The superrich own the media.
And the politicians.
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Because America was founded with a bunch of horse sniffing half-literates for a general populous and the only thing that's really changed is the number of horses to sniff.
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Long article to say "the rich are in charge"
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Because they don't own the means of production, and the opposition has a monopoly on violence.
Blue-state Democrats are in a bind. They support a more equitable tax system, but fear, with some justification, that they and their party will be blamed if higher state taxes cause their wealthiest residents and their state economies to “head south,” literally and figuratively.
They say "with some justification," but what is that justification? Is there evidence that higher taxes causes wealthy residents to leave AND that that has negative consequences for the broader economy?
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Over 70% of voters want universal healthcare. About the same amount want a higher minimum wage.
About 90% of Democratic voters want universal healthcare, more than half of all independents want the same thing, and even a huge amount of Republicans want universal healthcare (around 40%).
Even so, D&Rs can't be bothered.
(yes yes, I know, BoTh SiDeS so I must be a secret Nazi bot, etc. you got me)
This basically sums it up. https://youtu.be/sYA-z0Y8WRQ?is=kw_NGc3gLO-d4Onl
What the bottom 99% want is irrelevant. We don't run this country or make its decisions. We are just cogs in a machine that exists to serve the rich and convince the poor that they're in some magical land of freedom. None of us are free.
the question answers itself.
Because the rich bribe our politicians. Legally.
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Title should be: ruling class makes it as difficult as possible for the rest to tax them
That and half of the people who actually show up to vote, vote for republicans, who are against taxing their buddies, donors, etc.
Because voters have little to no say in the matter.
Nobody in politics really cares for voters. They just tell convenient lies, and once you dropped your vote into the ballot box, you stop to exist for them again. You are just the annoying necessary means to lift them up to the pork barrels of political bribery.
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How is this a real question
Because 90% think they're in the top 10%, and the top 10% think they're all 1 step from being the next musk.
They're all deluded be capitalism.
Some things that would help:
- A wealth tax. Their wealth will continue to grow exponentially, but at least a portion of it could be harvested to reduce the deficit.
- Taxing capital gains the same as ordinary income. Making money from investments requires no effort, and it blows my mind that wage income is taxed more heavily.
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Probably for the same reason that rejecting insider trading by politicians is popular. Or worker protections. Or single payer healthcare.
I seem to remember Cenk from TYT showing polls that Americans tend to poll progressive on the issues. Somehow, all the things that are popular don't get passed, though, hmmmmm...
Summary since the Access top this page has been denied:
Most Americans support higher taxes on billionaires due to concerns about inequality and concentrated wealth, yet federal and state efforts to implement such taxes have largely stalled because of political influence, legal complexity, and fears of capital flight (wealthy moving their money outside the US).
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This is definitely not a real question
...but I'll answer it anyways
The answer is because the rich make the laws.
Because voters don't vote accordingly.
Because they're using some of their money to keep us from holding them accountable? And that they have probably run the numbers to find that it is cheaper to do this than to just... Pay the taxes.
“Voting against our own interests”
Usually because someone waved a flag at them.
Is this actually a legitimate question they're asking?
It's the most obvious answer on earth. The people making the laws don't work for the voters anymore. They vote for the donors.
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Because the super rich decide policies
A trillion ants want the human picnic food but the humans have bug spray, ant traps, and a vicious hatred for ants.
Why aren’t the ants getting to enjoy the picnic food?
Why is it so hard to reach consensus on Lemmy?
Why do you support genocide?
Why aren’t you just like me? You genocidal asshole?
It’s the “media” right? Not us?
The “media”??? Right?
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