Sure. In your worldview the billionaires always win and always will win. That doesn't mean we need to parties that love the wealthy and exist to serve them. But Leftists don't always lose. That's a provably false assertion. Rightturds are currently doing their ultimate victory laps, but they are pushing things too far and the American people aren't going to stand for it much longer. I predict a swing to the Left in the not to distant future. donald trump is Hoover. The next Democratic president will have to be an FDR.
PMC Academics don't serve wealth? Where does their grant money come from? And what would we all do if the Academics weren't teaching EVERYONE (students) to sell the souls (and expertise) for a BIGGER surplus salary?
When I was at the Academy, only about a dozen Midshipmen took the Governments $750 per month offer to join the Military Services. The other 250 went to sea as merchant mariners earning between $100-200k per year. In other words... surplus salaries are the "kings" of an "educated elite". And if that means compromising your liberal ideology, all the better. It's a great tool for managing the proletariats in the kayfabe world of late capitalism.
ps - I look forward to more pure entertainments from the blue-wave kayfabe crowd. I'm sure that all those laid off DEI diversity surplus-salaried PMC will get their Deep State jobs back!
"A criminal is a person with predatory instincts who has not sufficient capital to form a corporation. Most government is by the rich for the rich. Government comprises a large part of the organized injustice in any society, ancient or modern. Civil government, insofar as it is instituted for the security of property, is in reality instituted for the defence of the rich against the poor, and for the defence of those who have property against those who have none." -Adam Smith
"The interest of [businessmen] is always in some respects different from, and even opposite to, that of the public ... The proposal of any new law or regulation of commerce which comes from this order ... ought never to be adopted, till after having been long and carefully examined ... with the most suspicious attention. It comes from an order of men ... who have generally an interest to deceive and even oppress the public." - Adam Smith
On surplus-salaried Civil Service bureacrats:
"It is the interest of every man to live as much at his ease as he can; and if his emoluments are to be precisely the same, whether he does or does not perform some very laborious duty, it is certainly his interest, at least as interest is vulgarly understood, either to neglect it altogether, or, if he is subject to some authority which will not suffer him to do this, to perform it in as careless and slovenly a manner as that authority will permit." - Adam Smith
Government being for the rich by the rich is the republican party's mantra.
"surplus-salaried Civil Service bureaucrats" are working people serving The People for a decent wage. Why you object. I have run into Civil Service bureaucrats who don't take their jobs seriously. They might need retraining. But I think the answer is better leadership. Civil Service bureaucrats should be customer service oriented. That is their most important job. As opposed to enforcing bureaucracy. I'm not saying that isn't a problem. But the solution isn't to throw the baby out with the bathwater.
You're all about tearing things down instead of doing the work to improve things. You admitted this yourself when you shared your "creative destruction" delusions. I believe in creative construction, not destruction.
No, I'm for cutting government back to its' foundational limits (Preamble to Constitution). The days before "managing the economy" became its' central tenets. Taking care of the "General" Welfare (Part Maudite) NOT the "Specific" (Detailed Economy).
Before all the Social Engineering tinkering related to the passage of the 16th Amendment and subsequent Income tax (Revenue Act of 1913)
The 16th Amendment was passed to grant Congress the constitutional authority to levy a federal income tax without basing it on state population. It was primarily enacted to overturn an 1895 Supreme Court ruling, to shift the national tax burden onto the wealthy, and to replace revenue lost from lowering tariffs....
American Global Empire needed a bigger market place
Under Biden, the illegal on the flights to Columbia couldn’t get off because th Columbian President wouldn’t allow it and stop it from happening. BUT WHEN TRUMP WAS ELECTED EVERYTHING CHANGED INCLUDING THE RETURNING OF ILLEGALS. If the US is to meet Trump's deportation goals, we will have to use every means possible. Because there is not enough capacity in domestic US airlines to handle the volume.. AND WE WILL! You can count on on it!
In a statement, Trump described Hegseth as "tough, smart and a true believer in America First." "With Pete at the helm, America’s enemies are on notice — Our Military will be Great Again, and America will Never Back Down," Trump said. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., applauded Trump’s selection, calling Hegseth a “great choice.” “Pete brings a lot to the table. He’s got experience, and I think he’ll be reform-minded in the areas that need reform.
