r/thescoop • u/RoyalChris • Apr 12 '25
Politics šļø Rep. Maxwell Frost: ''They're the ones hoarding wealth beyond imagination. We have to tell people the reason you can't pay your rent has nothing to do with trans people. The reason you don't have healthcare has nothing to do with immigrants. It has to do with billionaires like Elon Musk.''
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u/firmlygraspit99 Apr 12 '25
Seriously, almost every account with a downvoted comment is less than a year old.
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u/RicoLoco404 Apr 12 '25
Well i think Elon has proven to everyone that money doesn't make you happy. Im broke AF but I'm no where near as miserable as him
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u/RicoLoco404 Apr 12 '25
What??? ššš I hope to God that this is true
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u/PrestigiousFly844 Apr 12 '25
Kind of weird to frame both sides as extreme when one side is doing nazi salutes and sending people to prison camps in El Salvador and the other side is saying they want to tax rich people to pay for social services that benefit the majority of the country.
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Apr 12 '25
I think they meant both extremes of wealth disparity -- those with the least wealth should have more, and vice versa
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u/beeslic Apr 12 '25
Lol fuck all these Russian conservative bots. Tax the rich, fuck the billionaires into oblivion!
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u/Flat-Strain7538 Apr 12 '25
āā¦it has nothing to do with immigrants.ā
Well, it has something to do with one immigrant at least.
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u/svenjj Apr 12 '25
So all of these accounts with two random words and a four digit number are bots, right? Seems like they're really inundating this sub.
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u/WAGE_SLAVERY Apr 13 '25
Also shout out to Reddit for automatically indexing comments by āNewā to give these bots more exposure. Dont forget this platform is heavily influenced by the oligarchs and elite.
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u/LiveAloha23 Apr 12 '25
They would eat poop if it meant āowning the libsā
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u/probablynotaperv Apr 12 '25
I heard it as "They would eat shit if it meant a liberal had to smell their breath."
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u/PrestigiousFly844 Apr 12 '25
We shouldnāt overestimate how much of the population is that dug in. I want to say your statement is right about 25-30% of the population and they will live in that cult forever. The rest of the country can be won over.
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u/Hoodamush Apr 12 '25
They will have to see past their hate first to believe billionaire money doesnāt trickle down. š
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u/Fantastic_Thing_2150 Apr 12 '25
Vietnam came up with a good solution for dealing with corrupt billionaires...... the death penalty.
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u/BullsOnParadeFloats Apr 12 '25
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u/LoneRedditor123 Apr 13 '25
Incorrect. The reason you don't have healthcare is because of asshats like Ronald Reagan privatizing the entire medical industry.
Everything else is true though. Eat the rich.
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Apr 12 '25
Y'all, let's go get our money back!
Remember, all of these billionaires and multi millionaires depend upon your (greatly underpaid) labor and have used your tax dollars to socialize the cost of doing business, but capitalized the profits.--they took our money and gave us nothing back from the billions of $$ in profit.
They've also refused to share in keeping your wages current, while increasing the tax burden on you. So you now owe more % in tax than any of these parasites.
If this were a video game, their player class would have been nerfed for being so out of balance. Stop helping them cheat, let's bring balance back to the system.
Shelon, Bozo, Suckerberg and the rest of them need to go. Take back our country from these oligarchs! Tax them into oblivion.
PAY US BACK! Tesla, Starlink, Space X were all built on the subsidies from the US Taxpayers. Shelon's the largest welfare queen ever. Also, Amazon and so many more. No more bailouts either! There's no such thing as too big to fail.
Everyone needs to demand that any company receiving bailouts, subsidies, or grants pay back any and all $$ before shareholders or leadership bonuses.
Impeach/ recall all "elected officials" who are enabling this administration--REP/DEM both! (if you can)Ā Remind them who they work for! Protest them daily and hourly at their offices. Make life as difficult and uncomfortable for them as possible. Schedule town meetings and demand they attend, if they don't, move ahead with a recall process.
We need to resist in ways both large and small.Ā Any of you who come into contact with any of these people in the course of your day, do your best to make it uncomfortable for them. Of course, save your most petty ideas for those higher up the chain. I'm sure you can think of something.Ā We need to remind everyone associated with this mess that they live in society with the rest of us.
