So we’re clear, tariffs combined with tax cuts for the wealthy is just upward transfer of wealth. It’s regressive taxation. People who make money by not working get to keep more of it, while people who work spend a larger percentage of their dwindling income on a worse standard of living.
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"The workers should seize the means of production" and "a man is entitled to the sweat of his brow" mean the same thing.
What was it LBJ said?
our takeaway from the Lathe of Heaven was OBVIOUSLY supposed to be “yeah but what if some asshole with a lot of material wealth had it”
Which both parties endorse.
We've been headed for economic revolution or collapse for most of my life.
Like, post-WW1 Germany bad, even.