James Carville has always been an POS, and an asshole ,hes been out of politics a long time. it's Been nice not hearing his ignorant rants about nothing
Minus: No, I'm for cutting government back to its' foundational limits (Preamble to Constitution). The days before "managing the economy" became its' central tenets. Taking care of the "General" Welfare (Part Maudite) NOT the "Specific" (Detailed Economy).
What you fail to understand is that either The People via their elected representatives will be in control, or the corporations will be in control. If The People aren't in control, the monied interests will take it. You want The People to give up control and yet think (somehow) that will work out to the benefit of The People. Or maybe you know better and want the monied interests to be in control. The choice is one or the other. I stand with The People. You don't.
It is extremely naive to think that corporations and billionaires will voluntarily place limits on themselves. Yet you want The People to do so.
FYI, "managing the economy" isn't a central tenet of government. The United States isn't Communist. The Democratic Party isn't Communist or in control. King donald is only "managing the economy" for his benefit and Putin's.
But creating and maintaining a money supply, setting up the rules of commerce, and dealing with economic emergencies has always been a necessary and proper function of government. If you disagree I don't know what kind of system you envision. I think no politician agrees with you.
"cutting government back to its' foundational limits" is never going to happen. As per Copilot, "The modern economy cannot function without federal regulation. Air travel, banking, medicine, food, energy, communications — all require federal oversight. Eliminating that would cause chaos".
Also, the preamble to the Constitution does not limit the power of the federal government. You misspoke or are mistaken.
If I'd have flunked civics, there is a good chance I'd be a trumper. Like you. This must be your confession, given that what I wrote is accurate and what you claimed is inaccurate. I assumed you you were referring to the General Welfare clause, which isn't in the preamble. Why I guessed that you misspoke. But it seems you're sticking with your original answer. Even though it is wrong.
Also, I couldn't have flunked civics in high school, because it wasn't offered. I would have liked to have taken a civics class. That is good information that every citizen should be aware of.
It is hard to believe that a corrupt Turd like Paxton could win. But being corrupt is a positive for rightturds.
From g00gle...
😡Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has faced two major legal and political battles...
👉Securities Fraud Charges: In 2015, Paxton was indicted on felony securities fraud charges. After a lengthy nine-year legal saga, the case was dismissed in March 2024 after Paxton agreed to complete 100 hours of community service, ethics training, and pay restitution.
👉Impeachment: In May 2023, the Texas House impeached Paxton on 20 articles of corruption, bribery, and abuse of office. The charges centered on claims he used his office to assist a political donor. In September 2023, the Texas Senate acquitted him on all 16 articles that went to trial.🛑
Note that impeachment is a political process and not a legal one. He was "acquitted" because his fellow republicans decided not to hold him accountable, not because he was innocent.
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America
You claimed the preamble limited the powers of the federal government. That isn't a limitation. It says what the government should do, not what it shouldn't do.
In 1895, the Supreme Court declared the federal income tax unconstitutional in Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. because it ruled that a tax on income from property (like real estate, stocks, and bonds) was a "direct tax." Under Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution, all direct taxes must be apportioned among the states based on their population.
The 1894 income tax law was struck down for two primary reasons:
Direct vs. Indirect Taxation: The Constitution gives Congress the power to levy "indirect" taxes (like excise taxes and duties) uniformly across the country, but requires "direct" taxes (like property taxes) to be divided equally by state population. The Court ruled that taxing the income derived from property essentially operated as a property tax, making it a direct tax.
Failure to Apportion: Because the 1894 law taxed incomes at a flat rate nationwide rather than dividing the total tax burden geographically by population, the Court found it violated this constitutional mandate.
This ruling prevented the federal government from implementing a progressive income tax for nearly two decades. The decision was ultimately overturned in 1913 with the ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment, which explicitly granted Congress the power to collect taxes on incomes from whatever source derived, without apportionment.
Like I said... "...Before all the Social Engineering tinkering related to the passage of the 16th Amendment and subsequent Income tax (Revenue Act of 1913).