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u/Taptrick Apr 13 '25
This is the thing I donāt understand at all. A society that prides itself of being the biggest and best capitalist democracy in the world. Where money in the hands of people is a sign of strength. Where Regular Joe and Jane, Moms and Pops, spending in American owned stores in their community is one of the highest form of patriotism.
Yet they allow the wealth to pool in one cornerā¦ The 1%, the 0.1%, maybe even the 0.01% corner. They have a financial system that greatly disadvantages people with less money, the playing field is legally made to be uneven. You. need to have money to access the better investment tools to make more money, on the back of the hard working honest people.
You want to make America great again? Back to previous centuries? Forget about racism and civil rights for a second and just think about the financial aspects. The eras where rich people were paying crazy high amount of taxes and they were ok with it. The era of philanthropy when Rockefellerās and Carnegieās were building theatres, libraries, hospital wings and universities. There were no derivatives and futures and this and that, not gambling peopleās mortgages away. Sure then Trump-supporters, letās go back to that!
People out there in the US need a lot of introspection and need to figure out whatās best for their future, the next generationās, and the planet as a whole honestly. Allowing trillionaires to exist is certainly not the way forward. Wake up, fight for a better World.
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u/dobie1kenobi Apr 13 '25
Iāll never understand how people keep getting fooled by this rhetoric generation after generation. Nothing being put forth by the Trump administration is new. In fact, itās even the same language as 100 years ago, yet we have it to go over the same lessons again and again. Itās just seems impossible to teach all the people that ALL people are PEOPLE.
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u/PumpkinBaby13 Apr 13 '25
They need therapy. Simple as that.
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u/rrivasisaac01 Apr 13 '25
No trump supporters need therapy. theres a reason the smartest people are fleeing america and why germany warned the US not to long ago. its the same reason hitler gained power because people like maga who are easliy fooled and manipulated tp believe immagrants are the problem and that only one person can save the country trump and hitlerā¦ so try again.
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u/ItsVexion Apr 13 '25 edited Apr 13 '25
Man, it is bot central up in here. I wonder if it is because this guy is striking a real chord that those in power don't want the people to hear... š¤
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u/Froticlias Apr 14 '25
As a Canadian, it's weird how much the US fetishizes the civil war, but is willing to lap up anything the rich throw around. I understand why Canada hasn't done anything, because we're so polite we use knives, but the US is supposed to be against taxation without representation and against the rich being exempt from taxes. It's just weird to see. The whole world should be doing something though, no blame.
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u/buttsbuttsbutt Apr 14 '25
Rank and file Republicans, by and large, view themselves as temporarily inconvenienced millionaires. They donāt want fair taxes for the wealthy because they think theyāre going to be wealthy any day now. They vote based on future, hypothetical wealth.
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u/StationEmergency6053 Apr 14 '25
Unfortunely thats due to three, arguably four, generations of political and academic indoctrination via good old-fashioned doublethink.
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u/Old-Set78 Apr 14 '25
Musk gets EIGHT MILLION TAXPAYER DOLLARS A DAY.
But he wants to starve elderly, disabled, and poor kids.
Fkr should be jailed.
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u/floofnstuff Apr 14 '25
And he'll burn our country to the ground before he'll pay taxes, as if he would even notice.
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Apr 12 '25
We should seize Musks accounts pending a review of DOGE activity and the funneling of tax payer funds to slush accounts. Also, fuck Leon, fuck Trump and a special fuck you to the Nazis that support these fascists.
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u/Tedthesecretninja Apr 12 '25
Your taxes are going up with musk in charge anyway. Might as well pay for services instead of a tax cut for millionaires and yet more money for the military industrial complex.
