Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.
John Steinbeck
BeCaUsE tRiCkLe DoWn.
Because their goal is for poor people to not exist.
And I’m afraid the government will come after me if I ask
Because it’s gonna trickle down….. Eventually
Reagan was satan and red scare tactics worked.
The people who vote in favor of these things are all under the delusion that they’re temporarily embarrassed millionaires who might reach that status one day and don’t want to be taxed when they do because the talking heads on FOX told them that’s bad.
Propaganda. The cable news channels push the idea that we need to make life easier for the rich because if we do then they will “create jobs” or let their wealth “trickle down.” This line of thinking was huge in the 80s when a certain someone was in public office.
The problem is, those who are making over $2 million a year, did so in the current tax system. They don’t need any help.
Because the party asking you to give those tax breaks; is the party that hates brown people. For a lot of their base, that single thing supersedes all else. Including costing themselves financially.
It’s a sad state of affairs.
If you believe that the government’s involvement in the economy is a Bad Thing and/or that taxing people less will stimulate the economy and is therefore a Good Thing, then it makes sense to tax millionaires and billionaires less.
Never mind the facts and evidence. That way lies socialism (which is a Bad Thing).
They have faith. Reagan said it’d trickle down, and they have been patiently waiting ever since, despite all evidence to the contrary, for the wealth to make it down to them. They just need to double down on it one more time, and they’ll be rolling in money
Because most of them are delusional and think they’re gonna be millionaires some day
Because there’s a large contingent of the country who would rather see white men (who make up the overwhelming majority of the ultra rich in the US) get that money than allow people they don’t think deserve to have basic rights and dignity (aka brown people, immigrants, etc) to benefit from it.
Because those people seems to think that they are closer to becoming millionaires than homeless.
Statistics would like a word however..
**”No, you’re just gonna keep on riding motorcycles, having unprotected sex, and voting against free health care. You will make the same self destructive decisions over and over and over and over. And you will never be happy.”**-**Liz Lemon**
I think the fact that we are incapable of talking about raising taxes to fund social programs without invoking “socialism” or “communism” is part of the problem.
The people at the top convinced the people in the middle the people at the bottom were holding them back
They talk about the bill. They don’t say anything about tax cuts for “people making more than $2 million a year”. And that, and places like that, are where these people get their information.
Because even suggesting that taxes need to be raised in any way is taken that you want to rob the other person.
Here’s why:
The wealthy, but the right in general, has created a fiction that America is the ultimate meritocracy. Meaning that we all have a 100% equal chance at success and riches, and that you will only get out of the system what you put into it.
In short, it’s the old myth of “if you work hard, you will make money.”
They believe in that so deeply that they attribute personal value and personal worth as a human being to the personal income / net worth of a human being. As in: If you only become wealthy by being a good, hard worker, everyone who is wealthy, is by definition a good, hard working person.
Therefore, all those wealthy people are BETTER people than we are. They EARNED their money through hard work.
And then you add in the other half of that belief: If being wealthy means you are a good person, what does being poor mean? It means you are a bad person, a lazy person, a selfish person.
So when you add those together, what do you get?
A belief that the country has wealthy people who are noble and hard working, while lazy, entitled people try to “steal” their hard earned money for health care and other “free” benefits.
“Why should that hard working person have to pay the way for lazy people to coast through life for free???”
That’s the crux of it really. They’ve created this HUGE lie about meritocracy, which basically imbues value and morality to a person based on their bottom line.
THAT is why they can see a rich person and think “they deserve more” and see a poor person and think “cut their food stamps and make them suffer!!!”
Just think of it this way, this bill is taking $741 from every single tax paying American and handing it straight to billionaires. Don’t you feel like you’re winning now?
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Propaganda is a helluva drug.
Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires.
John Steinbeck
BeCaUsE tRiCkLe DoWn.
Because their goal is for poor people to not exist.
And I’m afraid the government will come after me if I ask
Because it’s gonna trickle down….. Eventually
Reagan was satan and red scare tactics worked.
The people who vote in favor of these things are all under the delusion that they’re temporarily embarrassed millionaires who might reach that status one day and don’t want to be taxed when they do because the talking heads on FOX told them that’s bad.
Propaganda. The cable news channels push the idea that we need to make life easier for the rich because if we do then they will “create jobs” or let their wealth “trickle down.” This line of thinking was huge in the 80s when a certain someone was in public office.
The problem is, those who are making over $2 million a year, did so in the current tax system. They don’t need any help.
Because the party asking you to give those tax breaks; is the party that hates brown people. For a lot of their base, that single thing supersedes all else. Including costing themselves financially.
It’s a sad state of affairs.
If you believe that the government’s involvement in the economy is a Bad Thing and/or that taxing people less will stimulate the economy and is therefore a Good Thing, then it makes sense to tax millionaires and billionaires less.
Never mind the facts and evidence. That way lies socialism (which is a Bad Thing).
They have faith. Reagan said it’d trickle down, and they have been patiently waiting ever since, despite all evidence to the contrary, for the wealth to make it down to them. They just need to double down on it one more time, and they’ll be rolling in money
Because most of them are delusional and think they’re gonna be millionaires some day
Because there’s a large contingent of the country who would rather see white men (who make up the overwhelming majority of the ultra rich in the US) get that money than allow people they don’t think deserve to have basic rights and dignity (aka brown people, immigrants, etc) to benefit from it.
Because those people seems to think that they are closer to becoming millionaires than homeless.
Statistics would like a word however..
**”No, you’re just gonna keep on riding motorcycles, having unprotected sex, and voting against free health care. You will make the same self destructive decisions over and over and over and over. And you will never be happy.”**-**Liz Lemon**
I think the fact that we are incapable of talking about raising taxes to fund social programs without invoking “socialism” or “communism” is part of the problem.
The people at the top convinced the people in the middle the people at the bottom were holding them back
https://preview.redd.it/3iksb425t5af1.jpeg?width=420&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d145463b81a6557102129a0569a23947e5244292
Go to foxnews.com.
They talk about the bill. They don’t say anything about tax cuts for “people making more than $2 million a year”. And that, and places like that, are where these people get their information.
Because even suggesting that taxes need to be raised in any way is taken that you want to rob the other person.
Here’s why:
The wealthy, but the right in general, has created a fiction that America is the ultimate meritocracy. Meaning that we all have a 100% equal chance at success and riches, and that you will only get out of the system what you put into it.
In short, it’s the old myth of “if you work hard, you will make money.”
They believe in that so deeply that they attribute personal value and personal worth as a human being to the personal income / net worth of a human being. As in: If you only become wealthy by being a good, hard worker, everyone who is wealthy, is by definition a good, hard working person.
Therefore, all those wealthy people are BETTER people than we are. They EARNED their money through hard work.
And then you add in the other half of that belief: If being wealthy means you are a good person, what does being poor mean? It means you are a bad person, a lazy person, a selfish person.
So when you add those together, what do you get?
A belief that the country has wealthy people who are noble and hard working, while lazy, entitled people try to “steal” their hard earned money for health care and other “free” benefits.
“Why should that hard working person have to pay the way for lazy people to coast through life for free???”
That’s the crux of it really. They’ve created this HUGE lie about meritocracy, which basically imbues value and morality to a person based on their bottom line.
THAT is why they can see a rich person and think “they deserve more” and see a poor person and think “cut their food stamps and make them suffer!!!”
Just think of it this way, this bill is taking $741 from every single tax paying American and handing it straight to billionaires. Don’t you feel like you’re winning now?
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