- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
re: Why are we afraid of Democratic Socialism?
Posted on 2/12/20 at 12:19 pm to HT713
Posted on 2/12/20 at 12:19 pm to HT713
Why does Bernie have multiple houses?
Why does he drive 100k sports cars?
Seems pretty hypocritical of him to own these kind of luxuries when there are starving children being locked in cages.
If I walked up to Bernie and asked for $100 would he give it to me?
Why does he drive 100k sports cars?
Seems pretty hypocritical of him to own these kind of luxuries when there are starving children being locked in cages.
If I walked up to Bernie and asked for $100 would he give it to me?
This post was edited on 2/12/20 at 12:21 pm
2
Posted on 2/12/20 at 12:21 pm to HT713
quote:Are you going to cap losses too? Are you going to refund pharma companies for failed drugs? Are you going to limit their legal liabilities?
could you consider a plan in which profit was capped? specifically thinking about the pharmaceutical compani
There’s a isht ton of risk in pharmaceuticals. if you cap the profit you’d better be prepare to cap the risk too.
quote:Not a single customer is forced to buy their product.
but I fundamentally think it's wrong for companies and executives to make massive fortunes off of sick people.
Posted on 2/12/20 at 12:22 pm to beerJeep
the, "if you believe in socialism you aren't allowed to have anything nice" sentiment is right there next to the, "if you have a problem with greed or corruption, you're just jealous" in the pantheon of bad-faith arguments 
my guess would be it stems from the fact that you just fundamentally do not understand my point either. not sure if you can't understand it or don't want to. I guess it doesn't matter/
my guess would be it stems from the fact that you just fundamentally do not understand my point either. not sure if you can't understand it or don't want to. I guess it doesn't matter/
Posted on 2/12/20 at 12:24 pm to DimTigerDontHate
quote:
Why do I get the feeling that if public libraries and public schooling didn't already exist today, they would be seen as some far left radical socialist idea? (i.e. 'Why should we have to pay for someone else's kid to have an education or read books!?') We already live in a socialist society in many respects, and it has only worked towards the betterment of society.
Because, in practice, libraries have become sanctuaries for homeless perverts to get their fill of online porn and Narcan while a garishly dressed, mentally ill person reads to children. Meanwhile, public schools do a bad job at teaching, yet never fail to let your kids leave the premises over a socialist pet cause.
Posted on 2/12/20 at 12:24 pm to HT713
quote:
take a guess how many americans have a wealth over 5 billion? AKA the number of individual people that would be effected if we capped personal wealth at 5 billion
Again, how would you do this in the case of someone like Bezos that has the vast majority of his wealth tied up in stock shares? Would you confiscate them? So the federal government would take over Amazon? Or would they flood the market selling them? Do you know what this would do to the stock market?
This post was edited on 2/12/20 at 12:25 pm
Posted on 2/12/20 at 12:25 pm to crazy4lsu
quote:
Estimates of moving to a single model generally involve around a 10% increase in usage rates.
Take a moment and think about this. If demand isn’t going to increase—or only slightly—it can only mean that almost everyone wanting care already gets it. This post was edited on 2/12/20 at 12:26 pm
Posted on 2/12/20 at 12:25 pm to HT713
FYI there's 105 individual people who have over $5b in net worth in this country, according to Forbes
the reason it matters to people like me is because we don't think it's right that they don't pay their fair share. I legit paid more in federal income tax last year than amazon did source
that matters to me.
the reason it matters to people like me is because we don't think it's right that they don't pay their fair share. I legit paid more in federal income tax last year than amazon did source
that matters to me.
Posted on 2/12/20 at 12:26 pm to xiv
quote:
well they are different. facts don't care about agendas I know.
Socialism and Democratic socialism are the exact same.
Socialism and socialist programs are completely different.
Socialism and communism are the exact same.
