I'm a Trump supporter, but I think a few of the democrazies ideas are OK

[protectionist]

You sound very envious of that Musk fellow.

Everybody's free to perceive & speculate.

 

[jc456]

Everybody's free to perceive & speculate.

It seems you aren’t smart enough however

 

[protectionist]

How many billions in taxes is not enough?

Post # 75 might give you some idea (including the short Warren Buffet link article)

 

[protectionist]

1. They won't just raise taxes on the very rich. It's unconstitutional.

2. Do away with a bunch of government regulations and lower property taxes and rent will go down.

I support lowering property taxes, but I hardly think it would make rents go down. These 2020s landlords are a new breed. WOLVES.

 

[protectionist]

It seems you aren’t smart enough however

Smart enough to post substance, not hot air like you're doing here.

 

[Slade3200]

To reduce his net worth and pay less taxes.

That logic doesn’t play out

 

[protectionist]

You like the idea of universal basic income? Are you a socialist?

I'm a registered Independent, Army veteran, double business owner, Trump supporter (mostly).

As a Social Security recipient & VA pension recipient, I couldn't say I'm against socialism entirely (and neither can anybody else who is enrolled in those)

 

[protectionist]

Who accesses the property?

?????

 

[marvin martian]

Smart enough to post substance, not hot air like you're doing here.spank.

You don't even understand the difference between net worth and annual income. I have no idea how you reached 80 years old in America without understanding that basic, basic fact. It's shameful.

 

[jc456]

I support lowering property taxes, but I hardly think it would make rents go down. These 2020s landlords are a new breed. WOLVES.

They took a loss for two years

 

[protectionist]

Well? How much does he have "sitting"? You said it, now state how much, or STFU.

A Trillion. You haven't heard ?

 

[jc456]

?????

Excuse me, assesses

 

[jc456]

A Trillion. You haven't heard ?

You think it’s liquid hilarious

 

[Dagosa]

I voted for Trump 3 times, and I feel that he has made America ALMOST great again. I guess that makes me a MAAGA.
So what are the good ideas ? >>>

1. Tax the VERY VERY rich more. It won't hurt to raise taxes on the top 1% (leaving the other 99% alone). C'mon folks, if you're at over TRILLION $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ net worth like Elon Musk, you could pay a lot more in taxes, and still have waaaaaaay more money than the rest of us. Those extra tax $$$$$$$$ could hire more ICE officers, hire more police to lower crime rates, get help for renters being smashed by greedy landlords, help business owners losing sales due to renters paying astronomical rents.

2 I wouldn't say say that this is really a Democrazies idea (because they oppose it about as much as Republicans do), but there really does need to be SOME degree of rent control, to stop runaway rents, which have skyrocketed to undreamed of levels over the last 4 years (200% inflation & some places even worse than that).
Before anyone comes barnstorming in here with all the decades old landlord propagandas about their costs being so high > no landlord's costs are going up 200+% or anywhere near that, and New York City has had thousands of buildings under rent control for 100 years & the buildings are still there, not abandoned, still occupied, landlords still making profits on them.

3.. This one comes in the from of a question because I'm really not sure about it. If Democrats (currently holding seats in congress) have proposed raising social security COLAs, post that (with sources).

You can’t be serious. He’s an anti science dweeb and wrong about everything related to it.

 

[jc456]

You can’t be serious. He’s an anti science dweeb and wrong about everything related to it.

Ahh you’re jealous

 

[protectionist]

You don't even understand the difference between net worth and annual income. I have no idea how you reached 80 years old in America without understanding that basic, basic fact. It's shameful.

I don't give a rats ass about the difference between it, and you are only using that dichotomy, to try to defend landlord wolves gouging renters, pushing many of them into homelessness, putting millions of businesses out of businesses, wrecking the country and turning it inot a United States of Landlords.

I've already talked about capital gains & annual income, and mentioned the tax rates on both. Read the Warren Buffet link in Post # 75 to help your "understanding" of this.

 

[marvin martian]

You think it’s liquid hboomers.

protectionist is literally retarded. He doesn't understand the difference between net worth and annual income. It's hard to believe anyone can make it to adulthood in America and not understand that. Exceptional ignorance.

 

[Dagosa]

Ahh you’re jealous

Nope, I’m smarter. I don’t vote for convicted felons and science illiterates.

 

[Robert W]

Not enough, and as far as where his wealth is, what about it ?

In 2025, he paid $11 billion, which amount to about 1% of his trillion $ wealth.

Musk paid far too much. As it now sits, taxes are not created to get more revenue, they are created to punish the rich for being very good at what they do.

We know a lot about the Flat tax way of this, and it involves all of us bearing a bit more burden since we far outnumber the super-rich people. Yes, it will cost me more, but the debt can be wiped clean and then the rich can keep creating more wealth and create far more jobs than turning them over as cash cows.

 

[jc456]

Nope, I’m smarter. I don’t vote for convicted felons and science illiterates.

Where’s your trillion? Haaaaaaaaaahaha Haaaaaaaaaahaha