The content of this article, that Rethugs are against any taxes and only want to pay for cops and the military, is what we do NOT hear from Democratic pundits or leaders. People need to hear their actions framed in this way, instead of Liz Warren and Bernie and Jazmine screaming about "taking food and health care from the mouths of the children and the poor, just to give tax breaks to the wealthy"! Because the rethug response is "so what's your point?" Destroying government, and getting rid of taxes, as pointed out in the article, is based on ideology, not on saving us from the "waste-fraud-abuse" trifecta.. They're not doing it JUST to fund tax breaks, they are doing it because they want to, and the extra money for the rich is gravy. My point is, this is what Kamala and Tim should have been yelling from their bully pulpit, and what every Democrat with a microphone should be saying until they're hoarse: That the Republican Party wants no part of an egalitarian liberal democracy. They want no part of a society that is better for everyone, and slightly less profitable for the obscenely wealthy.
There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs. -- John Rogers
Republicans love massive income inequality and oligarchy so long as they’re the ones on top. And they’ve somehow managed to convince millions of Americans, whom they normally treat as something they’d scrap off their shoes, that they will get to join the party one day.
This also has been an increasingly true fact in the USA too since the gradated income tax was eliminated in 1982, and especially in recent decades. This is why comments from Democrats that the economy is doing so well were unconvincing. It was not doing so well for the lower three quintiles.
Ha! Like pols would care about plebes. This is what happens when you draft only rich people to run for office. And make no mistake, American politicians are on average, rich as fuck compared to the average American.
They can't relate to being poor or struggling ... because they have never BEEN poor or struggling.
You think the kind of education background that allows for an adult career in politics is available and affordable to everyone? It is to laugh!
Grimace of distaste as I recall that. Yeah, Pinochet and his beloved Chicago Boys, trained by that freak Friedman in the U.S. How can anybody (oh, because he's lying gleefully, of course) call a country a miracle of total laissez-faire success when the engine of the economy, the copper industry, is and stays firmly under government control? That and the land reforms of that dreadful socialist Allende saved what was left of Chile's economy. Not even Pinochet went so far as to privatise the copper industry.
the question remains, and will never be addressed by those on the right because they do not actually care if anything they say is remotely connected to reality: how exactly is a drastic, sudden decrease in the money supply and standard of living (austerity) for 95% of the population (read: consumer economy) supposed to “shock” the economy into prosperity? how is poverty for the majority supposed to create growth? it clearly cannot. but again, those on the right have no interest in reality, and trying to get them to engage with it is an exercise in futility
There's one thing that you miss in this article. Milei is riding high in the polls. The majority of Argentinians LIKE what they're doing. That's what Trump hopes for, and he might get it.
Milei is also a fucking psycho with deep-seated emotional problems. A New Yorker profile recounts how, when he encountered in an elevator a woman he'd never met and she innocently mentioned John Maynard Keynes, he immediately erupted in rage, screaming hysterically at her that she was a fucking whore and chasing her out of the building and down the street, still screaming.
The Heritage Foundation started writing Project 2025 in 2022 when the GOP held their CPAC in Hungary with Orban as keynote speaker and no media were allowed. They also had Orban as the keynote speaker at their CPAC in Dallas that fall. Stephen Miller posted on X/twitter the US was going to follow Milei's plan for Argentina which Orban also had a lot of influence in creating so trump will try to take us down that same path.
The content of this article, that Rethugs are against any taxes and only want to pay for cops and the military, is what we do NOT hear from Democratic pundits or leaders. People need to hear their actions framed in this way, instead of Liz Warren and Bernie and Jazmine screaming about "taking food and health care from the mouths of the children and the poor, just to give tax breaks to the wealthy"! Because the rethug response is "so what's your point?" Destroying government, and getting rid of taxes, as pointed out in the article, is based on ideology, not on saving us from the "waste-fraud-abuse" trifecta.. They're not doing it JUST to fund tax breaks, they are doing it because they want to, and the extra money for the rich is gravy. My point is, this is what Kamala and Tim should have been yelling from their bully pulpit, and what every Democrat with a microphone should be saying until they're hoarse: That the Republican Party wants no part of an egalitarian liberal democracy. They want no part of a society that is better for everyone, and slightly less profitable for the obscenely wealthy.
Leonard Leo is creaming his pants about now.
Turing us into the shithole nation he dreamed of.
If only there were an american tradition against tyranny....
Ta, Robyn.
Well, I already posted the other day as to how I feel about libertarians. Just know that I am not a fan. They need to Fuck Off!
There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old's life: The Lord of the Rings and Atlas Shrugged. One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs. -- John Rogers
Republicans love massive income inequality and oligarchy so long as they’re the ones on top. And they’ve somehow managed to convince millions of Americans, whom they normally treat as something they’d scrap off their shoes, that they will get to join the party one day.
Look at Red States in the Continental US. Most have life/health/happiness metrics lower than Cuba.
𝘈𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘎𝘋𝘗 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸. 𝘏𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘩.
This also has been an increasingly true fact in the USA too since the gradated income tax was eliminated in 1982, and especially in recent decades. This is why comments from Democrats that the economy is doing so well were unconvincing. It was not doing so well for the lower three quintiles.
GDP is a worthless measure, it should not be used y serious people.
Ha! Like pols would care about plebes. This is what happens when you draft only rich people to run for office. And make no mistake, American politicians are on average, rich as fuck compared to the average American.
They can't relate to being poor or struggling ... because they have never BEEN poor or struggling.
You think the kind of education background that allows for an adult career in politics is available and affordable to everyone? It is to laugh!
Grimace of distaste as I recall that. Yeah, Pinochet and his beloved Chicago Boys, trained by that freak Friedman in the U.S. How can anybody (oh, because he's lying gleefully, of course) call a country a miracle of total laissez-faire success when the engine of the economy, the copper industry, is and stays firmly under government control? That and the land reforms of that dreadful socialist Allende saved what was left of Chile's economy. Not even Pinochet went so far as to privatise the copper industry.
That's Javier Milei? Honestly, looking at that photo, I was sure it was Pedro Pascal melting and disassembling at the end of Wonder Woman: 1984.
the question remains, and will never be addressed by those on the right because they do not actually care if anything they say is remotely connected to reality: how exactly is a drastic, sudden decrease in the money supply and standard of living (austerity) for 95% of the population (read: consumer economy) supposed to “shock” the economy into prosperity? how is poverty for the majority supposed to create growth? it clearly cannot. but again, those on the right have no interest in reality, and trying to get them to engage with it is an exercise in futility
There's one thing that you miss in this article. Milei is riding high in the polls. The majority of Argentinians LIKE what they're doing. That's what Trump hopes for, and he might get it.
Milei looks like Leatherface in that picture.
Appropriately.
Milei is also a fucking psycho with deep-seated emotional problems. A New Yorker profile recounts how, when he encountered in an elevator a woman he'd never met and she innocently mentioned John Maynard Keynes, he immediately erupted in rage, screaming hysterically at her that she was a fucking whore and chasing her out of the building and down the street, still screaming.
THAT. IS. NOT. NORMAL.
The Heritage Foundation started writing Project 2025 in 2022 when the GOP held their CPAC in Hungary with Orban as keynote speaker and no media were allowed. They also had Orban as the keynote speaker at their CPAC in Dallas that fall. Stephen Miller posted on X/twitter the US was going to follow Milei's plan for Argentina which Orban also had a lot of influence in creating so trump will try to take us down that same path.