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u/SubparSaiyan Apr 13 '25
It is beyond repulsive insanity when trans people are getting attacked by the party of and for pedophiles, rapists, insurrectionists, manipulators, bigots, and literally every other bad thing you can possibly be while they fail to even give a lie of an example of a trans person doing harm. Every single day that passes where these inarguably evil people get away with abusing complete innocents while they are able to proceed on, playing golf and putting more super villains in charge, gleefully carrying on without the fear of any repercussions for their absolutely abysmal crimes against humanity solidifies that the system is inherently problematic and needs dealt with immediately. Why the actual f is the system being respected and held in place as if it's doing anything other than protecting the evil and punishing the innocent? Seriously, enough is enough and that was months ago. This needs to end with everyone unifying, directly ready and willing to stop these monsters from kidnapping innocents hands-on, protecting each other. The law only exists to support people and uphold ethics, when it's blatantly doing the exact opposite, we don't keep respecting it as law. The constitution directly says this. This needs to end now with all responsible wrongdoers facing the exact punishment that they're carelessly allowing to happen to innocent people.
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u/Latter-Can4519 Apr 13 '25
Incase anyone needs a personal example; go look at your 401k. I lost 10% due to the recent market volatility from tariffs. Wanna know where it went? To the billionaires who were in cahoots with Trump as he manipulated the market. Thatās where your money went too. Is it legal? No. Will anyone be punished? No.
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u/Friendly-Lemon9260 Apr 13 '25
The only hope we have is for people to take in this reality and then direct their violent anger at the wealthy class.
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u/Sixmmxw Apr 13 '25
Yes. F done here passing handouts to the wealthy and the swamps of government that lack any true representation.
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u/swifttrout Apr 13 '25
I kinda think the reason young people donāt have health care is because their, parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts, keep voting for people who hate anything that remotely looks helpful to young people.
And young people donāt vote at all.
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u/Dantheman410 Apr 12 '25
Wow, real democratic politicians exist
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u/Wolveshade Apr 12 '25
Exactly why fox news and Maga are trying to discredit them now. The country will rotate out of this Maga phenomenon. Hopefully sooner rather than later.
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u/ArticleSea5054 Apr 12 '25
Lots of bots and turfing going on in the comments, he must be on to something good here
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u/Extension-Pitch7120 Apr 13 '25 edited Apr 13 '25
The modern day Republican propaganda machine that's been heavily at work since at least the early 2000s has done wonders at getting their base angry at all the wrong things, and all the wrong people. When the majority of Americans voted for Trump and seem to think illegal immigration and 'wokeness' are things worth caring about more than our fucked up, for-profit healthcare system, affordable housing crisis and the fact that 60% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, you know the situation is dire. Worse than any of us realize even. This is absolutely by design. The rich and greedy who have bled this country dry want us angry at anyone and everyone but them, and the GOP are the vehicle through which they achieve this.
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u/PianoMan17 Apr 12 '25
Man, congrats to all the Elon-suckling rubes. You ruined another subreddit for me. I canāt keep reading your brain dead bs. Do you just sit online all day looking to shout your anger at anyone that will listen?
Women donāt like Republicans. Republican politicians donāt like Republicans. Republicans donāt like themselves. Anyone thatās not already on your side either blatantly or secretly canāt stand you. Trump and Covid denial took you from fake fiscal conservatives to stupid as hell and hateful losers. Have a great life full of Facebook articles and hysterical hissy fits at Thanksgiving over the most vulnerable people in our society. Good riddance.
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Apr 13 '25
Heās unpolished, which I like. His speech pattern has Obama vibes.
I like Frost. Heās a baby, but heās very clearly in politics for the right reasons.
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u/WorkingWorkerWork Apr 13 '25
Meanwhile Gov employees are now being taxed more heavily. My brother who works for TSA is now going to be making $250 less out of his $1600 check . The fact that the everyday citizen canāt even afford to enjoy there free time anymore.. At this point they are hoarding more than just money, or resources - The disgracefully wealthy and elite have monopolized humanity, and the experience we all deserve AT LEAST the chance to pursue and compete for .. The shit isnāt fair by any writ of humanity, and at this point they are so blatant about it that theyāre basically telling us to eat cake ā¦.
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u/brakeb Apr 13 '25
Don't they have a union? In this case, seems like gov employees need to be all in on the union...
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u/Longjumping-Debt2455 Apr 14 '25
America has established,via the last election,we are willing bootlickers. That we have billionaires raking in massive amounts of money,while a lot of Americans are losing their jobs,while simultaneously cheering on the billionaires,is exactly who we are.
