lining the pockets of the wealthy

Trickle down economics

For the past 50 years they've tried to give the wealthy some money but no matter how much they gave the rich, only a little trickled down to the poor

So they've decided to just turn on the money fire hose and shower the rich with all the money they can get their hands on ... it's a literal avalanche of money and hopefully this will trickle down and get some more money to the poor.

For every million they send to a rich person, ten bucks goes to a street person .... so we need to spend billions, trillions of dollars on these rich people in order to get enough money to people in need.

I can actually picture someone making this argument in earnest.
If you got 10 bucks for every million towards billionaires you'd actually be a millionaire. The ratio was more like a cent for every million.
- I think they mean $999,990 goes to person A and $10 goes to person B.
  If you want to create one (1) millionaire that way you would need to spend $999,000,000,000. Imagine how that would look with 1 cent to every million.
  Are the two of you even talking about the same data? Maybe you spread the $10 over 1,000 people to get to that number of $0,01.
https://patrioticmillionaires.org/priorities/tax-the-rich/
Trickle down economics
A sound bit to fool the common clay rubes - fools them over, and over, and over. Rinse and repeat.
GIF

With far fewer irs agents, they can't effectively audit tax cheats.

We are funding the complete destruction of Palestine.

Golf is expensive.

He's been sued 220 times for the 100 days he has been in office. Lawyers are really expensive. (Well unless you blackmail them.)

My ex is a lawyer, I know stuff I could blackmail her with, nothing bad just personal stuff that you'd not be happy being public. I wouldn't dare try it, even if I was inclined too.
Blackmail is illegal regardless if what you're after. At the very least I'd lose my job.
You can't really blackmail lawyers unless they are actually corrupt. Never mind, they're his lawyers, of course they are.
- Blackmail might be too strong of a word, but he did strongly encourage a law firm to give him free services so their security clearances weren't revoked. It's good to be king, I guess.
  https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/5254645-trumps-deals-with-big-law-are-shakedowns-in-pro-bono-clothing/
Fun fact! Tariffs aren't collected by the IRS, they're collected by Customs and Border Protection, a sibling organization to ICE

Every GOP accusation is an admission. Where is the money going? Waste, Fraud, and Abuse.

Trump buying gold gimcracks for the Oval Office on late night TV.
- So apparently those things are spray painted plastic and available for $30 at home depot.
And bitcoin, so it’s untraceable

Tesla sales WAYYYY down… missed earnings on EPS and revenue… somehow the stock goes up?

Yes. You simply have no clue how the stock market works. Short term price action means nothing. More than 90% of all trades are done by bots on complex algos.
The entire market goes up at the moment, because there are technical signs that we have reached the bottom. I was telling people to buy a week ago but of course they told me we are going to die and we are heading towards a recession.
I dont think so guys. Big money is buying right now.
- Please tell me this is sarcasm.
- Technical analysis is astrology for men.
- Way too early. We haven't even begun to see the results of these policies yet. Inflation results don't yet take tariffs into account, the mass layoffs that are currently happening don't show up in unemployment stats yet, the massive GDP shrinkage isn't showing up yet, supply chains that are in the process of crashing haven't yet affected consumers. This is a dead cat bounce, which literally every single crash in history has, and every time there are people shouting that the pain is over and now is the time to buy back in, right before the bottom drops out.
- I got paid at midnight and after paying bills this morning I have about 73 dollars in my account. Which stocks should I buy?
- I told my buddies to buy. They did not. I started investing in stocks at 30 march and was 6k euros deep before the crash. Went all in because 2/3rd of the time doing lump sum beats DCA. So during a crash, it's likely to be a really good choice.
  ATM I have 8,47% total profit on 22,3k euros investment in STOXX 600 etf. This thing has 0,07% TER and I do not even pay taxes on the dividends within my own country. Only at the initial source. My country has no capital gains tax and it's an accumulating ETF.
  I'm quite amused by Trump's shenanigans causing hysteria.

I thought this would be appropriate...

