Billionaires should be arrested, not taxed. The path to billions is strewn with broken laws. Assets should be seized, the money followed, the math done. The incriminating evidence is there.
Billionaires should be arrested, not taxed. The path to billions is strewn with broken laws. Assets should be seized, the money followed, the math done. The incriminating evidence is there.
What is wrong with these people?!?!? They could spend a million dollars a day for the rest of their lives and STILL be billionaires. Have they no morals at all while homelessness and lack of healthcare runs rampant in this country. They are greedy bastards who deserve the pitchforks coming their way. Bezos in particular, who can’t even allow his employees bathroom breaks or to take care of a fellow worker that DIED in the warehouse. He’s an economic tyrant that wants us to view him as a god. He’s completely sold his soul for the almighty dollar and Trump. What a dick.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: we made Bezos a billionaire, and we have the power to take him down. Stop giving him your money, full stop.
Anybody wealthy enough to afford their very own personal tropical island, space program, or SCOTUS justice can afford to kick in more than they do now.
Meanwhile the rest of us here in Chicago are paying 22% to the feds and 17% to the state, plus something like 13% in sales tax in the city proper, plus three grand a month in health insurance premiums, and we're wondering just exactly what else we're supposed to cut out of our lives, in order to stay in the "middle class," to which we are clinging with broken fingernails. We go out for a local pub meal with friends about every two -three months; I cook everything else we eat, at home; if we can swing it we'll hit up a summer street festival (which costs a couple about $100, for a round or two of beers, a couple of burgers, etc), or a free concert in the park. We just took a vacation for the first time in 18 years, and all this with a low, but nevertheless JUST six figures (before the above deductions). We literally live in the same way we did twenty years ago, as renters in a space that is nowhere near what we should have as 50-somethings) as the cost of living has so far surpassed income, and I honestly have NO idea what people are doing to stay alive who have children.
I also don't know what to do with my rage, at these billionaires, at our government, and at my fellow Americans, who keep falling for propaganda and bullshit, and who continue to elect people who are working diametrically to OUR interests and needs.
Grudgingly I must agree with Bezos. Simply making him and other uber wealthy people pay more taxes may not be a big help. Why?? Because most of that money will go to other Federal projects before it ever reaches people who need it. For every $1,000 extra he pays, $970 will go to , Defense , Wars of choice, building, and other Congress Critters pet projects.
It's fun to observe differences like that when you travel. I'm not a birder, but I enjoy looking a foliage (flowers, shrubs, trees) and like to walk around in neighborhoods and see different foliage from where I live.
He's not going because he hates his son. I guess the wedding present that he's giving him is all of the grift in this second administration. I wonder when he will claw all of the money back because I wouldn't put it past him.
In interviews over the last week Stephen Colbert said that he and his wife Evie have a graduation and a wedding to attend and I guess we will find out besides the Lord of the Rings prequel script that he has been writing with his son, about his other projects that he will be working on.
The suburbs around Boise are suffering from a rat explosion. Pest control operators in the state have reported record calls. Health officials have floated declaring a public emergency, and elected leaders are arguing over who should be responsible for a problem that stretches beyond any political border.
Most fingers are pointing west, toward California. “Check your luggage before you move,” Brad Pike, the mayor of Eagle, Idaho, said during a recent City Council discussion. He wasn’t entirely kidding.
...Idaho has few native rat species, so the appearance of Norway rats and roof rats in gardens, chicken coops and crawl spaces surprised biologists and pest control experts. Figuring out where they came from has been a popular, if unscientific, pastime in a region undergoing substantial growth and change, much of it driven by people leaving blue West Coast states for ultrared Idaho. Newcomers have brought dizzying change to Idaho. They’ve driven state politics further to the right, added to traffic woes and helped speed the replacement of farmland with subdivisions. Now rats?
Adam Schroeder oversees weed and pest management for Ada County and receives multiple calls a week about rats. Early on, he said, “every one mentioned California.”
In Idaho, a state where small government is the rule, even figuring out who should play Pied Piper has become a political fight. Despite its booming economy, the state has struggled to keep pace with rising costs after years of tax cuts. Court precedents and the state’s Constitution sharply limit the powers local governments can exercise without approval from the Legislature.
During this year’s legislative session, a conservative Republican from the suburbs and a Democrat from Boise teamed up on legislation that would have declared rats a nuisance and created a clearer framework for state and local governments to respond. Debate over the proposals broadened into philosophical arguments over the role government should play in daily life and how to balance the needs of the entire state with those facing Boise and surrounding Ada County. The bills died.
The MAGA Republican running for governor here in Michigan, Mike Cox, wants to do away with the state's income tax, to which I always yell at the tv, "how are you going to raise revenue to pay for stuff?" That arsehole hasn't addressed that important facts in any of his ads. Of course there are people stupid enough in this state--like the racists--who will vote for this shithead. (When I say racists I just don't mean the assholes who hate blah people, they also hate anyone who speaks Arabic or Spanish as well.)
