and their faithful paid arsonists.
the trees and blue painted objects did alright.
metal and ceramics melted.
Posted on 01/11/2025 7:44:25 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
On Friday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) stated that she doesn’t want to get into politics about the fires in California, but “services cost money and we should be willing to get the richest people in this country, the richest 1% that is protected, make sure they pay their fair taxes so that we can have the money to provide the services. With that money and with those resources, the people who have been selected or elected to do the job should do the job.”
Waters began by saying, “I’m not into the blame game. I’m not into talking about whether or not Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is trying to protect himself and run for president, none of that.”
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I’m not playing politics here, but a dictatorship of the proletariat and public execution of Trump for ignoring climate change just seems like a sensible solution ...
YES - tax the hell out of California billionaires. Go for it!
No. The rich need to demand that the governments of California fire half of the bureaucracy in government that doesn’t deliver direct services like fire, police, and sanitation. The rich need to demand consolidation of bureaucracies that duplicate services.
Hey Maxine! I’m not playing politics either but you are an idiot!
Now that the mega mansions of the richest have been burnt to the ground, what is to stop those ‘richest’ from taking the insurance money and relocate to a safer place.
Last time I checked, politics and taxes were fairly well conjoined. Your blaming the rich, Maxine, and your waters are dried up.
We must extract the poor ‘s fair share of the fire cost enabled by their political choices.
The LA poor are liable for their negligence in voting
“The top 1% of income-tax filers provided 40.4% of the revenue in 2022, according to recently released IRS data. The top 10% of filers carried 72% of the tax burden. Self-styled progressives will never admit it, but U.S. income taxes are already highly progressive.”
WSJ, November 29, 2024.
I would think that the Hollywood elite are paying their fair share in property taxes. Maybe they should look at the freebies that go to the poor, the homeless, and illegals?
Don’t forget property taxes.
Concrete, metal, ceramics, etc?
Waters’ call to sock it to the rich doesn’t bother me - if she is talking about the California rich.
Targeting the wealthy in California right now should just about finish that state off.
Busting California down to irrelevant for a few decades will give them a chance to think about what went wrong and earn their way back into responsible statehood.
I’m with her on this. Those rich white liberals voted for this mess they have.....let em pay for it. This angry black racist lady is right for once. :)
What about the sky-hjgh taxes that Califonians pay? Shouldn’t that pay for services?
Waters began by saying, “I’m not into whether or not Gavin Newsom (D) is trying to protect himself and run for president, none of that........but if he’s looking for a VP, I’m ready, willing, and able.”
No matter what the issue, for Dems the answer is more taxes.
/sarc
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