The feds couldn't tax individuals directly... they could only tax States based upon a State's population.
The Five Apportioned Direct Tax Acts
The Direct Tax of 1798: Enacted to fund a military buildup, Congress levied a $2 million national tax. It was assessed on dwelling houses valued over $100, land, and enslaved people.
The Direct Tax of 1813: To fund the War of 1812, Congress authorized a $3 million tax on land, dwellings, and slaves.
The Direct Tax of 1815: Imposed to pay off war debts, this law authorized a $6 million tax on the same categories.
The Direct Tax of 1816: Congress modified the 1815 act, reducing the direct tax to $3 million.
The Direct Tax of 1861: To fund the Civil War, Congress authorized a $20 million direct tax on real property and slaves, apportioned among the states.
How can ANYBODY vote for Karen Bass After the Los Angeles intense political and public scrutiny over her administration's handling of the devastating January 2025 Palisades Fire, which killed at least 31 people, destroyed thousands of homes And ass’s running of to Africa instead of being in LA?
To get the charges dismissed. Do you have any idea what a legal defense would have cost? I would have taken the deal, too, and I didn't commit any fraud.
The same goes for 99% of the Jan 6 Capitol tresspassers who were charge with being on the Capitol grounds and who never went in.
Approximately 640 individuals were charged specifically with the misdemeanor offense of illegally entering or remaining in a restricted federal building or grounds.
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Sure. In your worldview the billionaires always win and always will win. That doesn't mean we need to parties that love the wealthy and exist to serve them. But Leftists don't always lose. That's a provably false assertion. Rightturds are currently doing their ultimate victory laps, but they are pushing things too far and the American people aren't going to stand for it much longer. I predict a swing to the Left in the not to distant future. donald trump is Hoover. The next Democratic president will have to be an FDR.
what’s wrong with Billionaires?
PMC Academics don't serve wealth? Where does their grant money come from? And what would we all do if the Academics weren't teaching EVERYONE (students) to sell the souls (and expertise) for a BIGGER surplus salary?
When I was at the Academy, only about a dozen Midshipmen took the Governments $750 per month offer to join the Military Services. The other 250 went to sea as merchant mariners earning between $100-200k per year. In other words... surplus salaries are the "kings" of an "educated elite". And if that means compromising your liberal ideology, all the better. It's a great tool for managing the proletariats in the kayfabe world of late capitalism.
ps - I look forward to more pure entertainments from the blue-wave kayfabe crowd. I'm sure that all those laid off DEI diversity surplus-salaried PMC will get their Deep State jobs back!
...or better, 1,000 millionaires?
How much "accursed share" of the economy does any one single individual need?
Maybe we should ask the regulators.
"A criminal is a person with predatory instincts who has not sufficient capital to form a corporation. Most government is by the rich for the rich. Government comprises a large part of the organized injustice in any society, ancient or modern. Civil government, insofar as it is instituted for the security of property, is in reality instituted for the defence of the rich against the poor, and for the defence of those who have property against those who have none." -Adam Smith
"The interest of [businessmen] is always in some respects different from, and even opposite to, that of the public ... The proposal of any new law or regulation of commerce which comes from this order ... ought never to be adopted, till after having been long and carefully examined ... with the most suspicious attention. It comes from an order of men ... who have generally an interest to deceive and even oppress the public." - Adam Smith
On surplus-salaried Civil Service bureacrats:
"It is the interest of every man to live as much at his ease as he can; and if his emoluments are to be precisely the same, whether he does or does not perform some very laborious duty, it is certainly his interest, at least as interest is vulgarly understood, either to neglect it altogether, or, if he is subject to some authority which will not suffer him to do this, to perform it in as careless and slovenly a manner as that authority will permit." - Adam Smith
Naaaah! They're too busy goofing off!
Government being for the rich by the rich is the republican party's mantra.
"surplus-salaried Civil Service bureaucrats" are working people serving The People for a decent wage. Why you object. I have run into Civil Service bureaucrats who don't take their jobs seriously. They might need retraining. But I think the answer is better leadership. Civil Service bureaucrats should be customer service oriented. That is their most important job. As opposed to enforcing bureaucracy. I'm not saying that isn't a problem. But the solution isn't to throw the baby out with the bathwater.
