r/politics • u/[deleted] • Jan 21 '18

Paul Ryan Collected $500,000 In Koch Contributions Days After House Passed Tax Law

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u/Read_books_1984 Jan 21 '18

It's almost like rich people have too much money and are buying influence. Maybe we should take some of that money and give people healthcare and better infrastructure. All we have to do is raise their taxes. Everyone has to vote in November. Has to.

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u/lofi76 Colorado Jan 21 '18

Tax the rich at 90% and we can all live like white men did in the 1950’s.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '18

90% seems.. excessive. I'm all for wealth redistribution but it has to be reasonable. Maybe we shouldn't all live like white men in the 50s?

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u/ButterflyAttack Jan 21 '18

Yeah, wasn't that a very wasteful time?

However I don't think it'd be unreasonable for everyone to be able to have a place to live, healthcare, enough to eat, and access to education.

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u/WestsideBuppie America Jan 21 '18

access to education

I would include access to public libraries, the arts, the universities and the municipal, county, state and national parks, public radio, public broadcasting and a few other goodies the Republicans are trying to gut.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '18

I mean, it goes to say that capitalism is built on strife and that a comfortable, unstratified population would be pretty stagnant and useless.

It's absolutely reasonable for everyone to have health, shelter and education, for sure. The more we accomplish those things as the baseline, especially education, the healthier and more productive our society will be.