Eileen Gu and birthright citizenship

[ThisIsMe]

We are not anti capitalist
We just believe they should pay more taxes and treat their workers better

Hmm, maybe not you but I hear a lot of anti capital rhetoric online.

I agree they should pay better, but I don’t see where they should be punished just for being successful. Our cotus says taxes are supposed to be proportional. A wealth tax would not be proportional, and would be a violation of the equal protection clause.

 

[rightwinger]

Hmm, maybe not you but I hear a lot of anti capital rhetoric online.

I agree they should pay better, but I don’t see where they should be punished just for being successful. Our cotus says taxes are supposed to be proportional. A wealth tax would not be proportional, and would be a violation of the equal protection clause.

Our tax system has always been tiered so the lower working class pays less and the wealthy pay more.

That is the way it should be.
In the last 40 years we have been making the wealthy pay less and reducing public benefits to make up for it.

 

[Dr Grump]

Hmm, maybe not you but I hear a lot of anti capital rhetoric online.

I agree they should pay better, but I don’t see where they should be punished just for being successful. Our cotus says taxes are supposed to be proportional. A wealth tax would not be proportional, and would be a violation of the equal protection clause.

I disagree. They get plenty. How much do they need? I think 45% should be the highest bracket and they should pay it willingly. And I'm sick to death of uber righties (not saying you are BTW), stating that is all the people who want handouts who ***** and moan about this. America is just built on greed. "Everyone can make it". BS. Total under crap. For every Mush, Bezos of Gates, there are literally millions of hardworking people who are on struggle street with high medical insurance premiums, an array of taxes (that the rich seem to find loopholes for), and I won't even get into lawyer's fees, HOA demands and landlords sticking it to them for more rent. It's ongoing.

 

[frigidweirdo]

I disagree. They get plenty. How much do they need? I think 45% should be the highest bracket and they should pay it willingly. And I'm sick to death of uber righties (not saying you are BTW), stating that is all the people who want handouts who ***** and moan about this. America is just built on greed. "Everyone can make it". BS. Total under crap. For every Mush, Bezos of Gates, there are literally millions of hardworking people who are on struggle street with high medical insurance premiums, an array of taxes (that the rich seem to find loopholes for), and I won't even get into lawyer's fees, HOA demands and landlords sticking it to them for more rent. It's ongoing.

And the problem is, who writes the laws? Politicians who are taking money from rich people. The rich get the laws they want so they don't have to pay. It's cheaper to BRIBE politicians than pay your taxes.

And why does this happen? Because the FPTP system allows it to happen, because people don't have a real choice when they go and vote.

 

[Lockback]

Born in America, attended Stanford, and this is how she CHOSE to thank the country that allowed her all the privileges of a free society.
Instead, she has chosen to take the communist money and compete for a communist nation that has conducted genocide against the Uyghur population, and countless other human-right violations.
Hey Eileen, have you publicly spoken out about Jimmy Lai?
Horrible person, she needs to be more like Alysa Liu.

You nailed it.
Anybody who disagrees with you love Communism and hates America.

 

[ThisIsMe]

Our tax system has always been tiered so the lower working class pays less and the wealthy pay more.

That is the way it should be.
In the last 40 years we have been making the wealthy pay less and reducing public benefits to make up for it.

They do pay more, it’s just the government keeps giving them tax breaks for various things.

Also, if you want more benefits, tell government to stop wasting the tax money they do get

 

[ThisIsMe]

I disagree. They get plenty. How much do they need? I think 45% should be the highest bracket and they should pay it willingly. And I'm sick to death of uber righties (not saying you are BTW), stating that is all the people who want handouts who ***** and moan about this. America is just built on greed. "Everyone can make it". BS. Total under crap. For every Mush, Bezos of Gates, there are literally millions of hardworking people who are on struggle street with high medical insurance premiums, an array of taxes (that the rich seem to find loopholes for), and I won't even get into lawyer's fees, HOA demands and landlords sticking it to them for more rent. It's ongoing.

Should you pay more in taxes? To the person who makes nothing, YOU are a rich person…

 

[Dr Grump]

Should you pay more in taxes? To the person who makes nothing, YOU are a rich person…

Paying your fair share would do for starters.

 

[Jarlaxle]

Paying your fair share would do for starters.

Explain, in your own words, what my "fair share" is.

 

[ThisIsMe]

Paying your fair share would do for starters.

Nobody can tell us what a “fair share” is.

The fairest way is if I pay 20%, the rich should pay 20%. That’s how it’s supposed to be.

NOT fair is if I have to pay 20% and the rich have to pay 49%

 

[Independent thinker]

Olympian Eileen Gu responds to JD Vance’s comments suggesting she should represent U.S.