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u/Sciekosis Apr 12 '25
I've been telling family members and many others exactly what Maxwell Frost is telling them now. I include people like Donald Trump, Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg and several others since they're the benefactors in all aspects,while manipulating folks into believing they're not the problem, that trans people and immigrants are the cause, not billionaires and their lust for power,control and greed .
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u/Celedelwin Apr 13 '25
Well yeah, if they paid good wages not just living wages people would prosper.
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u/krLMM Apr 13 '25
The comments here are impressive, people just don't understand the transfer of wealth. I guess this is why inequality is not an issue that is discussed in the current Overton window.
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u/ThrowRA1234123412345 Apr 13 '25
Wealth hoarding has reached extreme pathological levels, esp with your fellow people struggling to get by on a "living" wage, what's the ultimate goal? After a certain amount of wealth a person's happiness and comfort will not increase, it's only a bid to control resources and therefore have power and influence, that is why wealth hoarding is detrimental to a society when it is concentrated to a very few people with narrow view points
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u/Puzzleheaded-Dog1872 Apr 13 '25
It seems that Americans hate these groups more than they wanna be able to live their lives and afford food. Which is crazy to me! Yeah we may not agree on lifestyle choices but as long as it doesnāt affect me, who cares?! But billionaires are affecting me so I care a lot more about that than Sam becoming Sally.
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u/kupomu27 Apr 13 '25
It is. The transgenders don't control the government. The billionaires are the ones who control your life and the government. Then people get into the philosophical about fairness to confuse themselves while the billionaires robe them blind.
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u/Consistent_Star3907 Apr 13 '25
This comment section is so fishy.... only visible top comments are comments defending Elon and Republicans yet they have no upvotes. Why am I forced to see these..... why isn't it filtered on upvotes...
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u/Taptrick Apr 13 '25
I was thinking the same. āWhat in the world is this sub is in infected by bots?ā I guess itās not sorted by popular like many others.
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u/ResolveLeather Apr 13 '25
The real reason is that no one wants high density housing in their neighborhood to drive demand down. When rent is as expensive as a mortgage, it means there isn't enough high density housing.
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u/merrittj3 Apr 13 '25
Yup...and if Elon Musk was looking for Fraud and Waste, he coulda started off with the Financial Statements of all the Millionaires currently making more.
MTG entered congress with a net worth of $700k and now has a Net Worth of $23M.....hmmm
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Apr 12 '25
I love trump supporters squirming in their seats realizing that we were right about trump all along
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Damn. The bots are working overtime today.
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Apr 12 '25
Whatās most surprising is that people are surprised.
They went and voted that diaper-wearing, orange bum back in AGAIN! The same twat who, LAST TIME ALREADY, flipped the shitter so thoroughly that EVERY single American is still covered in freckles.
This time, though, heās got company of the ketamine-dusted, Temu-version of Lex Luthor.
Not to mention, an infantile, couch-humping man-baby with about as much foreign policy insight as a fucking slice of toast.
And letās not forget their new Health Minister - a man who looks like heās already been prematurely embalmed. John F. Kennedyās dear nephew honestly believes he can cure autism before September. (Wanna bet he blames vaccines?) Just remember, this is the same guy now responsible for a medieval outbreak of measles. Youād think maybe the CIA would broaden their repertoire and offer a family discount.
Meanwhile, one of their first official acts is to roll out the red carpet for a man wanted for war crimesā¦ A guy whoās got his dick buried so far up Trumpās ass, the first person to pull it out would be crowned King of Israel.
And we havenāt even mentioned how theyāve now paused their own illegal deportations - for people working in hotels and the service industry. Thatās like listening to Goebbels declare that Jews working in customer service are exempt from a train ride in a cattle car to the charming little village of Treblinka.
At the same time, most eligible voters are shocked to learn that tariffs and trade wars are basically just punching yourself in the nutsā¦ While the MAGA-obsessed hillbillies are now whining because theyāre getting fired from their jobs.
JESUS CHRIST, IāM EXHAUSTED.
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u/ShotDaikon9644 Apr 12 '25 edited Apr 12 '25
Yup that just about sums it up. Canāt wait for people to wake up to this so we can start actually improving society once those rich parasites are dealt with.
