Comments by "Da O" (@dao8805) on "2025 Could Be The Biggest Wealth Transfer In US History" video.

????? How about doing a story about how food shelves and food banks really work? A lot of people, even food shelf workers, mistakenly believe that large corporations kindly donate their products to food shelves (via the big regional food banks like Second Harvest for redistribution to local food shelves) out of the goodness of their hearts. In reality, what happens is that the Farm Bill provides for an "enhanced" fed tax credit equal to cost + 50% of retail value for items "donated" to food banks. This form of tax credit means the corporate food suppliers actually are getting paid (just like the former child tax credits issued checks) amounts that are probably pretty close to what they would get by selling their products to retailers. The bonus for these corporations is that this is a profitable way to unload products that do not sell and that are close to the sell-by date or even significantly beyond the sell-by date. Some corporations even package products specifically to go to food banks which are heavily processed and filled with cheap unhealthy ingredients no one would choose from a grocery store shelf. Because corporations in this country have a mandate to increase shareholder wealth above all else, unless these companies are actually making a profit from "donating" products, they could actually be sued by their own shareholders. That is why they make sure that every "donation" benefits their bottom line and that is why food shelves are full of unhealthy, heavily processed products with inferior ingredients that contribute to chronic health problems like diabetes, obesity and heart disease, and many are also past their sell-by dates. Let's stop pretending these corporate food giants are being nice to the food insecure and expose that they are making money off of the most vulnerable members of our population. As an example take a look at the fabulous new Second Harvest food bank building in Mpls that has Cargill logos all over it. The fact that they control these food banks is obvious and they are controlling them because it is profitable for them. We need accountability from the Farm Bill. Make it work for people and small farms, not food conglomerates and factory farm corporations. Stop the siphoning of tax dollars into unhealthy foods with high profit margins that translate into cheap, unhealthy ingredients that add to the chronic disease epidemic. If the enhanced tax credits are going to continue, at least limit them to products that meet minimum nutrition and safety guidelines.
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Reagan is the one who opened the doors for neoconservativism and neoliberalism, aka corporate rule.
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I agree. Even sadder than that is the distorted notion that corporations ARE persons. That is how they have gained the upper hand through the courts. It needs to be reversed and RFK Jr is the only one talking about this.
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@Exilis Each of these videos asks viewers to leave comments on topics they would like to see covered on this channel. If you have a problem with that, take it up with them. This happens to be an issue that affects millions of people and is contributing to the chronic disease epidemic in this country. It is a prime example of corporations manipulating the system for their own profit while pulling the wool over taxpayers's eyes. It needs to be exposed to put a stop to it, just like other topics that viewers request to be covered. The purpose of this channel is to inform viewers, not keep them in the dark.
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@ChopperChad Can you deduct your utility bills and other living exxpenses from your taxes the way corporations do? If so, please share how it's done.
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@ryuhabdle9 My responses to this question keep disappearing. Shareholders can and do sue them if they do not maximize profits. It is what has been mandated through the courts, not legislation. The courts are how corporations have gained all their power
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@ChopperChad I know all of that. It's still not an apples to apples comparison. For corporations like Amazon to pay zero taxes when they profit from the infrastructure, law enforcemnt, fire protection and all the other publicly funded necessities is nothing short of unfair taxation. To say that I can only deduct utilities for one room of my house is absurd. Who goes and checks out what parts of corporate headquarters are used exclusively as business necessities? No one, and yet they get to deduct everything. The system is definitely rigged in their favor and there is just no getting around it.
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YES ! We need to bring back Glass Steagall
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@thugpug4392 Any corporation can be sued by its shareholders for not maximizing shareholder wealth. That's a mandate.
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That would be a great issue for MPU to cover in a video.
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@letsRegulateSociopaths Apply the same kind of scrutiny to Biden's supporters. Do you really think that people who donate tens and hundreds of millions to Biden expect nothing in return? Get real. RFK Jr 's campaign is operating on a shoestring compared to Biden's and he is the only candidate who can BEAT TRUMP. Of course there will always be donors who will put money on the candidates they see as likely to win, but it will be a rude awakening if any of them think they are going to get favors from RFK Jr. He is literally putting his life on the line for what he believes in while Biden has turned down his request for Secret Service protection at least five times but authorized it for Nikki Haley. In terms of integrity, Biden cannot hold a candle to KENNEDY.
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I am all for regenerative ag; we need healthy soil and a healthy food supply. It's just one of the reasons I am supporting RFK Jr. I know KENNEDY will do everything he can to make regen ag the norm across the country.
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Vote for the only candidate who is committed to unraveling the corporate capture of our government. The control they have exerted for decades gets everything rigged in their favor. That candidate RFK Jr. He has the most comprehensive plan to return our government to We The People, level the playing field and rebuild the middle class that has been hollowed out by the econonic policies of the duopoly for decades.
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I agree. The way the system is rigged in their favor and against us is the result of the duopoly's economic policies and the corporate capture of government agencies that are supposed to be regulating corporations and protecting tax payers. RFK Jr is the only candidate calling this out and committed to unraveling the corporate capture, leveling the field and rebuilding the American middle class that has been hollowed out for decades by unfair tax policies and more. .
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RFK JR is the only candidate not playing to the wealthy elites. He is committed to the lower and middle classes and rebuilding the economy from the bottom up, not the old top down nonsense.
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@letsRegulateSociopaths Apply the same kind of scrutiny to Biden's supporters. Do you really think that people who donate tens and hundreds of millions to Biden expect nothing in return? Get real. RFK Jr 's campaign is operating on a shoestring compared to Biden's and he is the only candidate who can BEAT TRUMP. Of course there will always be donors who will put money on the candidates they see as likely to win, but it will be a rude awakening if any of them think they are going to get favors from RFK Jr. He is literally putting his life on the line for what he believes in while Biden has turned down his request for Secret Service protection at least five times but authorized it for Nikki Haley. In terms of integrity, Biden cannot hold a candle to KENNEDY.
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@letsRegulateSociopaths Do you want a candidate who can DEFEAT TRUMP or not? RFK JR can do it. Biden can't.
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@letsRegulateSociopaths My respnse keeps disappearing. Have you subjected Biden's supporters to the same level of scrutiny, because some of those are also Trump donors? RFK JR's campaign is operating on a shoe string compared to Biden's and he still has Biden panicking. The amounts he is getting are a mere pittance compared to the hundreds of millions Biden is getting from donors who all expect favors in return because they know they can depend on those favors from Biden. Conversely, anyone thinking they will get favors from Kennedy in return for donations are in for a rude awakening. It's been so long since Americans have had an incorruptbile leader that they can't believe their own eyes when he is right in front of them.
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@paulpena9548 They can deduct utility bills even when they lay massive numbers of people off. The idea that they exist to create jobs is a myth. They exist to create wealth for shareholders off of other people's work. Anyone who creates their own job should get the same deductions even though they cut shareholders out of the picture but that will never happen because self-employed people don't have LOBBYISTS.
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Interesting. We should definitely be able to deduct the same expenses that corporations do.
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The duopoly is what has gotten us here. Blues had the White House and both houses of Congress for two years and did absolutely nothing to fix any of this. Don't believe the carrot they dangle every election season. The lesser of two evils is still evil and far less than we need and deserve. The ONLY candidate who is going to level the playing field against the elites that control both parties is RFK Jr. That is why both major parties are against him more than they are against each other; he is the only one who will not serve their joint masters.
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