Steve Bannon Says U.S. Has to ‘Increase Taxes on the Wealthy’ Even if They ‘Start Squealing’
Steve Bannon Says U.S. Has to ‘Increase Taxes on the Wealthy’ Even if They ‘Start Squealing’
Bannon said breaking away from some of the GOP's long-held economic positions could help Donald Trump's legacy survive for decades.
Did... did I just slide to a parallel universe? Do I get to meet Jerry O'Connell? What the hell is going on?!
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I've been hate listening to his podcast. A lot of what he says would be considered pretty eft leaning. But then a lot of it is conspiracy minded. Honestly Lauren to his podcast, it's pretty unbearable, but he hates the elites as much as anyone here. It probably goes some way to understanding why trump won
But he and Trump are elites. Especially Trump. You really can't get much more elite than someone who owns a skyscraper in Manhattan with his name on it.
Elite is a conceptual category. He's a human being like the rest of us and a small ornament on the tree of life.
I would say "has his name on the skyscraper he owns in one of the richest cities in the world and is president of the United States" would fit most people's concept of "elite." I'm not sure who wouldn't consider that person to be elite. You don't think the word is being used in a complementary sense, do you?
So is everyone they're competing against...
Who exactly do you think they're competing against? They won the election. They control all three branches of government. They're set to turn America into a one-party state.
Sorry, I meant during the recent election
Bannon is from an ultra-conservative Irish-heritage working class family. He has always - at least in public - been anti-elitist, although of course he was an investment banker for years
Ok so he's either a very complex and deep person, or a fucking liar.