The Athletic has live coverage of the 2026 Winter Olympics. Five-time Olympic medalist Eileen Gu has responded to JD Vance after the Vice President appeared to suggest she should be competing for the United States rather than China. Gu is the most decorated female freestyle skier in Olympic...

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Oh, this is fun

"“I certainly think that somebody who grew up in the United States of America, who benefited from our education system, from the freedoms and liberties that make this country a great place, I would hope that they want to compete with the United States of America,” "

DJ Vance thinks that people born in the US are American and should compete for America.

Oh, the irony. They want to stop Chinese kids born in the US from being US citizens, and then criticize Chinese kids born in the US who then compete for China at the winter Olympics.

It's all a bit weird.

This just makes me say to all of the people who are actually on our US team:

If you refuse to support our team and be patriotic to the United States of America, then you shouldn't be on the team. The team is the US team so if you're only competing for yourself and not your country, then you should not be on the US team. Our country should not be your political pawn.

 

[rightwinger]

Nobody can tell us what a “fair share” is.

The fairest way is if I pay 20%, the rich should pay 20%. That’s how it’s supposed to be.

NOT fair is if I have to pay 20% and the rich have to pay 49%

That is not fair

If you have to struggle to pay 20 percent, it is not the same as someone where 20 percent has no impact on their lifestyle

 

[rightwinger]

NOT fair is if I have to pay 20% and the rich have to pay 49%

The rich pay the same tax rate as you do

If you pay 20 percent on $80,000 the rich also pay 20 percent on their first $80,000

 

[Godboy]

Look at Trump kicking out illegals. He says it's to protect the country, but he's not just kicking out those who have committed crimes, is he? No, he's kicking out people who are there legally, he's kicking out those who have been there since they were kids.

If they arent here legally, then who cares if they didnt commit more crimes? If they arent citizens, then they gotta go. Whats the point of having immigration laws if we dont enforce them?

Im sure that you dems would love to have as many illegals as possible for congressional seats, and im sure that democrats will try to legalize all of them so they never lose another election, but red states will simply secede the moment that happens and the will be the end of the United States. THEN blue states will be stuck with a bunch of tax sucking, driving down wages, 3rd worlders who dont even speak english.

What good are your illegals going to be for your party when you cant use them against conservatives anymore? They will just become economic boat anchors for your failing states. Meanwhile red states will boot them all and have thriving economies. This is the trajectory that you are headed for, make no mistake about it.

 

[ThisIsMe]

That is not fair

If you have to struggle to pay 20 percent, it is not the same as someone where 20 percent has no impact on their lifestyle

If you struggle to pay 20%, chances are, there are help option out there for you. Many of those rich people give generously to charities.

You talk about “fair share” but what you really mean is wealth tax. A punishment for being successful in life.

I understand giving and I wholly support it, but why, in a free and capitalist society, does one think that one person has to subsidize someone else? If you want to donate, I’m all for it, but should people be forced into it?

 

[MarathonMike]

Given what a racist place America is turning into, who can blame her.

She has also spoken out strongly against anti-Asian hate in this country.


Wow, tell me again how you aren't a racist, Seymour, that shit never gets old.

OHHHHHH PULEEEEZZZ!!! She went for the $6.6 million bucks the Chinese dangled in front of her. And who could blame her if the Olympic Committee is willing to look the other way about her lack of dual citizenship.

 

[ThisIsMe]

The rich pay the same tax rate as you do

If you pay 20 percent on $80,000 the rich also pay 20 percent on their first $80,000

I don’t think the rich pay the same rate as I do.

I’m not at the 37% tax rate which means rich people pay a higher rate than I do.

Now, if they have deductions that can get them down into the 20s, then they’d be paying as much as I do.

 

[rightwinger]

I don’t think the rich pay the same rate as I do.

I’m not at the 37% tax rate which means rich people pay a higher rate than I do.

Now, if they have deductions that can get them down into the 20s, then they’d be paying as much as I do.

When their earnings are at the level you are, they pay the same rate.
As they earn more, the additional earnings are taxed at a higher rate

 

[ThisIsMe]

When their earnings are at the level you are, they pay the same rate.
As they earn more, the additional earnings are taxed at a higher rate

And why is that fair? Fair would be, we all pay the same rate. No exceptions.

If one person makes 50k, they pay $10,000
If a person makes 50M, they pay 10M.

That’s fair.

And chances are, that person making 50M is donating a lot to charities.

It’s not that I think your idea of helping people is wrong, it’s, should people be forced to do it ?

 

[rightwinger]

And why is that fair? Fair would be, we all pay the same rate. No exceptions.

If one person makes 50k, they pay $10,000
If a person makes 50M, they pay 10M.

That’s fair.

And chances are, that person making 50M is donating a lot to charities.

It’s not that I think your idea of helping people is wrong, it’s, should people be forced to do it ?

That is far from fair.

You can’t get blood from a stone
You tax where the money is not someone who is struggling