American Politics IV: 1400 Reasons Why(A Stimulus Serial)

[Cannot think of a name]

Then rejoice! You get everything you voted for.

"Privileged" white people such as yourself are having your needs put aside for the "people of color," even if they're richer than you, even if they have more access to education than you, even if they make more than you, even if they have a million luxuries you don't, you will be reminded every day that you have privilege over them by virtue of being born.

You defeated the evil nasty mean Trump, you should be reveling in your victory while your government tells you how privileged white homeless people need to stop oppressing PoC with cars and houses.

Sorry, was I supposed to vote for the man who let 200,000 people die because he didn't want to bruise his ego? I'll take "woke" nonsense over actual psychopathy any day. Sorry to hear your moral compass is broken; maybe try getting that fixed, hm?

It's not like a silver-spoon millionaire gave a shit about me anyway.

You wanna have a poor white off? We can have a poor white off if you want. How much time have you spent homeless? Have you ever crashed at the house of people who tried to steal your car because they thought it was abandoned? That was a fun one. Oh, slept at my full time job for a while because it wasn't enough to pay for rent. Good times. I went a month and a half eating chips because I snuck a stack of free bag of chips coupons. That was great.

I'm poor as fuck, son. And have been my entire adult life. Also white as fuck. But yeah, play that game. It's super convincing.

This isn't the major pwnage you think it is.

It's really fucking sad that after going through all that you don't want people in that same position to get the help they need because somebody else in the same situation is from a demographic that faces more discrimination than yours. Suffering isn't a contest, dude. It's okay to help everybody.

Premise unsupported.

[Genivaria]

Trump was a horrible president but we can't let his crimes against refugees and attempt to overthrow the government distract us from the fact that his tweet about Barney Frank's nipples was hilarious.

I don't really use twitter so ......what

[Kazumazu]

Trump was a horrible president but we can't let his crimes against refugees and attempt to overthrow the government distract us from the fact that his tweet about Barney Frank's nipples was hilarious.

I don't really use twitter so ......what

[Suriyanakhon]

Trump was a horrible president but we can't let his crimes against refugees and attempt to overthrow the government distract us from the fact that his tweet about Barney Frank's nipples was hilarious.

I... I feel like the internet was a mistake now.

[National Capitalist United States]

Trump was a horrible president but we can't let his crimes against refugees and attempt to overthrow the government distract us from the fact that his tweet about Barney Frank's nipples was hilarious.

I don't really use twitter so ......what

Please do yourself a favor and never use it

[Genivaria]

I don't really use twitter so ......what

...why would you hurt me like this?

[Kilobugya]

Pain and suffering is all we're gonna get anyways. Biden and moderate Dems don't give a fuck about fighting capitalism and the climate is still dying. This ride has no good end.

We'll get pain and suffering with Biden and Trump, sure. But not in the same amount. One is just happy to let a pandemic runs wild, because listen to science is for the weak, and because he's too busy anyway trying to turn the country into a personal dictatorship. The other did his best to solve the pandemic, perhaps not only due to his good heart, but at least he did it. And the Covid relief bill did provide lots of help to alleviate the suffering, even if it wasn't enough. And the infrastructure bill will also likely make things significantly better, even if it's the not Green New Deal we would need (world-wide).

Again it's the fallacy of gray - not having pure white nor pure black doesn't mean there is a single shade of gray. Sanders would have been much better than Biden, but Biden is already significantly better than Trump, despite all the shortcomings, irresponsible and sometimes criminal policies followed by Biden.

[Kazumazu]

...why would you hurt me like this?

Deal with it.

-Kaz

[Punished UMN]

...why would you hurt me like this?

You mean "why would Barney Frank hurt us like this?"

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[Kannap]

Can't believe we got stuck in the reality where instead of taxing the ultra wealthy, we're even entertaining the idea of taxing drivers based on the mileage they drive.

I hate it here.

[Washington Resistance Army]

Can't believe we got stuck in the reality where instead of taxing the ultra wealthy, we're even entertaining the idea of taxing drivers based on the mileage they drive.

I hate it here.

tfw it takes me 30 minutes to drive to the store and another 30 to get back home for food and people want to tax me for it now

Can't wait for the centrists to come along and tell me about how this world isn't a dystopia.

[Kazumazu]

Can't believe we got stuck in the reality where instead of taxing the ultra wealthy, we're even entertaining the idea of taxing drivers based on the mileage they drive.

I hate it here.

The state needs money, didn’t you know?

[Kazumazu]

Can't believe we got stuck in the reality where instead of taxing the ultra wealthy, we're even entertaining the idea of taxing drivers based on the mileage they drive.

I hate it here.

tfw it takes me 30 minutes to drive to the store and another 30 to get back home for food and people want to tax me for it now

Can't wait for the centrists to come along and tell me about how this world isn't a dystopia.

I’m no centrist, and the world isn’t a dystopia. It just has lots and lots of idiots and self-servers.

[Galloism]

Can't believe we got stuck in the reality where instead of taxing the ultra wealthy, we're even entertaining the idea of taxing drivers based on the mileage they drive.