It's a cult. I overheard two Trumpers talking how the tariffs will only hurt for a little bit, but once everything religns, things will be great.

I mean, look at me. I look like a schlemiel
Did not expect an Armageddon reference.
- Independence day?
You would all be dead without my David!

And there goes the national debt...TO THE MOON 📈📈📈

yeah some of the billionaires money isn't even real, the government just gives it to them without having it in the first place

any global conflicts currently? nope.
any actual national emergencies currently? nope.
any international catastrophes recently? nope.
republicunt in the white house? yup.
ding. ding. we have a winner. to the fucking moon the debt shall go.
- s/nope/not yet/g
  Give it time, Trumpler will have all 3.
But because of the belligerent attitude other countries stopped buying US debt, at a time where debt is exploding and up for renewable. Something is going to break.
And the only real stipulations is the oppression of your workers and bending the knee to those more money than you.

Golfing is expensive these days.

How much for a room at a Trump hotel for the secret service? Asking for a friend.

Goddamnit, I hate this shit. Its simple, folks. You have to spend money to make money. That's how the saying goes, and that's how the world works. When my car insurance goes up despite my flawless driving record, I don't ask them to explain where the money is going, I just pay my fucking bills. When my rent gets increased despite the house I'm in literally falling apart around me, I don't ask why they don't send repair people, I just pay my goddamned rent. You all act so entitled, like there is some great value that is to be derived from your work. You're a fucking slob just like everyone else, and you are lucky that the companies trust you enough to do business with you in the first place. Hell, I'd pay double just to get a meaty black uncut cock in the ass and I'd be thankful for the privilege. I mean, I'd pay them a lot of money for that. Even if it was just one time. Just once, and I would sing their praises. Just, sing. Fuck you, anyway. Fucking slobs. Stop wasting your time posting about this shit online and get back to work.

Had me in the first half. But judging by the downvotes, half the people don't recognize sarcasm :)
- Satire is dead.
lol yikes it took a racial turn didnt it? always does with them ya

Unrelated, is this a newer format on Twitter or are people manually recreating simple Twitter screenshots for some reason?

It might be mastodon. I don't know though. Maybe it's just a twitter skin
- Nope, that's not Mastodon. Neither account exists there.
Did anyone confirm it was actually ever posted to Twitter?

i think we should plan the revolution as a hypothetical. lay the blueprints out online for everyone to see. it's as easy as "if i were going to do X, i would begin by X. if a lot of us did X together then..."

revolution by committee with full transparency. when the plan involves millions of people acting in unison, there's not a whole lot you can do about it, even if you know what's coming.

You are a bit late. The plan is already underway
- we all know what P25 is. we don't need to keep talking about that. let's come up with solutions, not complaints.
It's not a revolution, but a general strike would force the government to make changes.
https://generalstrikeus.com/
- maybe. i'm skeptical but not opposed.
- You're not wrong. But there won't be enough people. Too many people not willing to risk what they have for a chance at a better world.
  Inb4 "doomer post" I'm trying to be realistic. It would be incredible if we could all save up a month's worth of food and all strike for an entire week.
  I think a general boycott might be more realistic. Look at Target, look at Tesla. But even then, do you think we could get enough people to stop using Amazon for a month? The only thing they care about it money, so that's where you have to make waves.
  Imo, ideally, perfect world and 100% buy-in, we would all have vegetable gardens. When someone needs a new roof it would only cost them raw materials because neighbors would come after their 9-5 to help with free labor, or if someone's car broke down they could take to "that guy" in the neighborhood who has tools and knowledge. And he would only charge for parts because the neighborhood helped him for free with his roof. People taking care of people, not for money but because it makes the world a better place for everyone. The less people are dependent on "the system", the less control it has over them.
- I make the equivalent of $1800/month. I barely make ends meet. Every time I strike I incur a $80 deduction for the working day I skip. Sometimes I cannot afford to strike.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eg3_kUaYFJA
I jest, but this isn't what motivates people. Movements happen because people care about them. Something that has meaning.
- lol. i forgot about that video, but that is exactly what i'm talking about.