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Brainstorm How to improve the tax code?
Massdriver replied to SuperSpreader's topic in The Political Re-Education Camp
Land Value Tax Progressive consumption tax Estate Tax (20 million exempt then 90%) coupled with unrealized capital gains taxed upon death at that estate size Carbon Tax Alcohol Tax Gas/Milage Tax -
Stop demonizing Trump supporters.
Massdriver replied to Fizzzzle's topic in The Political Re-Education Camp
Thank you. I wasn’t going to bother, but this. AOC has a lot more work to do to show her point means anything. When AOC says something, a lot of people accept her claim without justification. -
I don’t know how it was played in other states, but republicans did a masterful job in using it to attack democrats in Texas. Abbott launched his ‘Back the Blue‘ campaign and circulated a petition which nearly all the gop in Texas signed. I didn’t imagine it hurting this bad, but I think it hurt bad. I even saw some signs in my middle class neighborhood that is generally heavy Democrat. I applaud the GOP for being so good at politics. They pounced right when they saw an opening.
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Anyway there is a lot more to why democrats lost. Trump’s strong man image has had unique effects. I’m curious if Texas will swing a little more blue in 2022 when Trump isn’t on the ballot again. It’s been a tough break for Texas. Even if it wasn’t going to go blue, I thought we would at least makes some gains in the state house. It didn’t happen. Tough election even as Trump losses.
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I think that Beto was sort of our Abrams In Texas but he blew his influence on his failed Presidential bid when he spoke up for banning assault rifles. This may be unpopular to say here, but I also think that the slogan ‘defund the police’ has a lot to do with some Latinos in Texas going Trump. It’s a terrible slogan. It even turns me off and I favor massive criminal justice reform.
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http://www.politico.com//favicon-16x16.png ‘A decade of power’: Statehouse wins position GOP to dominate redistricting - POLITICO WWW.POLITICO.COM Democrats spent big to take control of state legislatures but lost their key targets. Now they’ll be on the sidelines as new maps are drawn. The brutal truth. I remember reading a similar article about Democrats building up from scratch in 2010. I guess they made some progress but it was a low bar to clear.