I am not cool with the 1% buying elections, and pushing their propaganda

[guillaumeb]

via the US corporate media. A media that the rich own.

I am not cool with the rich defending their tax breaks as they depress wages and outsource everything that they can.

I am not cool with the rich spending millions to scare people about single payer, and promoting nonsense that suggests that the US simply cannot do what most developed countries have already done.

I am not cool with the rich saying MFA would magically cost twice as much as the current, dysfunctional US healthcare system already costs. In reality, Canada spends 1/2 what the US does, and provides better coverage. The US system is ranked 37th for a reason.

I am not cool with the rich saying the age for receiving Social Security benefits must be raised, and benefits must be cut. Removing the cap on taxed earnings, and subjecting all earned and unearned income to taxation above a certain level would allow for the age to be lowered, and benefits raised.

I am not cool with the rich saying that a very modest tax on the stock market would ruin the economy.

I am not cool with the rich taking nearly all of the wealth generated since 1980, and leaving us fighting for the scraps.

[dchill]

1. I'm not cool, either.

Are we, as a party, that venal? Do we not understand about the things we sell when we buy the rich man's line?

[guillaumeb]

3. And this is one of the reasons that I support Warren.

Capitalism needs to be strictly regulated.

[jalan48]

2. +1

Amen

[guillaumeb]

6. Thank you.

This is a very condensed list of the many things that I dislike about the rich.

[cherryinpa]

4. Agreed

One thing Bernie has tapped into correctly is the widespread feeling that the rich have tipped over from need to greed.

Bloomberg thinks the system works, tell that to a single mom paying high rent with minimum wages. Who is she gonna listen to? Bloomberg or Bernie. If the 1% had voluntarily shared a little of their wealth there would be no need for whats coming their way with the Bernie Bus.

I don't even agree minimum wage, rent-controls, nationalization of medicine etc will even benefit the poor - I'm a very middle ground blue democrat. But the reality is I accept the 1% could have changed when the had the chance but they did do it, now they've got whats coming their way and they fucking deserve it.

[guillaumeb]

5. Bloomberg is part of the 1% of the 1% of the 1%.

He moves in a parallel universe to the rest of us.

And I understand that he created his business, but the US tax code allowed him to become a billionaire, not anything he did.

[Doodley]

7. I'm cool with a billionaire putting his money where his mouth is.

I'm cool with a billionaire who will hold Trump to account.

I'm cool with a billionaire who spends billions of his money to fight for the environment. health and education.

I'm cool with a billionaire who pledges to spend a billion dollars supporting the Democratic nominee.

[guillaumeb]

8. I am cool with those goals.

But if he wants to provide a progressive alternative, he could buy media outlets.