Posted on 07/10/2020 7:13:45 AM PDT by rktman
As a member of the Seattle City Council, she's had an outsized influence on the nation, leading the charge for a $15 minimum wage.
Now, with the passage of her so-called "Amazon Tax," the Socialist Alternative party member, Kshama Sawant, is making it clear that her legislative measures are only part of a much larger agenda.
Calling the passage Tuesday of a more than $200 million tax on top of the 3% city tax on corporations "a historic victory for working people," she warned Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos "and his class" that she and her allies are "preparing the ground for a different kind of society."
Sawant declared "we are coming for you and your rotten system."
"We are coming to dismantle this deeply oppressive, racist, sexist, violent, utterly bankrupt system of capitalism, this police state," she said Tuesday in a video message after the City Council vote.
"We cannot and will not stop until we overthrow it and replace it with a world based instead on solidarity, genuine democracy, and equality – a socialist world."
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
Yeah, there’s a lot of equity in communist societies. /s
They are going to kill the golden goose. When Amazon packs up and takes all of the jobs and tax revenue with them Seattle will go into a death spiral. Sooner the better.
I am reminded of Whose Line Is It Anyway:
“Welcome to the USSA, where everything is made up and the Constitution doesn’t matter!”
If that happens, both Amazon and Starbucks will leave Seattle. And that will be the end of over 50,000 good paying jobs out of the city.
If I was the richest guy on earth, I bet I could find a way to deal with a pissant like Kshama Sawant who said she was “coming for me”.
Richest guy on earth...lotta people would do a lotta things for money. They don’t even need to know were the money comes from. Just sayin’
They’ve still got Adobe, Boeing and Microsoft
The end result of any socialist system is tyranny and fascism. You cannot enforce a socialist economy without an all-powerful government capable of taking everything you have.
Yep, the equity in communist societies is servitude not opportunity.
[sinp] she warned Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos “and his class” that she and her allies are “preparing the ground for a different kind of society.” [/snip]
The Kulaks will be liquidated as a class.
How do we get more airtime for Sawant. She needs to front and center.
“influential lawmaker”
A bit of a stretch don’t you think? These people think they have way more influence than they do IMO.
Once they get outside their little bubble of complicit lefty leaders reality is gonna set in.
Really? You think that way?
I agree. Make her as famous as possible.
“this police state”
Of course, she will insist that there has never been a socialist police state, and the organizations listed at the link below never existed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_historical_secret_police_organizations
Well...Microsoft is in Redmond, WA, Boeing moved corporate to Kansas...they DO have Starbucks, tho....wonder how long before SBUX moves
They never consider the consequences of their ideology.
Who’s gonna work harder for less? Not Me. Citizens who are reason understand that. History is rich with examples of a action causing a reaction.
1934,Judge Learned Hand wrote: “Anyone may arrange his affairs so that his taxes shall be as low as possible; he is not bound to choose that pattern which best pays the treasury.”
What manner of force will the latest Marxist use to prevent the inevitable Capital Flight?
Yeah, I meant to mention that. Possibly an ‘influencer’ in the seattle area. Then again, shawn ‘talcum X’ king started out as a minor ‘influencer’ too. Now he’s rakin’ in big blm bux. Not that you would be able to prove it.
Why yes, if I was the richest man on earth, I would heavily fund someone to run against her i the next election.
“We are coming to dismantle this deeply oppressive, racist, sexist, violent, utterly bankrupt system of capitalism, this police state,”
Well, come on...I wanna see it.
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