You're all about tearing things down instead of doing the work to improve things. You admitted this yourself when you shared your "creative destruction" delusions. I believe in creative construction, not destruction.
No, I'm for cutting government back to its' foundational limits (Preamble to Constitution). The days before "managing the economy" became its' central tenets. Taking care of the "General" Welfare (Part Maudite) NOT the "Specific" (Detailed Economy).
Before all the Social Engineering tinkering related to the passage of the 16th Amendment and subsequent Income tax (Revenue Act of 1913)
The 16th Amendment was passed to grant Congress the constitutional authority to levy a federal income tax without basing it on state population. It was primarily enacted to overturn an 1895 Supreme Court ruling, to shift the national tax burden onto the wealthy, and to replace revenue lost from lowering tariffs....
American Global Empire needed a bigger market place
Oy!
Under Biden, the illegal on the flights to Columbia couldn’t get off because th Columbian President wouldn’t allow it and stop it from happening.
BUT WHEN TRUMP WAS ELECTED EVERYTHING CHANGED INCLUDING THE RETURNING OF ILLEGALS.
If the US is to meet Trump's deportation goals, we will have to use every means possible. Because there is not enough capacity in domestic US airlines to handle the volume.. AND WE WILL! You can count on on it!
In a statement, Trump described Hegseth as "tough, smart and a true believer in America First."
"With Pete at the helm, America’s enemies are on notice — Our Military will be Great Again, and America will Never Back Down," Trump said.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., applauded Trump’s selection, calling Hegseth a “great choice.”
“Pete brings a lot to the table. He’s got experience, and I think he’ll be reform-minded in the areas that need reform.
James Carville stick your finger up your ass and tell us all how full of shit you are
James Carville has always been an POS, and an asshole ,hes been out of politics a long time. it's Been nice not hearing his ignorant rants about nothing
Paxton-Tallarico going to be a $$$ barn burner. It's a close race.
...and James knows it!
Minus: No, I'm for cutting government back to its' foundational limits (Preamble to Constitution). The days before "managing the economy" became its' central tenets. Taking care of the "General" Welfare (Part Maudite) NOT the "Specific" (Detailed Economy).
What you fail to understand is that either The People via their elected representatives will be in control, or the corporations will be in control. If The People aren't in control, the monied interests will take it. You want The People to give up control and yet think (somehow) that will work out to the benefit of The People. Or maybe you know better and want the monied interests to be in control. The choice is one or the other. I stand with The People. You don't.
It is extremely naive to think that corporations and billionaires will voluntarily place limits on themselves. Yet you want The People to do so.
FYI, "managing the economy" isn't a central tenet of government. The United States isn't Communist. The Democratic Party isn't Communist or in control. King donald is only "managing the economy" for his benefit and Putin's.
But creating and maintaining a money supply, setting up the rules of commerce, and dealing with economic emergencies has always been a necessary and proper function of government. If you disagree I don't know what kind of system you envision. I think no politician agrees with you.
"cutting government back to its' foundational limits" is never going to happen. As per Copilot, "The modern economy cannot function without federal regulation. Air travel, banking, medicine, food, energy, communications — all require federal oversight. Eliminating that would cause chaos".
Also, the preamble to the Constitution does not limit the power of the federal government. You misspoke or are mistaken.
But hey, we need to roll the dice. One less Uniparty RINO is one less UniParty RINO!
^^Flunked Civics Class in H.S.^^
If I'd have flunked civics, there is a good chance I'd be a trumper. Like you. This must be your confession, given that what I wrote is accurate and what you claimed is inaccurate. I assumed you you were referring to the General Welfare clause, which isn't in the preamble. Why I guessed that you misspoke. But it seems you're sticking with your original answer. Even though it is wrong.
Also, I couldn't have flunked civics in high school, because it wasn't offered. I would have liked to have taken a civics class. That is good information that every citizen should be aware of.