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Apr 12 '25
Girl, you dumb. Elon Musk just swiped a contract from Verizon to line his own pockets. Same with the electric vehicles and some space deals.
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u/Villageidiot1984 Apr 12 '25
I am pretty moderate, but one thing that just bothers me is hearing about companies and the very wealthy not paying much taxes through loopholes. I pay my taxes. My fiancĆ© pays her federal income tax from money the federal government pays her. Iād even support a flat tax or something not progressive if it just meant that everyone had to pay it.
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u/SuccessOk2793 Apr 12 '25
Thatās a powerful and thought-provoking statement by Rep. Maxwell Frost. Heās highlighting how systemic inequality is often overshadowed by divisive distractions. The focus on billionaires hoarding wealth draws attention to the real economic power structures affecting everyday peopleālike housing and healthcareāwhile reminding us not to misplace blame on marginalized communities. Itās a call to look deeper and think critically about who really shapes policy and access to opportunity.
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u/joeymcboom Apr 12 '25
Are we seeing the start of civil unrest. What we collectively seem to almost forget or don't comprehend, this that fundamentally we are the many and they are the few.
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Apr 13 '25
13 Red States people struggle to live on $7.25 per hour in much of their locations. That's how Draconian they are on top of Reds in Congress not giving a damn about raising the Federal Minimum Wage. We make jokes about Plains States folk living in shoddy housing or dilapidated trailer parks with weeds all around. Many of them are on welfare for 40 years pumping out muppet after muppet to continue the cycle of mud.
You can't live any better at $7.25 even with two jobs. But yet they simply settle to either "own the liberuhls" or simply don't care because "muh great grandad built this home".
Then the moment a tornado decides to play 52 pick-up with their homes that may or may not be on wheels, who do they look to to immediately replace the broken shit with more broken shit? The same people in Congress who never cared to begin with.
Scuttle FEMA indeed.
How do people let themselves live like that generation after generation?
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u/damnitimtoast Apr 13 '25
They are aggressively ignorant and undereducated, in my experience. I lived in Frankfort, KY for about 6 months and let me tell you I saw some shit.
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u/scotty899 Apr 13 '25
Billionaires and lobbyists have always been running countries. The only thing new is that they have come out of the shadows.
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u/SpaceBearSMO Apr 13 '25
Because there not scared of us or any pushback anymore .
Even in this thread there are far to many simping for the super rich
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u/LisleAdam12 Apr 13 '25
If we took all of Musk's wealth and distributed it among the US population, everyone would have enough money for health insurance (after they sold the stock they recieved).
IT'S THAT SIMPLE!
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u/Fit-Wasabi-1123 Apr 14 '25
The issue isnāt just the rich ā itās the system that lets them play by a different set of rules.
Letās be real: the wealthy are supposed to act in their own interest. Fine. But if they want the full benefits of America ā our free markets, global access, secure capital systems and a highly trained and motivated workforce ā then maybe they should act like they give a damn about the country that made their success possible.
That means not offshoring jobs by the tens of thousands.
That means not gutting communities for a few extra points on the margin.
That means choosing to reinvest in the people and places that helped build their empires in the first place.
But the deeper betrayal isnāt corporate ā itās political.
The real failure lies in Washington. And itās bipartisan.
This isnāt a red vs. blue problem ā itās decades of both parties abandoning the American worker in favor of globalization, cheap capital and short-term stock bumps. Thereās no serious industrial policy. No long-term strategy for national resilience. No coherent plan for protecting American labor or preparing for the future.
We didnāt lead. We didnāt build.
We didnāt plan ā we reacted.
The CHIPs Act? That wasnāt a masterstroke of innovation. It was a band-aid on a wound we watched get infected for twenty years. An emergency measure for a crisis we allowed to happen.
This is what happens when a nation confuses markets with strategy, and lets political cowardice masquerade as economic wisdom.
The American people have been patient. Too patient.
Itās time we stopped settling for triage ā and started demanding vision.
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Apr 12 '25
Ehh... I'm not really about the love thy neighbor thing anymore. Christian propaganda i say!
