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PatrickforB

(15,337 posts)
71. Those poor Brits. The ultra right has done a great job of ginning raw hate up against immigrants, and
Sat Dec 27, 2025, 07:04 PM
3 hrs ago

the English working class is out in the streets knocking heads. I have a former friend over there who has hit the streets with the Tories in those riots. He tells me that the Labour Party is now dead, dead, dead! and says that with some glee, as if he and his friends have accomplished something that is actually good.

At the same time, the working schmucks in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland can look forward to the dirtbag thief Thiel stealing lots of money from NHS off the top to line his own filthy pockets, and screw working people across the UK. Soon, Brits will be able to look forward to the same evil shit we face here in Murika.

Shitty, rationed healthcare with financially crippling copays - a confusing system designed to extort the maximum money from sick, vulnerable people so shareholders can have HIGHER PROFITS, CEOs can make appalling incomes for all the 'value' they add and finally they can be like us and bask in HEALTH CARE DEBT!

That's pretty fucking sick. We have to get rid of these fucking billionaire parasites.

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I wonder if he'd consider leaving EARTH entirely. johnnyfins 11 hrs ago #1
Mars Needs Wealthies IbogaProject 9 hrs ago #35
Greedy n greasy NAZI Kid Berwyn 11 hrs ago #2
Thiel is worse than Musk ever THOUGHT of being. Miles Archer 11 hrs ago #15
For starters, he OWNS J.D. Vance. valleyrogue 8 hrs ago #49
Guy wants to eliminate the risk democracy presents to his money. Kid Berwyn 5 hrs ago #66
This message was self-deleted by its author Kid Berwyn 5 hrs ago #67
Those poor Brits. The ultra right has done a great job of ginning raw hate up against immigrants, and PatrickforB 3 hrs ago #71
And from another Tax Payer funded stadium, Traildogbob 11 hrs ago #3
Good riddance. hunter 11 hrs ago #4
Please don't come to my state you malfunctioning degenerate psycho. Maru Kitteh 11 hrs ago #5
Hoity-toity, self-entitled little pricks. CousinIT 11 hrs ago #6
Is the tax rate lower in Russia? surfered 11 hrs ago #7
"Fuck these people." --Hunter S. Thompson Dulcinea 11 hrs ago #8
Arrest his fascist ass 31st Street Bridge 11 hrs ago #9
On what Greg_In_SF 10 hrs ago #33
G T F O ZDU 11 hrs ago #10
Confiscate his passport so he can't return - TBF 11 hrs ago #11
You need a passport to travel to California? MichMan 5 hrs ago #65
That's over a billion dollars for him FBaggins 11 hrs ago #12
The ultra-rich can easily borrow against their assets to avoid triggering capital gains unblock 11 hrs ago #14
They'll borrow against assets to fund the purchase of other assets FBaggins 10 hrs ago #20
I'm not disputing that he might leave California, on paper anyway, unblock 9 hrs ago #42
Problem being that he can't take California with him... hunter 10 hrs ago #23
Don't forget a snow shovel. BidenRocks 9 hrs ago #38
Oh no!! MorbidButterflyTat 6 hrs ago #57
Will California be having a new state holiday? Vinca 11 hrs ago #13
Greedy fucking money hoarders UpInArms 11 hrs ago #16
Ok, bye. LoisB 11 hrs ago #17
Somalia. multigraincracker 11 hrs ago #18
Bye bye Fuck face. You should move to Russia, Putin will help you save your pennies. Autumn 10 hrs ago #19
Mars has no taxes. Pinback 10 hrs ago #21
He's an advocate of Seasteading, VGNonly 10 hrs ago #22
I wonder if a retroactive penalty tax would be legal should they leave for that reason. cstanleytech 10 hrs ago #24
A lot of us here at DU popsdenver 9 hrs ago #37
"And here we sit..." OldBaldy1701E 6 hrs ago #62
Obviously his only principle in life is profit above all, no matter how small. What a small human being. Martin68 10 hrs ago #25
The billionaires won't leave. See Massachusetts Millionaires Tax Blaukraut 10 hrs ago #26
He's the type who passes kacekwl 10 hrs ago #27
If we go nationwide with a 1% tax will he leave for good? /nt bucolic_frolic 10 hrs ago #28
That would require a constitutional amendment FBaggins 3 hrs ago #70
Sixteenth amendment still-prayin4rain 2 hrs ago #72
Doesn't help FBaggins 2 hrs ago #74
In addition to 16th amendment arguments, there's also a good argument that the apportionment rule applies still-prayin4rain 2 hrs ago #75
If it only applied to real estate and tangible personal property... FBaggins 1 hr ago #78
It was needed at the time because a later overturned SC case was the law of the land. still-prayin4rain 1 hr ago #79
It never rains in California Tetrachloride 10 hrs ago #29
Well, bye. Wednesdays 10 hrs ago #30
He's an attention whore JustAnotherGen 10 hrs ago #31
I know this is a stupid question, but: AverageOldGuy 10 hrs ago #32
A person who's empty inside Pinback 9 hrs ago #36
Exactly. MorbidButterflyTat 6 hrs ago #59
They are addicts. Just like any drug addict. travelingthrulife 7 hrs ago #54
Good riddance karin_sj 9 hrs ago #34
Make him stay until he pays. Initech 9 hrs ago #39
Freedom to travel Greg_In_SF 9 hrs ago #40
Oh, okay! MorbidButterflyTat 6 hrs ago #60
So, are you saying Greg_In_SF 6 hrs ago #64
No MorbidButterflyTat 1 hr ago #76
Okay Greg_In_SF 1 hr ago #77
An immigrant from Germany who doesn't want to chip in for the good of Americans Mblaze 9 hrs ago #41
And it's not just "being charitable" - he has made his money on our backs TBF 8 hrs ago #44
Thanks and well said. Mblaze 6 hrs ago #55
Eat the rich lonely bird 8 hrs ago #43
Entitled is an understatement. Dawson Leery 8 hrs ago #45
He would say it is the principle because he and most of his other oligarch companions' only Bev54 8 hrs ago #46
Theil probably has most of his income sheltered anyway Bluetus 8 hrs ago #47
Wish they would all move to their compounds in Honduras and Costa Rica to live out their little randian fantasies. pecosbob 8 hrs ago #48
bye bye. AllaN01Bear 7 hrs ago #50
Any chance of him leaving the country period??????? vapor2 7 hrs ago #51
Good! Now leave the country, traitor. travelingthrulife 7 hrs ago #52
Billionaires are hoarders duckworth969 7 hrs ago #53
Lucky California! nt Cha 6 hrs ago #56
It's not 1%, it's 5%. 1% a year for each of the next 5 years. n/t Ms. Toad 6 hrs ago #58
I'm appalled that my state wants a 1% increase in taxes for those with wealth over 1 billion dollars. Buddyzbuddy 6 hrs ago #61
Bye Felicia SirReal69 6 hrs ago #63
go ahead Peter, move to a maga state elduge 3 hrs ago #68
K bye! Iggo 3 hrs ago #69
If they leave, that would make California even cooler! BComplex 2 hrs ago #73
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