Seems also to me that a booming economy does not mean your top rich people have lots of money while the state can't pay for schools. But whatta I know. Apparently the economy is whatever the press decides it is at any given moment.
Assface--probably in the start of one right now but hey, these few companies are artificially inflating the stock indices and we have no idea if any numbers coming from the government are good so let the so-so times roll.
Most fingers are pointing west, toward California. “Check your luggage before you move,” Brad Pike, the mayor of Eagle, Idaho, said during a recent City Council discussion. He wasn’t entirely kidding.
All right. It is petty but I am getting many giggles about the idea that the "rats" fleeing California for the libertarian paradise of Idaho are being blamed for bringing in rats.
https://eliaswinter.substack.com/p/the-billionaire-and-the-teacher-in?r=5f7ps0&utm_medium=ios
Billionaires should be arrested, not taxed. The path to billions is strewn with broken laws. Assets should be seized, the money followed, the math done. The incriminating evidence is there.
https://brutusmac.substack.com/p/a-wealth-tax-on-billionaires-is-not?r=6aexdu
Billionaires should be arrested, not taxed. The path to billions is strewn with broken laws. Assets should be seized, the money followed, the math done. The incriminating evidence is there.
https://brutusmac.substack.com/p/a-wealth-tax-on-billionaires-is-not?r=6aexdu&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
Fuck it. Let’s try it anyway
What is wrong with these people?!?!? They could spend a million dollars a day for the rest of their lives and STILL be billionaires. Have they no morals at all while homelessness and lack of healthcare runs rampant in this country. They are greedy bastards who deserve the pitchforks coming their way. Bezos in particular, who can’t even allow his employees bathroom breaks or to take care of a fellow worker that DIED in the warehouse. He’s an economic tyrant that wants us to view him as a god. He’s completely sold his soul for the almighty dollar and Trump. What a dick.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: we made Bezos a billionaire, and we have the power to take him down. Stop giving him your money, full stop.
Anybody wealthy enough to afford their very own personal tropical island, space program, or SCOTUS justice can afford to kick in more than they do now.
He's sorta right.
We are wasting a perfectly good federal electric chair.
Meanwhile the rest of us here in Chicago are paying 22% to the feds and 17% to the state, plus something like 13% in sales tax in the city proper, plus three grand a month in health insurance premiums, and we're wondering just exactly what else we're supposed to cut out of our lives, in order to stay in the "middle class," to which we are clinging with broken fingernails. We go out for a local pub meal with friends about every two -three months; I cook everything else we eat, at home; if we can swing it we'll hit up a summer street festival (which costs a couple about $100, for a round or two of beers, a couple of burgers, etc), or a free concert in the park. We just took a vacation for the first time in 18 years, and all this with a low, but nevertheless JUST six figures (before the above deductions). We literally live in the same way we did twenty years ago, as renters in a space that is nowhere near what we should have as 50-somethings) as the cost of living has so far surpassed income, and I honestly have NO idea what people are doing to stay alive who have children.
I also don't know what to do with my rage, at these billionaires, at our government, and at my fellow Americans, who keep falling for propaganda and bullshit, and who continue to elect people who are working diametrically to OUR interests and needs.
Grudgingly I must agree with Bezos. Simply making him and other uber wealthy people pay more taxes may not be a big help. Why?? Because most of that money will go to other Federal projects before it ever reaches people who need it. For every $1,000 extra he pays, $970 will go to , Defense , Wars of choice, building, and other Congress Critters pet projects.
I am actually managing to do some birding in France, in between seeing the sights. Was just recently watching Common Terns fishing in the Loire River.
Sounds, awesome, enjoy!!
It's fun to observe differences like that when you travel. I'm not a birder, but I enjoy looking a foliage (flowers, shrubs, trees) and like to walk around in neighborhoods and see different foliage from where I live.
𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗺𝗽 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗻’𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗘𝗯𝗼𝗹𝗮-𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘀, 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻, 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲
Officials denied refusing entry, but dodged questions on why Americans didn’t return.
https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/05/trump-admin-didnt-want-ebola-exposed-americans-sent-them-to-berlin-prague/
Do any of you have a home weather station?
I used to. Paul & Holly have one.
What was your process for selecting features? How did you go about researching your purchase? And why do you no longer have one?
Trump is going to Bedminster to golf instead of his son's wedding because of "appearances."
He's not going because he hates his son. I guess the wedding present that he's giving him is all of the grift in this second administration. I wonder when he will claw all of the money back because I wouldn't put it past him.
In interviews over the last week Stephen Colbert said that he and his wife Evie have a graduation and a wedding to attend and I guess we will find out besides the Lord of the Rings prequel script that he has been writing with his son, about his other projects that he will be working on.
When it comes to hating their kids*, like Fred, like Widdle Babby Donnie.
____________________
* except Ivanka
It would look bad to show up at his son's wedding?
Was he invited?
I mean considering how much his spawn suck up to him I imagine he was
"I'm trying to rob the treasury, people would be horrified if I pretended to care about my kid"
Feels so very Republican MAGA
The "appearance" it would give is that he likes his kid, and we can't have that!
Maybe this is deflection from not being invited.
