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[–] [email protected] 60 points 11 months ago (3 children)

From the article:

With a divided Congress, the bills are unlikely to pass into law this session. But Mr. Smith said legislators needed to start a conversation.

Solid odds this will be a campaign issue, which is a great thing.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It will be a campaign issue and then nothing will be done about it. Fingers will be pointed.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

This 1000%. A bunch of bullshit from all sides, all these "ought to's" and a bunch of malarkey will get tossed around. The election will get won by Biden or Trump, and all this will just turn into the same thing it always does.....empty promises and a shit ton of money getting made at the top while we're all fucked.

Real change won't happen by voting for it, it's when billionaires find their heads in baskets staring up at the axe/guillotine/whatever that just cut their fucking heads off. Eat the rich.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The "Guillotine the rich" crowd sure loves saying they wanna do it but they never have the balls. You talk of politician "ought to's" yet here you and many others are not executing billionaires. Put up or shut up.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

I said, and I'll copy and paste:

Real change won’t happen by voting for it, it’s when billionaires find their heads in baskets staring up at the axe/guillotine/whatever that just cut their fucking heads off. Eat the rich.

That's a message to show support and willingness. I can't pull it off myself, but if more people are aware and willing, the future is bright.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 11 months ago

Disolving companies resolves problems only if the people who bought the products dont turn immediately to the replacement.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

can’t wait to see conservatives line up in droves to defend wall street buying houses in a few months time

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Everyone will talk about it, nobody will do anything to improve the situation.

Once you reach the ranks of the Senate, you have more financial interest in the future of your REIT-heavy investment portfolio than the price any of your constituents are paying for housing. Hell, more than a few Senators come straight from the halls of Wall Street themselves. That's how they have the kind of surplus cash to run for office to begin with.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Or they could all be vampires, if we're just making shit up.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Even vampires don't suck this hard.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I agree your comment here was just bad lol

Like, volunteer on any campaign whatsoever and see how wrong it is

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago

I've seen the inside of the Beto O'Rourke campaign three times over and it got worse every time.