Quote (Goomshill @ Sep 9 2024 08:42pm)

The most vague description is now "enacting a billionaire minimum tax"
She does not give any details of what her proposal is supposed to be, but this is a codeword for the tax on unrealized capital gains. Democrats introduced a posturing bill in 2022 and 2023 called the "Billionaire Minimum Income Tax Act" which says;



So first off there's the obvious disconnect that its called a billionaire tax but specifies an order of magnitude lower wealth. It then also tries to seize not just a minimum 20% income tax but also 20% of net asset growth
the bill claims all trust attributed debts, distributables, assets transferred to others, and then for "net unrealized gains" defines assets as every single imaginable ownable property, object, financial instrument, etc. There is no limit or conditions, only;
>In the case of any non-readily tradable asset, the estimated value of such asset shall be determined by such method as the Secretary may prescribe in regulations or other guidance.
and so on, in basic yes its the most batshit insane economic policy proposal imaginable.

Quote (Goomshill @ 12 Sep 2024 07:10)

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/08/us/politics/trump-and-harris-times-siena-poll.html

Interesting detailed caveats to that NYT/Siena poll from a few days ago, that put it at 48 Trump 47 Kamala
but notably;

>Do you think Kamala Harris represents change, or more of the same?
Major change 25%
Minor change 15%
More of the same 56%
Don't know/Refused 5%

>Do you think Donald Trump represents change, or more of the same?
Major change 51%
Minor change 10%
More of the same 35%
Don't know/Refused 4%

>Do you think the next president should represent a major change from Joe Biden, a minor change, or no change from Joe Biden?
Major change 63%
Minor change 32%
No change 3%
Don't know/Refused 2%

Overall that's only 40% of voters thought Kamala represents any change, 61% thought Trump represents change, and 95% (!) want change.
Besides Trump having a lead on every issue but abortion, this couldn't spell much worse for Kamala as a candidate and truly casts her only chance as appealing to people's personal disdain for Trump's character rather than any appeal to her governing ability.

Quote (Black XistenZ @ Sep 12 2024 12:48pm)

I think it was a catastrophic strategic mistake by the Democrats to position Kamala as a continuation of Biden's presidency, just with a younger, fresher face. She should have come out with two signature policy proposals which signal a clear break with the Biden era and draw a strong contrast with Trump. Trying to run on the status quo when the facts of the status quo all favor Trump, betting that visceral dislike for her opponent and a favorable press would carry her to victory, was asinine.

Quote (El1te @ 12 Sep 2024 22:05)

That's not possible for them to do, because the people who support Biden/Harris do not actually support them, they support the machine/bureaucracy that they represent. Some resident posters here won't admit it but they do. Hence why they don't give a single crap who the candidate is, they recognize they're just a puppet, a face to put on the machine. These people are enemies and do not support democracy, they support a Soviet-style politburo (the present regime).

This is much the same as EU politics I imagine, the enemies support the EU politburo and not democratic representation

Quote (Black XistenZ @ Sep 12 2024 01:22pm)

Pretty much, yes. The powers that be still struggle to wrap their heads around the fact that the policies of the Biden presidency have been, by and large, a failure.

Quote (El1te @ Sep 12 2024 01:41pm)

The powers that be I think do recognize the policies as a failure, but they view it as an experiment that didn't go quite the way they wanted. "Next thing we try should work better, we just need more power and more control" - they have nothing but contempt for the voter, they view them as deplorable idiots which is the root reason why they hate democracy. They think their ideas are better than the collective will of the voter. "It will only work if we have absolute power, real communism hasn't been tried" is also a common sentiment among these types. Enemies of the people

Quote (Goomshill @ Sep 14 2024 01:44am)

https://files.catbox.moe/jcvq8c.mp4