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rbreich , 12 days ago to Random

One of the richest men in the 1920s was Andrew Mellon — an early prophet of trickle-down economics.

Yesterday we learned that his grandson, Timothy Mellon, gave a Trump super PAC one of the largest political donations ever.

This is how dynastic wealth works.

Wealth tax now.

fmhilton , 12 days ago

@rbreich Don't just tax it: confiscate it.
you do not have a constitutional right to have billions of dollars.
Show me where it's written.
NO, not the "happiness" thing, either.

rbreich , 13 days ago to Random

The Biden administration has taken anti-monopoly action against:

-Amazon
-Apple
-Google
-Facebook
-Live Nation
-JetBlue
-Spirit
-Kroger
-Albertsons

We’ve had years of government forces working on behalf of corporations.

This is what it looks like when they work for the people.

fmhilton , 13 days ago

@rbreich Now if they could get behind taxing large oil monopolies for their carbon output.

georgetakei , 16 days ago to Random

What do you think of this, folks? https://www.comicsands.com/kim-kardashian-birthday-kids-torture-2668536810.html?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram

fmhilton , 16 days ago

@georgetakei I think she's a rich entitle bitch who has no brains and no class.
I pity her kids.

rbreich , 19 days ago to Random

Debunking Myth #3: “The rich deserve to be rich” https://robertreich.substack.com/p/debunking-myth-3-the-rich-deserve?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

fmhilton , 19 days ago

@rbreich
That presupposes that the poor deserve to be poor because they're not rich or smart enough to be rich.

arstechnica , 20 days ago to Random

Microsoft in damage-control mode, says it will prioritize security over AI

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is now personally responsible for security flaws.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/06/microsoft-in-damage-control-mode-says-it-will-prioritize-security-over-ai/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

fmhilton , 20 days ago

@arstechnica This is a good reason to not keep anything important in the cloud-if MS can screw over the government, then private citizens have no defense. The hackers don't care.

georgetakei , 20 days ago to Random

They're not wrong!

fmhilton , 20 days ago

@georgetakei I'm always holding those damn meetings! We disagree with the whole thing and nobody brought donuts!

rbreich , 21 days ago to Random

Trump wants to extend his tax cuts for the rich, which would add $4.6T to the deficit.

But he wants to go even further, cutting the corporate tax rate to 15%.

This would result in the 100 biggest corporations receiving a giveaway of $48B annually.

It's clear who he works for.

fmhilton , 21 days ago

@rbreich It's always been this way-he's only catering to them because he owes so much money to everyone in sight.

rbreich , 23 days ago to Random

In a misguided effort to be "unbiased," most news media have stopped calling Trump's Big Lie about the 2020 election what it is. Instead they're using terms like "false statements" or "claims without evidence."

Memo to the media: Calling out lies isn't "biased." It's your job.

fmhilton , 23 days ago

@rbreich They're also soft pedaling lies as "unsupported facts."
Are they afraid of calling him a liar? That he lies?
Everyone knows he does, it's so rampant that everyone assumes he's lying every time he opens his mouth.
The media are cowards and they're complicit in this whole mess.They covered him as a normal candidate and look at what happened.
He's mentally ill, a convicted felon and a unrepentant liar.
Unfit to serve soda or popcorn at a movie concession, let alone as POTUS!

georgetakei , 24 days ago to Random

For all the animal lovers out there.

fmhilton , 24 days ago

@georgetakei How about plants, too?

arstechnica , 27 days ago to Random

Top news app caught sharing “entirely false” AI-generated news

Most-downloaded local news app adds disclaimer that it's not always "error-free."

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/06/top-news-app-caught-sharing-fake-ai-news-based-on-ai-summaries/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

fmhilton , 27 days ago

@arstechnica The fake news has become the news.

rbreich , 1 month ago to Random

Facing more than half a billion dollars in legal judgments and fees, Trump just sold his $10 million jet to one of his megadonors.

Is the fire sale beginning?

fmhilton , 1 month ago

@rbreich Next he'll sell his children to MBS..oh, wait, Jared's already been sold..

rbreich , 1 month ago to Random

34 felony convictions
54 pending criminal charges
2 impeachments
2 popular vote losses
$88M owed to E Jean Carroll
$450M owed for civil fraud
$8T added to nat'l debt
2.9M net loss of jobs

Is this what Trump meant when he promised "numbers like we've never seen"?

fmhilton , 1 month ago

@rbreich I don't really think so but those are the numbers he's left us with.

"I'm a loser" was a song, once..now it's a lifestyle for him.

fmhilton , 1 month ago

@rbreich Oh, we won't talk about the people who died during his term from Covid, will we?
"It will fade away. Just like that."

rbreich , 1 month ago to Random

McDonald’s CEO Salary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxxGDLjnDP0&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

fmhilton , 1 month ago

@rbreich I would like to know the justification for all these exorbitant salaries for the CEO's and why they can't be replaced with AI, as has been proposed. I think AI would be cost saving and more intelligent.

rbreich , 1 month ago to Random

Trump said that he's "looking at" policies that would restrict birth control access.

He of course later backtracked, but look at his record.

He made it easier for employers to remove birth control coverage from insurance plans.

His Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.

Hello?

fmhilton , 1 month ago

@rbreich Before Trump, though there was the Hobby Lobby lawsuit that allowed companies to offer insurance that did not cover birth control. In re: https://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/issues/birth-control/burwell-v-hobby-lobby

The anti abortion forces have always been against birth control.