Office of Senator HappyWarrior

[California8429]

Congratulations HW. We had a great race

[California8429]

A strong second preference

[California8429]

Thank you for voting against the Progressive Socialist Taxation Act.

What do you think your biggest accomplishment of your term has been?

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[California8429]

Thank you for voting against the Progressive Socialist Taxation Act.

What do you think your biggest accomplishment of your term has been?

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When you think calling "socialist" something you don't like authomatically wins you the argument... this is called ideological bankrupcy.

How is it not socialist? A 99% tax on the rich. That leaves everyone with nothing. It is redistribution of wealth at it's peak. Not to mention the collapse of the economy if it passes, where everyone who could, would leave the country, and every corporation, would do the same. There's a reason we saw a great period of economic and cultural growth when capitalism really started to take off. This tax turns Atlasia into the Soviet Union economically.

[California8429]

Thank you for voting against the Progressive Socialist Taxation Act.

What do you think your biggest accomplishment of your term has been?

^

When you think calling "socialist" something you don't like authomatically wins you the argument... this is called ideological bankrupcy.

How is it not socialist? A 99% tax on the rich. That leaves everyone with nothing. It is redistribution of wealth at it's peak. Not to mention the collapse of the economy if it passes, where everyone who could, would leave the country, and every corporation, would do the same. There's a reason we saw a great period of economic and cultural growth when capitalism really started to take off. This tax turns Atlasia into the Soviet Union economically.

Good lord.

Leaving out the fact that I'm, you know, relatively sure there was more to communism than taxes, I'm curious about this mythical period where 'capitalism really started to take off" in which we experienced such amazing economic and cultural growth. Was it during slavery or child labor? When medicines and meat went virtually unregulated and entirely unlabeled? Or when immigrants were basically forced to work by the barrel of a gun? Or when we experienced long and frequent depressions due to horrible currency policies?

The time we actually had vast economic expansion that was fair and affected everyone, with great cultural development, was the post-WWII boom that lasted into the 70s. The so called "Golden Age of Capitalism", a time of much greater regulations, much more unionization, and an era where the top income tax rate was anywhere from 70% to 90%.

First off, I thought you quit? That didn't last long. And yes, capitalism has had minor setbacks, but the long term saw better wages, women's rights, a strong, wealthy, and powerful middle class, the first the world really had ever seen. Capitalism is based off of competition, it was capitalism that got the world to end slavery by implementing wage labor because it was more efficient and the results were much better. But you cannot deny that this tax is socialist and kills the American Atlasian dream. Everything that a person has worked for, everything they have saved for, means nothing now when all of it goes to the government to spend. No, taxes weren't the only basis of communism, but it sure is a huge factor, distribution of the wealth, followed by a collapsing economy. Name one communist country in the world with a world renowned economy.

[California8429]

Congrats Senator

[California8429]