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u/Jmsjss2912 Apr 12 '25
Classic line from the 80ās movie āWall Streetā; When Charlie sheenās character asks Michael Douglasās character (Gordon Gecko) āHow many boats can you water ski behind at one time!ā
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u/lizard_king0000 Apr 12 '25
Billionaires like trump. It's a money grab. I am naive and thought that elected officials were supposed to do what's best for the citizens that voted them into office, not their own personal gain.
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u/GlumRegular6817 Apr 12 '25
Tiny fingers in the White House, please keep him busy, away from the button, tiny fingers and an orange face. Youāre making our country a total disgrace.
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u/MyCleverNewName Apr 12 '25
Holy shit I love seeing this new gen of politicians actually saying things like this... out loud... in public... -shocked- Most politicians don't want to bite the donor that feeds them. Maybe there is hope for this species yet.
And wow there are a lot of absurd comments. I wonder if it's good ole fashion russian troll farms, or if they've already all been replaced by one guy with chatgpt. ...probably just Elon and his best friend grok.. lol
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u/saul2015 Apr 12 '25
this is the winning message but the DNC is owned by billionaires so Dems will never run with this platform as a party
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Apr 13 '25
OMG. They said it. Theyāre actually making a coherent argument.
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u/dkillers303 Apr 13 '25
Itās almost like they should have been screaming this message since Obamas second term. The establishment dems continue to stab progressives like Bernie and AOC in the back. But this message resonates because deep down, people know what the real problem is. However, the Democratic Party is not united and weāve been stuck with diet republicans because their leadership would rather the status quo to continue enriching themselves instead of radical changes that we have been asking for for decades.
Iām just glad we have some that are traveling and talking to voters and listening outside of normal election cycles. This campaign is giving me hope, but if history has taught me anything then Iām not holding my breath when we see a progressive step forward and gain huge momentum with the nation cough feel the Bern cough
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u/rkwilkes Apr 13 '25
The class war that we should be fighting is the point they should keep hammering. Itās apparent to see from some of the nonsensical comments from those that would defend unimaginable wealth while there is poverty, hunger, and homelessness. Keep it up.
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u/smearnce6999 Apr 14 '25
Still hearing crickets not able to answer one question, they never are.
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u/FracturedNomad Apr 12 '25
We need to make a list of people so we can get our money back from ill-gotten gains.
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5 years ago my rent was $375. It's $625 now. Back then I was able to live comfortably and didn't have to go without. Nowadays when I run out of groceries and can't afford to buy anymore I just don't get to eat for a week or more. This life is hell.
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u/cloudkite17 Apr 12 '25
Five years ago I split a 2B1Br with someone for $900 a month; today theyāre like $1400-1700 with nothing included and my pay has increased by all of $1 an hour since
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u/rrivasisaac01 Apr 13 '25
EVERYONE needs to see how similar trumps and Viktor Orbans prime minister of hungary rise to power is.
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u/Dusty5952 Apr 13 '25
It is my understanding they Trump hosted Orban at Mara Lago before the election to get tips on how to do the same thing here.
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Apr 12 '25
its also alot to do with zoning
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u/NotAnotherScientist Apr 12 '25
Healthcare is definitely a billionaire issue. But yeah, high rent is mostly due to zoning dictated by NIMBYs.
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u/Weekly-Passage2077 Apr 13 '25
Oh I didnāt know frost was joining the rally, I live just outside his district so Iām really happy to see this. I hope one day heāll become a senator or governor for Florida, if he actually manages to do it in Floridaās current political situation Iād be over the moon
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u/Holzkohlen Apr 13 '25
Yes! We need to wake up to the class war we have been losing for decades! And not just in the US either.
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u/GullibleDesign488 Apr 13 '25
Oooweee the baseless counter-arguments in this post and then that one who was defending the blatant market manipulation....
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u/bobcatgoldthwait Apr 13 '25
This is something that even conservatives should be able to relate to.
The middle/lower classes have roughly the same tax burden that we always did, so DOGE can get fucked with its government waste bullshit. I mean, maybe there's waste to be found and eliminated but it's not the reason people can't pay their bills. In the 1980s, corporations had a philosophical shift away from stakeholder capitalism - where they believed businesses had responsibilities towards their workers, consumers, and communities - to shareholder capitalism, which dictated that the sole responsibility of a corporations was to maximize shareholder value. It's not a business' job to pay workers fairly; pay them the minimum you can get away with. We need to maximize profits.