I hate it here.

tfw it takes me 30 minutes to drive to the store and another 30 to get back home for food and people want to tax me for it now

Can't wait for the centrists to come along and tell me about how this world isn't a dystopia.

So as a way to fund road infrastructure, it's not a terrible idea in of itself. It's how the fuel tax works effectively - people who drive more pay more in road tax. People who drive heavier vehicles pay more in road tax (consuming more fuel).

It is rather difficult to administer compared with the proxy for it (fuel tax), and I don't see the reason to get rid of an easier method for a more difficult method, or, alternatively, adding the more difficult method when we could just increase the tax on the easier method.

Plus using the simpler method has a few side perks as well - more fuel efficient vehicles are effectively incentivized, as they are cheaper to operate.

[Punished UMN]

Can't believe we got stuck in the reality where instead of taxing the ultra wealthy, we're even entertaining the idea of taxing drivers based on the mileage they drive.

I hate it here.

These are the same people who find it more palatable that children are homeless and depend on schools to have two meals per day instead of housing reform and a slight tax on a handful of the population, so it's not like this is some drastic thing.

[Farnhamia]

Can't believe we got stuck in the reality where instead of taxing the ultra wealthy, we're even entertaining the idea of taxing drivers based on the mileage they drive.

I hate it here.

So? You're taxed on how much your vehicle weighs, when you register it. Some places, there's a sliding scale of charges for water, the more you use, the more expensive it gets. Toll roads are a tax on how far you travel. Secretary Pete's entertaining the idea is nothing much. Heck, the GOP in Georgia just made it illegal to give water or snacks to people in line at a polling place. That's a bizarro world.

[Kannap]

Can't believe we got stuck in the reality where instead of taxing the ultra wealthy, we're even entertaining the idea of taxing drivers based on the mileage they drive.

I hate it here.

The state needs money, didn’t you know?

Tax the people who have it then, I'm already poor.

[Kannap]

Can't believe we got stuck in the reality where instead of taxing the ultra wealthy, we're even entertaining the idea of taxing drivers based on the mileage they drive.

I hate it here.

tfw it takes me 30 minutes to drive to the store and another 30 to get back home for food and people want to tax me for it now

Can't wait for the centrists to come along and tell me about how this world isn't a dystopia.

Paying a tax for the privilege to drive to my job to earn more money to pay the tax for the drive back home.

[Kowani]

Union president Tony Clark says MLB players are ready to discuss moving All-Star Game from Georgia in wake of voter-restriction laws

[Punished UMN]

Can't believe we got stuck in the reality where instead of taxing the ultra wealthy, we're even entertaining the idea of taxing drivers based on the mileage they drive.

I hate it here.

So? You're taxed on how much your vehicle weighs, when you register it. Some places, there's a sliding scale of charges for water, the more you use, the more expensive it gets. Toll roads are a tax on how far you travel. Secretary Pete's entertaining the idea is nothing much. Heck, the GOP in Georgia just made it illegal to give water or snacks to people in line at a polling place. That's a bizarro world.

The issue is that it's a regressive tax, poor people (especially in rural areas) pay more in it because they depend more on automobiles for transportation.

[Galloism]

Union president Tony Clark says MLB players are ready to discuss moving All-Star Game from Georgia in wake of voter-restriction laws

Good. Those restrictions disproportionately affect the poor and minorities. John Oliver did a bit on it.

Take your tax dollars elsewhere. I know personally I won't be buying things from Georgia after that.

[Kazumazu]

The state needs money, didn’t you know?

Tax the people who have it then, I'm already poor.

[Galloism]

So? You're taxed on how much your vehicle weighs, when you register it. Some places, there's a sliding scale of charges for water, the more you use, the more expensive it gets. Toll roads are a tax on how far you travel. Secretary Pete's entertaining the idea is nothing much. Heck, the GOP in Georgia just made it illegal to give water or snacks to people in line at a polling place. That's a bizarro world.

The issue is that it's a regressive tax, poor people (especially in rural areas) pay more in it because they depend more on automobiles for transportation.

Counterproposal:

We make motorcycles exempt, and we subsidize motorcycles for the poor. Motorcycles do much less damage to the roads to operate, and are more fuel efficient to boot.

[Kannap]

Can't believe we got stuck in the reality where instead of taxing the ultra wealthy, we're even entertaining the idea of taxing drivers based on the mileage they drive.

I hate it here.

So? You're taxed on how much your vehicle weighs, when you register it. Some places, there's a sliding scale of charges for water, the more you use, the more expensive it gets. Toll roads are a tax on how far you travel. Secretary Pete's entertaining the idea is nothing much. Heck, the GOP in Georgia just made it illegal to give water or snacks to people in line at a polling place. That's a bizarro world.

I can be mad about more than one thing

[Punished UMN]

The issue is that it's a regressive tax, poor people (especially in rural areas) pay more in it because they depend more on automobiles for transportation.

Counterproposal:

We make motorcycles exempt, and we subsidize motorcycles for the poor. Motorcycles do much less damage to the roads to operate, and are more fuel efficient to boot.

How will you transport things from point A to point B?