It is hard to believe that a corrupt Turd like Paxton could win. But being corrupt is a positive for rightturds.
From g00gle...
😡Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has faced two major legal and political battles...
👉Securities Fraud Charges: In 2015, Paxton was indicted on felony securities fraud charges. After a lengthy nine-year legal saga, the case was dismissed in March 2024 after Paxton agreed to complete 100 hours of community service, ethics training, and pay restitution.
👉Impeachment: In May 2023, the Texas House impeached Paxton on 20 articles of corruption, bribery, and abuse of office. The charges centered on claims he used his office to assist a political donor. In September 2023, the Texas Senate acquitted him on all 16 articles that went to trial.🛑
Note that impeachment is a political process and not a legal one. He was "acquitted" because his fellow republicans decided not to hold him accountable, not because he was innocent.
I don’t remember my agreeing with ANYTHING. That
Joe Biden did.. But however
I do enjoy watching Trump pissing leftists off daily. Very Much.
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America
I aced Civics.
You claimed the preamble limited the powers of the federal government. That isn't a limitation. It says what the government should do, not what it shouldn't do.
ps (from Google AI):
In 1895, the Supreme Court declared the federal income tax unconstitutional in Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. because it ruled that a tax on income from property (like real estate, stocks, and bonds) was a "direct tax." Under Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution, all direct taxes must be apportioned among the states based on their population.
The 1894 income tax law was struck down for two primary reasons:
Direct vs. Indirect Taxation: The Constitution gives Congress the power to levy "indirect" taxes (like excise taxes and duties) uniformly across the country, but requires "direct" taxes (like property taxes) to be divided equally by state population. The Court ruled that taxing the income derived from property essentially operated as a property tax, making it a direct tax.
Failure to Apportion: Because the 1894 law taxed incomes at a flat rate nationwide rather than dividing the total tax burden geographically by population, the Court found it violated this constitutional mandate.
This ruling prevented the federal government from implementing a progressive income tax for nearly two decades. The decision was ultimately overturned in 1913 with the ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment, which explicitly granted Congress the power to collect taxes on incomes from whatever source derived, without apportionment.
Like I said... "...Before all the Social Engineering tinkering related to the passage of the 16th Amendment and subsequent Income tax (Revenue Act of 1913).
The feds couldn't tax individuals directly... they could only tax States based upon a State's population.
The Five Apportioned Direct Tax Acts
The Direct Tax of 1798: Enacted to fund a military buildup, Congress levied a $2 million national tax. It was assessed on dwelling houses valued over $100, land, and enslaved people.
The Direct Tax of 1813: To fund the War of 1812, Congress authorized a $3 million tax on land, dwellings, and slaves.
The Direct Tax of 1815: Imposed to pay off war debts, this law authorized a $6 million tax on the same categories.
The Direct Tax of 1816: Congress modified the 1815 act, reducing the direct tax to $3 million.
The Direct Tax of 1861: To fund the Civil War, Congress authorized a $20 million direct tax on real property and slaves, apportioned among the states.
Charges dismissed... impeachment failed. In other words, "innocent" on all charges.
So you don't pay income tax?
So why did he agree to complete 100 hours of community service, ethics training, and pay restitution? If he was innocent why would he do that?
How can ANYBODY vote for Karen Bass After the Los Angeles intense political and public scrutiny over her administration's handling of the devastating January 2025 Palisades Fire, which killed at least 31 people, destroyed thousands of homes
And ass’s running of to Africa instead of being in LA?
I pay more every year now (retired) than I earned in gross income during my 1st year in management at Bethlehem Steel
To get the charges dismissed. Do you have any idea what a legal defense would have cost? I would have taken the deal, too, and I didn't commit any fraud.
The same goes for 99% of the Jan 6 Capitol tresspassers who were charge with being on the Capitol grounds and who never went in.
Approximately 640 individuals were charged specifically with the misdemeanor offense of illegally entering or remaining in a restricted federal building or grounds.
They would have LOVED Paxton's deal.
Not that I agree with your framing, but I hope they do.
Why pay anything when the Supreme Court previously ruled taxing you in this manner to be unconstitutional?
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