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Who do you think is responsible for such a dysfunctional government? Is it your average working class person earning about $65k/year or is it billionaires that
by input_sh 11mo ago
Who do you think is responsible for such a dysfunctional government? Is it your average working class person earning about $65k/year or is it billionaires that can throw unfathomable amounts of money at any topic of their interest without it even making a dent in their pocket?
To take a recent example, the median income in New York City is about $79k/year (before taxes), while Bill Ackman alone essentially threw away 21.5x that in his failed attempt to influence the mayoral election.
- senordevnyc 11mo agoA majority of voters elected Trump, while Ackman failed to influence the mayoral election with his money.
- adventured 11mo agoAnd Trump did it with dramatically less campaign money than Hillary or Harris.
- input_sh 11mo agoGee golly, really!? Thanks for letting me know, I had no idea! I could've also mentioned Ackman personally calling Trump in 2020 to beg him to shut down the economy for a month and my argument would be just the same: I don't want billionaires using their money to shape the world to their liking.
- mlrtime 11mo agoGood for you, I don't want bureaucrats wasting 50c on the dollar to give back what they take. You vote for what you think is right, I'll do the same.