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He's hiding his power level for the TV masses.

>>14757157
based

>>14757120
I don't disagree with him ideologically, I just don't want higher and therefore will be voting against him.

>>14757120
I don't disagree with him ideologically, I just don't want higher taxes and therefore will be voting against him.

>>14757120
>the most notable runners for the democrats are a career politician socialist jew and capitalist news jew
this is simply epic

>>14757215
wow so this is the power of the 21st century man

>>14757215
You don’t even have a job.

Hell, I still get a tax return.

>>14757242
True. I am collecting unemployment, which is taxed. Not sorry. Not gonna vote for it to be taxed more than it is.

>>14757120
Ugh when will monarchy return. To imagine a pleb like him is a product of mass education, leading bigger fools than himself.

>>14757120
Is there a descent Biography about Bernie, the only one's that I've found are either his political campaign book plug or some lad's comic.

there's about 50 pages of monologue in the middle of atlas shrugged that expresses his sentiment pretty succinctly

>>14757255
Go on Wikipedia and look at sources.

this country is all assholes being mean to each other for essentially no reason. "civic duty" in the americas is finding any excuse to fuck each other over. it's patently hilarious you guys would ever think independent voters would ever be in favor of keeping less money and ~just helping each other out~
>>14757242
you especially

>>14757244
Bernie's the kind of guy who would lift that tax.
Are ye deaf? He's talking about raising taxes on BILLIONAIRES

>>14757262
And what have I always said?

>>14757120
Is that a Sex registered communist Idol?

>>14757263

sanders and warrens wealth tax is unconstitutional

if they get elected it will have to go to the supreme court; out of the 9 supreme court justices 5 of them tend to lean right politically and 4 lean left. A wealth tax would get shut down.

The only chance is if one of them dies and a left leaning replacement is appointed by Sanders/Warren but the only two that are old enough where that is realistically a possibility are Ginsberg and Breyer who both lean left already

>>14757263
Nah, fuck off. The inevitable capital flight that would create would require cash to fill their coffers once the dust settles. You're being tricked into voting against your own interest by participating in this controlled opposition of rallying Bernie bona fides into the wider pool of retards. Not sorry.

>>14757272
Explain how taxes are now unconstitutional

>>14757266
And I’m going to sleep, so I’ll my own question for you. There can be no political revolution. Only a social revolution will fix this mess.
Like this >>14757272 fuck your constitution


>>14757281
Not voting. But you’re still a moron. Aussie?

>>14757289
>Not voting. But you’re still a moron. Aussie?
Right, I'm Australian which is why I'm voting in an American election. Who is supposed to be the moron here? Kys, seriously.

>>14757120
"The Matter with Soul" by Darius Jordan is a great exposition of the ways in which the material prosperity of the western world following the second world war, coupled with a pervasive and insidiously progressive form of Capitalist ideology, gradually eroded our deep connections to family, community, and the soul. Using basketball references to illustrate his more nuanced dialectical points, Jordan charts the isolated development, metastasization, and spread of this ideology, much how one might laboriously chart the zigs, zags, ups, downs, fieldgoals, and layups of a basketball in an NBA game. He explores the growth of american consumer culture as it pertains to food, clothing, television, and music without outright demonizing it, recognizing that some corporate manifestations of late capitalism are as rootedly american and integral to pre-capitalist western identity as the very lands we inhabit, respectively: KFC, Nike, Roots, and hip-hop, for instance. The problem isn't global capitalism as a general system that leads to a population of vapid, soulless consumers, simultaneously narcissistic and self-hating, constantly striving to acquire and accumulate more wealth, goods, services, and Yeezys. The problem is that america is still plagued by the unresolved legacy of slavery, which, as he compellingly demonstrates, will remain unresolved until proper reparations are made to the black community. The final chapters are less compelling than the first three quarters of the book, but his prolonged deconstructions and analyses there of the lyrics of modern icons like Kendrick Lamar, Nipsey Hustle, and Birdman are nevertheless interesting and insightful, as Jordan demonstrates through his analyses that such luminaries have actually outlined a blueprint for how america can free from the talons of rampant materialism and once again flourish, if only we have the courage to begin listening, accepting, and holding ourselves accountable for the mess we inherited, but also, created.

>>14757289

Please keep in mind I am not commenting in support or against a wealth tax. I am merely stating facts

I am not saying taxes are unconstitutional. To be completely fair I should not have used the word unconstitutional; the reality is there has never been a wealth tax in the US (no, estate tax does not count) so the question of constitutionality has never been answered, but case law errs on the side of unconstitutional so most agree that a wealth tax would require a constitutional amendment or overturning case law.

The above is said in reference to a general concept of a "wealth tax"; in this case specifically, the two different wealth taxes suggested by Sanders and Warren were worked on extensively by economists Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman. Sanders' wealth tax in particular was basically orchestrated by Saez/Zucman. And Saez himself admits that his proposed wealth tax would have to go to the Supreme Court in order to be enacted.

So we have already an existing question of constitutionality regarding wealth taxes in general, as well as the creator of Sanders/Warren's wealth tax bluntly saying himself that it will be up to the Supreme Court to decide.

>>14757272
>Judges with political leanings
Is this ok?

>>14757378

when I say lean one way or another politically I don't mean explicitly. I mean they have a record of ruling one way or another on very contentious, hot button issues like abortion, same sex marriage, gun laws etc. in this case a wealth tax.

It is not like the current House or Senate, where they will all vote along party lines just because (see impeachment debacle). These are all very respected professionals at the top of their field whose first and foremost concern when ruling on any issue will be the United States Constitution. Of course the constitution itself is open to interpretation so that is why we don't always have every justice agree, and in some cases, i.e. very contentious issues like same sex marriage, the supreme court is split 5-4.

>>14757411
I see, thanks for the insight.

>>14757455

no problem. I should add that judges don't always vote the way you'd "expect" them to based on their record. Some like Ginsberg or Thomas you can be pretty confident will rule more liberal or conservative respectively, whereas some are considered more "center" because they may flip-flop for a lack of a better term. Roberts is probably the only sitting justice you could say this about but even he tends to have a bit of a conservative bias

or

>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideological_leanings_of_United_States_Supreme_Court_justices

for a more detailed chart

>>14757473

meant to include this link as well:

>https://www.axios.com/supreme-court-justices-ideology-52ed3cad-fcff-4467-a336-8bec2e6e36d4.html

very basic chart showing current justices conservative/liberal leanings which party's president appointed them

>>14757474
Congress has the right to tax tho. What part of bernies plan is unconstitutional?

>>14757120
How much are you being paid to post this?

Bernie is selling false hope to poor people and impoverishing the very people who believe in him.

>>14757215
Aren't the higher taxes meme just there for the rich fags, who already barely pay any effective tax?

>>14757281
Flight were? The last refugee for tax evaders would be Russia or some middle eastern shithole, which would affect their quality of life much more than paying a bit more. Besides, you can't do much to move companies; if they want to operate in Murica, they would have to pay their share.

>>14757552
Rich will never pay taxes

>>14757557
Somehow they do in civilized Nordic countries. And while they evade a lot in mainland Yurope, they still pay more than in Burgerland too.

The loopholes they use can be closed in a day, and even most criminals know better than to fuck with IRS. (and hiring more people to do audits would please the muh jobs crowd too) Besides going for rich tax evaders is generally the simplest way to fix the budget after cutting military spending.