Comments by "Animal Farm" (@animalfarm7467) on "Why Don't Billionaires Pay Taxes?" video.
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"Why Don't Billionaires Pay Taxes?" - When I wanted to understand how and what the oligarchs contemplate on any topic, I would go to the Sanders website and look at the Charles Koch wish list for policy back in 1980. A large contingent of the 1980 Libertarian Platform from when David Koch ran for office in 1980 was once available on Sanders' website. You must remember Charles Koch; he was the one who funded the Clinton-Gore "Democratic Leadership Council"; when the Democratic Party transitioned to Neoliberalism "Third Way"; when the Democratic Party went completely rogue and followed the orders of oligarchs like Charles Koch and deregulated, crushed social security, pushed NAFTA through, and started the privatization process in earnest. Everything that the puppet Regan failed to finish was given to Bill to sell to the rubes.
But now the Koch's 1980 Libertarian Platform is no longer available on the Sanders' website. For some reason, Bernie has removed this invaluable document and all we get now is the usual, "Error 404: Page not found".
If one wished to know what the oligarchs thought on taxes, one would just read it off the Sanders' website:
“We oppose all personal and corporate income taxation, including capital gains taxes.”
“As an interim measure, all criminal and civil sanctions against tax evasion should be terminated immediately.”
“We support the repeal of all taxes on the income or property of private schools, whether profit or non-profit.”
“We support the eventual repeal of all taxation.”
If you wanted to know how the oligarchs contemplate restrictions on campaign finance and the electoral process, the answers were right in front of you:
“We urge the repeal of federal campaign finance laws, and the immediate abolition of the despotic Federal Election Commission.”
If one wanted to know what the oligarchs thought of regulatory agencies, a brief glance would give you the answers you sought:
“We support the abolition of the Environmental Protection Agency.”
“We support abolition of the Department of Energy.”
“We advocate the abolition of the Federal Aviation Administration.”
“We advocate the abolition of the Food and Drug Administration.”
This document wasn't just the Koch wish list of 1980s, this was the skeleton of the oligarchs plan to transition the United States from the pre-Reagan era to the modern day. The intent embedded in this document gives some insight into what the oligarchs have achieved so far. So why did Sanders remove such a valuable document from his website?
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@TTTzzzz : There is no such thing as "evil", that just a word out of mythology and superstition; a mindless term usually used by those who can't be bothered or are too fearful to analyze reality. Pointing and calling someone "evil" reminds me of someone out of the Salem Witch Trials. These "people" aren't "evil", they are psychopaths and sociopaths; they don't have the same emotions and the response to stimuli as the majority. If you research the brain physiology of the psychopath, you will find psychopaths are a different species of human being with considerable differences in the shape and function of the amygdala and frontal cortex. They are not "evil" just as a parasite or virus isn't "evil"; the psychopath just functions like a psychopath. But the different physiology gives the psychopaths the ability to convincingly lie, cheat, and manipulate the gullible as their morals and humanity now reflect their species; and that's why you will find many of them high in the corporate and political structure. Look at the executive pool of a large corporation near you; many of those would be psychopaths.
And don’t ever consider psychopaths as being fools; they are usually intelligent and strategic; a deadly combination. Consider the politicians for which you vote; many of them would be psychopaths. Consider Obama winning the "Nobel Peace Prize" then setting off to start 7 new wars including the US Naval blockade of Yemen allowing thousands of innocents to starve; or selling military hardware to the Saudis who used it to kill these same innocents. Consider Hillary Clinton when she was asked about the death of Gaddafi, her response was, "We came, we saw, he died" after which she cackled like a witch. So is Hillary evil? No Hillary is a psychopath. Consider Madeline Albright who was responsible for the deaths of half a million Iraqi children under 5 years old by starvation and disease for which her response on 60Minutes was, "It was worth it". Is Madeline Albright evil? No, Albright is just a psychopath. Or when Elon Musk was confronted with his involvement in the CIA Bolivian coup for lithium and responded by, "We will coup whoever we want; deal with it". So please leave the word "evil" where it belongs; in the mystic depths of religion and superstition where few question anything.
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