These are our talking points for our agenda. Make sure and don’t mess it up!
what the frick is wrong with you? seriously
This post was edited on 2/12/20 at 12:27 pm
Posted on 2/12/20 at 12:26 pm to Taxing Authority
State owned Healthcare
State owned education
State owned social security
State owned energy
Democratic socialism is a nice way of calling it communism.
I mean how many state owned industries does it take for us to call it what it is?
State owned education
State owned social security
State owned energy
Democratic socialism is a nice way of calling it communism.
I mean how many state owned industries does it take for us to call it what it is?
Posted on 2/12/20 at 12:26 pm to DimTigerDontHate
quote:
Why are we afraid of Democratic Socialism?
Because selling people on “Democratic Socialism” is the Communists way of playing the “just the tip” game with America.
Posted on 2/12/20 at 12:26 pm to fallguy_1978
quote:
Again, how would you do this in the case of someone like Bezos that has the vast majority of his wealth tied up in stock shares? Would you confiscate them? So the federal government would take over Amazon? Or would they flood the market selling them? Do you know what this would do to the stock market?
They don't think...they feel.
They use feel economics and not real economics.
Posted on 2/12/20 at 12:26 pm to HT713
quote:
the, "if you believe in socialism you aren't allowed to have anything nice" sentiment is right there next to the, "if you have a problem with greed or corruption, you're just jealous" in the pantheon of bad-faith arguments
But it really isn’t. You down own multiple homes and 100k sports cars under socialism.
quote:
my guess would be it stems from the fact that you just fundamentally do not understand my point either. not sure if you can't understand it or don't want to. I guess it doesn't matter/
You’re right. I certainly dont understand your weird jealousy of what people you have never and will never meet have.
It’s fricking weird.
Posted on 2/12/20 at 12:28 pm to HT713
quote:
I legit paid more in federal income tax last year than amazon did source
that matters to me.
But it SHOULDN'T.
Posted on 2/12/20 at 12:28 pm to fallguy_1978
quote:
Again, how would you do this in the case of someone like Bezos that has the vast majority of his wealth tied up in stock shares?
personally, I would storm the gates of bezos castle with the rest of the townsfolk
but realistically you could start with the 1.8b he cashed in last week and work from there.
Posted on 2/12/20 at 12:28 pm to HT713
quote:
the reason it matters to people like me is because we don't think it's right that they don't pay their fair share.
They pay far more than their fair share. What the frick are you talking about.
“Fair share” would be a flat tax across the board. And I promise you, they are MORE than willing to accept a flat tax as that will be a tax CUT to them.
quote:
that matters to me.
What should matter to you is that half our population don’t pay taxes. Not that the ultra rich have more money than you.
Posted on 2/12/20 at 12:29 pm to HT713
quote:I will never understand this. If a person (or conanpy) develops something life-saving... it should be valuable. Not cheap.
but I fundamentally think it's wrong for companies and executives to make massive fortunes off of sick people.
Your concept of economic value is flawed. Expecting things that are valuable and in demand to be cheap is silly.
Posted on 2/12/20 at 12:29 pm to HT713
alright boys I'm headed to a meeting. good chat
Posted on 2/12/20 at 12:30 pm to beerJeep
quote:
If I walked up to Bernie and asked for $100 would he give it to me?
Heck no. But if you had $3.00, he'd walk up to you and simply take $2.
Posted on 2/12/20 at 12:30 pm to crazy4lsu
quote:Ypu should as said surgeon if a “study” of n=1 is statistically significant for the entire medical industry.
Which breakthroughs? The surgeon I rotate with uses new techniques developed in Israeli, which has UHC.
Posted on 2/12/20 at 12:30 pm to beerJeep
quote:
They pay far more than their fair share. What the frick are you talking about.
This is just having an incomplete view of how the uber rich benefit from the infrastructure of society (this infrastructure is paid for by taxes).
They cannot obtain their insane wealth without it.
Page 13 of 22
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News