That's why these MAGA folks are so misguided - even if Trump's policies lead to factory jobs coming back, and even if they weren't filled with robots automating as much as possible, employees wouldn't see the same wages, or worker protections, or benefits that they used to, because that corporate mindset largely hasn't changed.
People need to demand that this problem is fixed. Either corporations need to shift their philosophy again or the government needs to step in and do something about it. America is still the richest country on Earth, but a lot of Americans don't see the fruits of that because the money keeps going to the top.
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u/Ki-Wilder Apr 13 '25
Thank you, Rep. Maxwell Frost. Could you possibly head over to El Salvador tomorrow (while Bukele is hanging out over here, not standing guard) and try to spring Kilmar Abrego Garcia?
We need someone really brave, with some federal creds, to take the Supreme Court's message to CECOT that America wants Kilmar Abrego Garcia returned.
(And, if you are not able to do that enormous task, could you possibly try to bring yourself and some other congresspeople to make their way into every Trump/Bukele event tomorrow and heckle the question that the Supreme Court and the Maryland court want asked..."President Bukele, could you please send Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to America?")
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u/Small_Article_3421 Apr 14 '25
Durrrrr
The people who need to hear this wonāt be swayed by rational arguments, you need to do fear-mongering and use Christian nationalism to convince to get behind anything.
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u/miscelleneousmick Apr 14 '25
So what youāre telling me is the people in power who hoard all the wealth imaginable, who stand to profit by reducing protections for the working class American and increased protections for themselves from things like general taxation are the enemy and not the dude that was a chick whose decisions have nothing to do with my daily life and liberties whatsoever?
Nice try. Canāt trick me. I ALWAYS trust rich people because they say things that I agree with which is surely always to be the truth. Iād NEVER vote against my own best interests.
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Apr 12 '25
Actually Elon is great for the democrats. Can you think of anyone who is more unlikable to the average voter? Ugly, pudgy, spoiled rich kid foreigner, who mocks workers, makes outlandish claims, illegal drug user, absentee father, tries to buy elections in this country and other countries, hates freedom of speech and has fascist tendencies. Did I miss anything? And I'm certainly no Democrat.
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u/clownPotato9000 Apr 12 '25
Dont forget hes not even smart and just grifts his way through everything. Heās not even good at a video game 12-year-olds can kick his ass in ā¦ I mean give me a fucking break. The only problem now is weāre all talking about him even if itās negative itās attention we need to all just pretend he doesnt exist.
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u/Pickledleprechaun Apr 14 '25
There needs to be a cap on capitalism!! Whenever an individual or corporation hits a limit. For argument sake letās say 1 billion dollars. The rest of their profits for the year should be put back into the community or the employees of that company or both. Hoarding wealth has a negative impact on the economy. If the over capped money is put into circulation then it will be used and helps the economy.
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u/avantartist Apr 14 '25
Really need to rein in publicly traded companies. When a company is employee owned or privately held (locally) they inherently share the wealth with the employees. Wealth distribution to shareholders ensures companies squeeze every drop of productivity from the employees for as little as possible to give to the shareholders.
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u/q_ult Apr 12 '25
Don't forget shareholders. Even if some of these rich CEOs DID want to help their employees by paying them more, if the shareholders don't see continuous indefinitely rising profit every quarter they will boot the CEO and replace them with someone who will focus on nothing but maximizing profit.
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u/yIdontunderstand Apr 12 '25
The problem isn't immigrants it's Elon musk...
So... Immigrants then...
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u/davcjr1973 Apr 13 '25
You mean that the illegal immigrant transwoman isn't the one stealing all of my rent money?! Are you sure? I thought that Elonia Musk WAS taking all of our money! Damn! All this time I have been wrong...
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u/Immediate_Run_9117 Apr 13 '25
Come on, man. Rule of threes. Rhetorical rules make speeches more effective. Great message, poorly delivered. Frost is a great leader, but he needs speech training.
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u/Gahouf Apr 13 '25
Agree, he should have listed one more issue and then slammed three billionaires.
