labor union members
>>> thugs and commies.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> The taxable obligation is wholly detached from a liquidity event!
>>>>>
>>>>> Unlike income and capital gains taxes, a wealth tax is entirely
>>>>> untethered from a liquidity event. “Asset-rich, cash-poor” taxpayers may
>>>>> be forced to sell assets to meet their tax obligations, risking
>>>>> destabilizing asset and capital markets.
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, on a more personal level, consider whether one or both spouses are
>>>>> California residents, the tax is imposed at a household level, so a
>>>>> couple with a combined net worth of $1 billion or more is subject to the
>>>>> tax, whereas two unmarried individuals with just under $1 billion apiece
>>>>> would not be taxed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> A few weeks back, I asked 21 California billionaires targeted by the
>>>>>>>>> Service Employees International Union’s proposed wealth tax if they
>>>>>>>>> planned to fight the ballot proposition, move, or some mysterious
third
>>>>>>>>> thing. Sentiment was darker than I anticipated. Almost everyone I
spoke
>>>>>>>>> with, including the California maximalists, was planning an exit.
While
>>>>>>>>> the architects of the ballot prop insisted “wealth flight” would
never
>>>>>>>>> happen — there was research, we were told; trust the experts!, the
>>>>>>>>> commies cried — it was clear by the end of January they were not only
>>>>>>>>> wrong about this, but about pretty much everything. To date, at least
>>>>>>>>> half the wealth targeted by the SEIU’s Dave Regan and his cabal of
>>>>>>>>> Marxist academics has moved from California, the SEIU has alienated
the
>>>>>>>>> governor, the teacher’s union (from what I’ve repeatedly heard), and
>>>>>>>>> most center-left organizations in the state, and they’ve radicalized
>>>>>>>>> even center left billionaires against special interests to a degree
I’ve
>>>>>>>>> never before seen. To put this in perspective, I know a billionaire
tech
>>>>>>>>> founder who supported Chesa Boudin, San Francisco’s infamous
pro-crime
>>>>>>>>> District Attorney, who is now prepared for war with every union in
the
>>>>>>>>> state.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> But will a few angry billionaires be enough to avert catastrophe?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Certainly not. We need a million billionaires in the street crying
>>>>>>>> mayhem.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> https://www.piratewires.com/p/wealth-tax-counterstrike
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Noah Sombrero mustachioed villain
Don't get political with me young man
or I'll tie you to a railroad track and
<<>> to <<>>
Who dares to talk to El Sombrero?
dares: Ned
does not dare: Julian shrinks in horror and warns others away
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