Comments by "" (@thehumanity0) on "The View Crowd Goes Nuts For Warren’s Wealth Tax" video.

@Tijggie82 Yes she voted no on the increase in military budget in 2017 and 2018, but voted Yes in 2019. Here is an article, there is a chart that shows how each 2020 primary candidate voted for Trump's military budget increases. https://vetsforbernie.org/2019/04/bernie-sanders-only-candidate-to-vote-against-all-3-trump-military-budgets/ Article discussing how Biden, Buttigieg and Gabbard are fundraising on Wall Street for the first week in June (I've seen some videos discussing this as well) https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/biden-buttigieg-gabbard-hit-wall-street-for-money-despite-class-warfare-rhetoric
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I don't think she's a trojan horse, but I think it's totally possible that she could ruin the election for progressives. What pisses me off most is how she's begging AOC to endorse her instead of Bernie, when she did not even endorse the progressive in 2016. The fucking nerve.
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Unfortunately, I think a wealth tax has about .01% chance of ever passing Congress and then making it through the courts. Even if you somehow got the House and Senate to vote it through, there is an even far less likely chance that the Supreme Court lets it pass. There has been debate among tax scholars over whether a wealth tax is unconstitutional or not. I'm almost certain we've never actually had one in America ever. There are specific sections of the constitution that make it an open question and I have a feeling that with a right-leaning court, they would just shoot down any wealth tax proposed and passed through Congress. This is likely why Bernie has not proposed it, because he's been for a top marginal tax rate, a Wall Street trading tax, and capital gains tax, which all have been normal taxes throughout history and would not have this subsequent legal battle like a wealth tax.
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David criticized Warren in this clip, he clearly thinks Bernie is the best option. He only covers Warren because she is rising in the polls, just as David has covered Joe Biden and Kamala Harris in the past when they rose in the polls. Warren has some good policies but she is untrustworthy, David recognizes this. I also don't fully trust Tulsi Gabbard either though. She's apparently doing a week of fundraising on Wall Street this week alongside Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg and something people never mention as well is how she voted for Trump's last military budget increase for 2019 (the one that increased the budget to $717 Billion). I've seen a lot of people give criticize Warren for doing the same (fairly so), but they don't acknowledge how Tulsi voted the last budget as well.
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@tabithacastro805 Not much to do about the military budget vote. What's done is done, but the Wall Street fundraising (if you read the article) says that she is going there for a week of fundraising the first week in June to try to gain support for an infrastructure deal that could benefit big companies. If it's not inherently corrupt, I don't see much of a problem with it. This is one of those case-by-case basis stories, but it does annoy me a bit because Tulsi has had some shaky history with PAC money in her earlier years in Congress, and she's gotta know this won't play well with her base. However, we won't be able to see the impact it has on her until after the fundraising events. I don't want to throw her to the wolves on that issue just yet, but when you hear Buttigieg and Biden are going to fundraise on Wall Street you just instinctively know exactly what they're going to do.
