return2ozma@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 month agoThe billionaire tax could be defeated by two other tax measures. Here’s howcalmatters.orgexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down11
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minus-squareStabbingSky@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 month agoNo. It’s always just been rich people controlling things. Hell, the revolutionary war was largely about the rich not wanting to pay taxes. If they wanted a true democracy we wouldn’t have the EC.
minus-squareLocalAreaMan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·1 month ago1000% Also the Senate, which is about as democratic as a house of lords. A Wyoming voter has seventy times more voting power in the Senate than a Californian. People vote, not states, not corporations. One person, one vote is the most fundamental democratic principle imaginable, and we don’t have that.
No. It’s always just been rich people controlling things.
Hell, the revolutionary war was largely about the rich not wanting to pay taxes.
If they wanted a true democracy we wouldn’t have the EC.
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Also the Senate, which is about as democratic as a house of lords.
A Wyoming voter has seventy times more voting power in the Senate than a Californian.
People vote, not states, not corporations.
One person, one vote is the most fundamental democratic principle imaginable, and we don’t have that.