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Originally Posted by RFlushDiamonds
Well, I have no problem paying as little tax as I can get away with. I'm sure the super rich feel the same. This issue, as you rightly point out, is that the rich have too much influence in getting the laws written to favor them.
That's pretty much why the US is on the brink of becoming a fascist, 3rd world banana republic. You just can't have a democracy when the majority of the voters aren't represented.
Yup.
It really has tilted towards the Russian Oligarch model in the US.
Prior the politicians had to fear voters rejecting them and losing power if they did not at least throw a decent amount of the gains of the Nation at them and reduce the skew to the super rich.
Their was power in numbers and it motivated real choice in Political positions and delivery.
Slowly over time, the Politicians have realized all that power can be taken from the electorate by just not giving them any real choice. Force them to choose on the Lesser of Two evils gambit only.
If you can paint the electorate in to that box, then Politicians are free to service big donors only.
How does that play out?
Manchin saying 'hands off Billionaires, that is not fair' and gutting other Progressive policy, despite the fact that last i saw most of the Progressive policies is supported by 80-90% of the electorate Dem or Republican because in the end 'LESSER OF TWO EVILS!!!' you must vote Dem to block the even worse Republican.
And yet there are people in denial that the system has been forced down this bottleneck and purposely so.
Politicians do not want to have their careers subject to the whims of fickle voters who actually expect things and get mad when they don't get it when that can be completely disconnected and just pleasing a handful of donors, in a way that also benefits the rich politicians, is easier.