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@Tijggie82 Thanks for the source
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@holylibations I don't know why you're so worked up against me, go look over my comments, I was giving her the benefit of the doubt on it and asked you to provide a link more than once. Btw, I originally saw that story on Yahoo Finance, so there were multiple places that story was coming from that stated she was fundraising on Wall Street for the first week in June. I also originally watched this video as well that confirmed she was going, but there was a case to be made that there was nothing to worry about (just as I made the argument for, again, go look at my comments) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmV9ZBgCYWk
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@Tijggie82 So I was also having trouble getting to the bottom of the Department of Defense vote. I've tried looking it up more than once and today I finally got to the bottom of it. I found out that chart in the tweet was correct. About both Tulsi Gabbard and Kirsten Gillibrand. The exact vote in the House (and Senate) was titled "HR 6157 - Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 - National Key Vote", it gave increases in appropriations to the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force as its primary appropriations though it had several more appropriations as well. For more context, it did some good stuff like increasing salaries for military personnel, but one thing I did notice is that it increased funding for Charter schools under its Education appropriations. Tulsi voted for it in the House, and Gillibrand voted for it in Senate, whereas Bernie was only 1 out of 5 Dems to vote against it. Going through her list, I also noticed Tulsi voted for "H J Res 1 - Making Further Continuing Appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for Fiscal Year 2019, and for Other Purposes - National Key Vote" and also another similar bill "H J Res 31 - Making further continuing appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for fiscal year 2019, and for other purposes - National Key Vote". The main purpose of these bills were to amend the 2019 DoD appropriations but also to make funds available to Homeland Security. It looks like Tulsi might've voted for them because they had clauses in them expediting compensation to government workers effected by the shutdown, so these votes might be more explainable than the Appropriations one. I still think they're important to note though because they amend the appropriations. Links Here: https://votesmart.org/bill/25215/64448/129306/department-of-defense-and-labor-health-and-human-services-and-education-appropriations-act-2019#.XPscK4hKiUk https://votesmart.org/bill/25775/65243/129306/making-further-continuing-appropriations-for-the-department-of-homeland-security-for-fiscal-year-2019-and-for-other-purposes#.XPscqohKiUk https://votesmart.org/bill/25964/65900/129306/making-further-continuing-appropriations-for-the-department-of-homeland-security-for-fiscal-year-2019-and-for-other-purposes#.XPsdv4hKiUk List of Tulsi's votes: https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/129306/tulsi-gabbard/?p=1#.XPscgYhKiUk List of Gillibrand's votes: https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/65147/kirsten-gillibrand#.XPssJIhKiUk List of Bernie's votes: https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/27110/bernie-sanders#.XPsfFYhKiUk
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@holylibations I literally left a source talking about how she's going to Wall Street to fundraise for a week on some infrastructure deal she thinks she could get money for. AND THEN I defended her saying it is not specifically damning unless we find out later she did something else while she was there. Spare me your "more smears" garbage. Do you have proof that she's not actually going to Wall Street to fundraise? Because the only places I've seen it mentioned, talked about how Tulsi is going.
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@holylibations Fox has been relatively fair to Tulsi compared to MSNBC, CNN, and CBS and the article was about multiple candidates, not just Tulsi. Also when it comes to reporting on the Democratic primary, they are more of an observer than a player. This is a rare instance where Fox is actually one of the more credible sources given that they like Tulsi to an extent. So you don't have proof that she's not going to Wall Street? You can't just call me a liar and then have nothing to back up your claim especially since I've already given my sources.
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@holylibations You literally called what I said "smears". I don't know what you think smears means, but it's a literal term for "false accusations" aka lies. Maybe be a little more careful with your vocabulary.
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@holylibations You were wrong about Tulsi's vote on the DoD, she did vote in favor of Trump's military budget increase. You claimed there were two votes or something of that nature. There was only one and Tulsi voted Yea, and then voted twice to amend the appropriations. For all the links, look at my comment to Kalida. I'm not trying to "smear" anyone, I'm just trying to accurately depict their records, which is why I've been asking you to provide links to your statements, something Kalida and I have both been doing.
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@holylibations Stop telling me to do research, I literally just gave you 6 different links in my post to Kalida. All her votes are right here https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/129306/tulsi-gabbard/?p=1#.XPscgYhKiUk There was ONE vote for the DoD vote and it was called "HR 6157 - Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 - National Key Vote". There was arguably some good stuff in there, but looking over it, the majority was bad. The education section of it gave more funding to Charter Schools, and it bumped up funding for every single part of the Department of Defense (Air Force, Marines, Army, Navy) and then her second and third vote that amended it gave funding access to Homeland Security. Like I said, both Gabbard and Gillibrand voted for this bill, while Bernie was one of the only Dem/Independents to vote against it in the Senate.
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@holylibations If you look at her list of votes, the DOD appropriations vote took place on Sept. 26, 2018, you have to go to Page 2 to look at it, but here is the link as well just in case you're unwilling to look that up as well: https://votesmart.org/bill/25215/64448/129306/department-of-defense-and-labor-health-and-human-services-and-education-appropriations-act-2019#.XPukh4hKiUk
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