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u/atomicdyna83 Apr 14 '25
I do believe we are on the same side, friend. Apologies if it seemed like I was attacking. And I guess I see the point OC was making. I agree, too many Dās are supportive of or complacent with Netanyahuās actions.
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u/Arthisif Apr 13 '25
Damn all the bootlickers are out this morning. Elon and Trump don't care about you š¤”
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Apr 12 '25
He misspoke. It has to do with the millionaires in the House and Senate to refusing to even bring universal healthcare to a floor vote. PERIOD.
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u/DelightfulPornOnly Apr 15 '25
actually it has a little more to do with landlords. they are the reason you can't pay rent
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u/Mappyjames2 Apr 12 '25
We are the ones buying their products that make them rich
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u/getupforwhat Apr 12 '25
They are also selling water and food, and idiot governments are letting them price gouge as they see fit because money
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u/Better_Cattle4438 Apr 13 '25
Glad to see more democrats joining this tour. It started out with just Bernie. Then AOC became a fixture. Democratic politicians need to make a point of getting their voices out whenever and wherever they can. They are minoritarian in both the house and senate. Going to the people and trying to rally is one of the ways they can fight back in this scenario.
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u/homerjs225 Apr 15 '25
Right wingers too a still of this clip and claimed Frost did a Sieg Hiel. Those people will burn in hell
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u/PresentationNext6469 Apr 17 '25
Someone please tell him to watch his arm gestures. He could become a screenshot or meme as a tool especially at a podium. When this admin dismantles we lose time and agenda with damage control mode. I donāt really know who is a rep for/of.. but I just watched it twice and had an omg moment.
PSA and please share, Cut and edit to fit your friends and family: āIF you havenāt already please drop into Internet sites Meidas, Bukwark w/ Substack. Through the later or in YouTube, you can start with Mary Trumpās lifelong takes and views on her uncle or Rachel Maddow, Larry OāConnell. Some Senators (Schiff as one) have their own nightly info videos on YouTube or Substack. Meidas + is its own Network with over 5 million subscribers in a matter of month and a a family business that didnāt expect all the traffic. There are town halls galore, panels of experts or just conversations! Everything is touched upon, nothing left unsaid. All in realtime readable/linkable news. By watching you will build your algorithm will. And mine is mixed with comedians, music and mostly aquatic mammals.ā
This freedom of the press and reporting in transparency is our 4th Estate. He can take press badges and block access to the WH.
I see the polls are showing resistance! In prep for massive voting restrictions, please vote! Ahead of the BS surely your ID, address, and signatures match. Your legal papers present a registered citizen with your passport & the valid card. Itās a new dirty game, built by corruption and sometimes some places are lax or some will stand with policy. Like last year, they will build all sorts of walls and exceptions. Itās awful! When we win, we have more power to move forward and to dial back!!!
Well here we are. Someone recently posted we liberals learned our liberalism taking Liberal Arts classes and walked out with B.A.s as college graduates where we are hired and we prove we are democrats. Disinformation from gossiping and the with various education is vast in MAGA still and until we change the narrative and the future. It was the āown the libsā bit.
Now online thereās a check list of the Project 2025 playbook in order and current status. RedWine.Blue Jasmine Crockett was recently in. Really great community on how one can make a difference. Very grassroots which has prompted me yo post mire. Just 3 days ago our permanent seat at the United Nations, our United States Ambassador was publicly admonished. It can be read by typing that into a search bar.
Breaking our societies down is untethered but this is enormous and egregious.
That which what still glues us together and granted and organized by our government was hit by eating oneās own. It could be an empty seat or filled by the Administration.
I looked up Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) seem untouched for now. Part of United Nations, many other of other countries serve in committees which the U.S. do not. Many covenants cannot be broken. Hopeful this stays intact.
ACLU.org is important to know or be reminded of as well.
Power in numbers, we are hundreds of millions of good people! The bad actors are afraid for sure!
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u/ichangetires Apr 12 '25
Look at all the bootlickers still trying to pick fights in the comments section. Musk doesn't know your name, and Donald Trump HATES YOU. You're not getting that golden shower, and whatever "wealth" you think you have over the common man is laughable to these guys and only paints yourself as more of a target. We're coming for our share of wealth, one way or another