OT: BELIEVE IT OR NOT!
"REID: You're the nation's top law enforcement official. Would you be okay with people who were convicted of hurting police getting taxpayer money?
BLANCHE: Just to be clear, people who hurt police get money all the time."
The groveling, it burns. https://x.com/atrupar/status/2057267302244995101?s=20
Reid's expression at this: classic
Yes, the professional police hurters have a strong union and good negotiators, you seen that contract?
𝘎𝘭𝘪𝘣 shouldn't be confused with 𝘸𝘪𝘵, and that pantload shouldn't be confused with anything. It's just 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘱𝘪𝘥.
A fuckin' appalling nitwit
OMFG ... her "WTF?" look is priceless.
Now THAT'S an interviewer.
Maybe he meant armed robbers.
Pretty sure he meant THOSE people getting snap
So that is a yes
"Just to be clear" often introduces a whole line of bull.
Is three hots and a cot "money?"
𝗜𝗻 𝗜𝗱𝗮𝗵𝗼’𝘀 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗯𝘀, 𝗮 𝗥𝗮𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁
The suburbs around Boise are suffering from a rat explosion. Pest control operators in the state have reported record calls. Health officials have floated declaring a public emergency, and elected leaders are arguing over who should be responsible for a problem that stretches beyond any political border.
Most fingers are pointing west, toward California. “Check your luggage before you move,” Brad Pike, the mayor of Eagle, Idaho, said during a recent City Council discussion. He wasn’t entirely kidding.
...Idaho has few native rat species, so the appearance of Norway rats and roof rats in gardens, chicken coops and crawl spaces surprised biologists and pest control experts. Figuring out where they came from has been a popular, if unscientific, pastime in a region undergoing substantial growth and change, much of it driven by people leaving blue West Coast states for ultrared Idaho. Newcomers have brought dizzying change to Idaho. They’ve driven state politics further to the right, added to traffic woes and helped speed the replacement of farmland with subdivisions. Now rats?
Adam Schroeder oversees weed and pest management for Ada County and receives multiple calls a week about rats. Early on, he said, “every one mentioned California.”
In Idaho, a state where small government is the rule, even figuring out who should play Pied Piper has become a political fight. Despite its booming economy, the state has struggled to keep pace with rising costs after years of tax cuts. Court precedents and the state’s Constitution sharply limit the powers local governments can exercise without approval from the Legislature.
During this year’s legislative session, a conservative Republican from the suburbs and a Democrat from Boise teamed up on legislation that would have declared rats a nuisance and created a clearer framework for state and local governments to respond. Debate over the proposals broadened into philosophical arguments over the role government should play in daily life and how to balance the needs of the entire state with those facing Boise and surrounding Ada County. The bills died.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/us/idaho-rats-hantavirus.html
"Despite its booming economy, the state has struggled to keep pace with rising costs after years of tax cuts."
I guess we can add booming economy to the pile of things the press will indeed pretend means something else.
Call me cray, but struggling to keep pace with rising costs does not sound like a booming economy for a state.
A booming economy doesn't fix potholes if no one taxed to pay for them. Libertarians really are kinda dumb about this.
The MAGA Republican running for governor here in Michigan, Mike Cox, wants to do away with the state's income tax, to which I always yell at the tv, "how are you going to raise revenue to pay for stuff?" That arsehole hasn't addressed that important facts in any of his ads. Of course there are people stupid enough in this state--like the racists--who will vote for this shithead. (When I say racists I just don't mean the assholes who hate blah people, they also hate anyone who speaks Arabic or Spanish as well.)
Seems also to me that a booming economy does not mean your top rich people have lots of money while the state can't pay for schools. But whatta I know. Apparently the economy is whatever the press decides it is at any given moment.
Biden--recession any day now that never comes
Assface--probably in the start of one right now but hey, these few companies are artificially inflating the stock indices and we have no idea if any numbers coming from the government are good so let the so-so times roll.
SO MUCH THAT
We're in a fucking recession. Why isn't the press saying so?
High inflation +High job loss+ depressed spending = recession for crying out loud.
The economy is whatever the press copies and pastes from twitter
oo oo oo like how the Stock Market is totally the economy when a democrat is president, but never when a republican is, unless it is doing well?
It's a mystery!
Most fingers are pointing west, toward California. “Check your luggage before you move,” Brad Pike, the mayor of Eagle, Idaho, said during a recent City Council discussion. He wasn’t entirely kidding.
All right. It is petty but I am getting many giggles about the idea that the "rats" fleeing California for the libertarian paradise of Idaho are being blamed for bringing in rats.
I have exactly one MAGA friend, and she lives in Idaho. I am enjoying this as only a really petty bitch can.
It's 2026 or so, why 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 I need to check my luggage for rats?
Just needs one or two breeding pair of rats to make a colony after all, so I'd sooner expect it was brought in by a rancher importing cheap feed.
The California Cheese Tax is too high!
Rats moving to a RED state? Kind of sounds on brand to me.
Politics moves to the right and also there are more rats. Which causes which?
GMTA