2020 Democratic Primary Thread: Focus on House & Senate races

Warren Moon

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mastermind said:
I’m being nice, you aren’t a well-read person. I don’t care about you being in student government, you’ve shown consistently that you aren’t well-read. I don’t blame you because most Americans aren’t, but I wish you weren’t a prick about it.
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cool. See you at CBC this year as an actual fukking American.
 
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Mephistopheles said:
We’ve already been over this and you’re wrong.
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Do you believe that if we give corporations more money (tax cuts) then that money will automatically be passed (trickle) down to workers? If not, then please justify how alleviating the tax burden of healthcare that employers currently play will trickle down to the salaries of workers. If you do, please explain why the Trump tax cuts haven't lead to a massive spike in salaries. :coffee:

The truth of the matter is that corporate actors are more profitable than ever before, they're just hoarding the wealth being generated, which is why wealth inequality is at Gilded Age levels. So to say "we shouldn't be increasing corporate taxes because the working class will inevitably end up footing the bill anyway so just directly tax the working class" is some defeatist, conservative economic logic deployed to protect the wealth of said corporate interests.

Any gains the working class receives from the corporate class will have to be fought for by the working class through labor action, not gifted by corporate largesse after they receive tax breaks. Workers and management/ownership are not one and the same. Directly taxing the former is not the same as directly taxing the latter. Companies that disproportionately employ low-wage workers are not necessarily themselves in dire straights. In fact, they're some of the wealthiest companies in the world. This is very, very basic progressive economics. :coffee:
 
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Can't fault the NYT here

I encourage everyone to read to the article
 
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