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CBHagman

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51. There will be no billionaires without customers and workers.

Wed Jun 10, 2026, 01:46 PM

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And hatred of AI and objection to data centers extend across political lines.

The future is not here yet, which is why we are compelled to act now.

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The overwhelming National debt is on purpose. [View all] Buddyzbuddy Tuesday OP

Yes, it is overwhelming but these billionaires need productivity of others to feed their greed and that is why their in2herbs Tuesday #1

"billionaires need productivity of others" Intractable Tuesday #7

The data suggests otherwise. .... littlemissmartypants Tuesday #19

So, they are cutting jobs based on the potential impact of future AI. Intractable 22 hrs ago #36

Whoa, cowboy. Nobody is trying to correct anyone. ... littlemissmartypants 16 hrs ago #38

There will be no billionaires without customers and workers. CBHagman 12 hrs ago #51

So, you are saying there are no billionaires now? Intractable 11 hrs ago #56

they are counting on a bubble and the inevitable privatize profits and socialize losses JT45242 12 hrs ago #52

Fewer workers, Mme. Defarge 15 hrs ago #40

Trump Tax Cuts and BBB created a hole in the budget. bucolic_frolic Tuesday #2

Transfer of funds lame54 Tuesday #3

They've been doing this for 50 years. Ramped it up hard after 9/11 when nobody was looking n/t Cheezoholic Tuesday #4

That's the Bain Capital / Blackrock / vulture capitalist model. Bleed them till they're dry erronis Tuesday #5

firmly capitalist rampartd 23 hrs ago #33

And behind it all popsdenver 9 hrs ago #58

i had thought we were evolving into corporate feudalism rampartd 9 hrs ago #59

And if Democrats win in 26 and/or 28, they will start pointing at it ms liberty Tuesday #6

K&R Auggie Tuesday #8

nothing a return to 90% top tax rate can't fix JMCKUSICK Tuesday #9

I'd be in favor of MUCH more than just that...but its a mandatory first step. Moostache 12 hrs ago #47

The best time to tax a rich peop is after their death questionseverything 11 hrs ago #54

The Two Santa Claus Theory Just Jerome Tuesday #10

Agreed. Completely sickening and evil LymphocyteLover Tuesday #11

They won't be held accountable. They will leave the country. 1WorldHope Tuesday #12

No apologies needed. Wednesdays Tuesday #29

At the risk of sounding like a broken record, this is what capitalism does. BlueTsunami2018 Tuesday #13

They want to privatize every-thing Seinan Sensei Tuesday #22

This is what unregulated, raw capitalism does. wnylib Yesterday #31

George Carlin Whip-poor-will 20 hrs ago #37

It's a big club and we ain't in it! questionseverything 11 hrs ago #55

MAGA is destroying our country more than any foreign enemy could dream of IronLionZion Tuesday #14

Most of the MAGAs don't even understand how they're being used by Chump and the other billionaires FakeNoose Tuesday #15

I have talked to several MAGA dupes... Moostache 12 hrs ago #48

Yep, perfect storm fot these rapists traitors to destroy everything American. bluestarone 9 hrs ago #60

It goes back, way back before project 2025, its called The Two Santas Strategy ImNotGod Tuesday #16

Yes, but the two Santa strategy was more political, imho. Buddyzbuddy Tuesday #25

If so, they will learn to their bane the purpose of Social Security . . . Journeyman Tuesday #17

The talking dollars have spoken: human beings don't matter Ponietz Tuesday #18

YUP, ABSOLUTELY "RIGHT"! It's their secret long-term plan to wreck "socialist" safety net programs, Jack Valentino Tuesday #20

When is the 'sacrosanct' "defense" budget on the block? RT Atlanta Tuesday #21

Absolutely spot on. debsy Tuesday #23

100% the get the rot out reset. Blue Full Moon Tuesday #24

There will be no other choice than to enact extreme taxation policies on the billionaires and if they try to leave the ChicagoTeamster Tuesday #26

i'd go one step farther rampartd 23 hrs ago #34

Rich enid602 Tuesday #27

Starve the Beast and shrink it to a size that can be drowned in a bathtub Martin Eden Tuesday #28

add "the 2 santa claus theory" and we get to a $40T republican debt. rampartd 23 hrs ago #35

Wow, reading the comments..... Dan Yesterday #30

In 2010 the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 set up a trigger mechanism for automatic mandatory summer_in_TX Yesterday #32

That's exactly their strategy. WestMichRad 16 hrs ago #39

Burning America to the ground has three goals: Botany 15 hrs ago #41

So just spend 80 billion more taxpayer dollars on ice. We're at what 250 billion? Akakoji 14 hrs ago #42

Agreed BlueWaveNeverEnd 14 hrs ago #43

This is ON the Republicans ONLY! Fucking Traitors dave99 13 hrs ago #44

The burn relogic 13 hrs ago #45

Yep and they have done this for decades and decades. Break it & say "gov't doesn't work" themaguffin 12 hrs ago #46

They do this every time Figarosmom 12 hrs ago #49

This has been a strategy since Reagan Quanto Magnus 12 hrs ago #50

Bingo. SergeStorms 12 hrs ago #53

Bingo! BurnDoubt 10 hrs ago #57

Financed by the billionaires..... SergeStorms 8 hrs ago #62

LOCK THE TRAITOR UP -- HE IS WRECKING OUR COUNTRY ON PURPOSE Blue Owl 8 hrs ago #61