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It’s not a left or right battle like the Epstein class wants you to believe. It’s the Billionaires and Trillionaires vs everyone else.

The United States needs tons of millionaires with less billionaires and trillionaires. Also, the United States needs healthcare as a human right.

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[–] krisevol@lemmus.org -3 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

I get that part, not where does the money come from?

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Where does the money from ANY corporate or civil fine come from? That's not our problem, that's the MAGA criminals' problem. They'll find the money to pay up or they'll go to jail.

If you mean where does the money come from to start the administration of the fund, that shouldn't cost that much, and there are already fines that have been collected that should be allocated to this initiative to cover it.

For instance, the money from the Tariffs that SCOTUS determined was illegally collected, should all go into America First Fund. If it's already been given to the corporations, take it back, and put it in the Fund. Those corporations didn't pay that money, the citizens did, and the corporation shouldn't get that windfall, the citizens should. Amazon collected $640 million in tariff re-payments, which they kept, even though their customers paid all that money. Why should Bezos get a huge windfall from our illegally stolen money? Take it away from him and put it in the America First Fund, where it belongs.

This won't cost the taxpayers a penny, and it will bring life-changing benefits to every American Citizen.

[–] krisevol@lemmus.org 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I'm asking where the money comes from when we take all the billionaires assets.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

From the billionaire's assets.

I don't understand the question. Are you wondering how we convert things like yachts and planes into cash? Sell them to rich people who aren't shitheads, if you can find any, although I suspect seeing the worst rich people get executed, imprisoned, and their entire fortunes confiscated, will convince the rest to behave themselves, and pay their taxes without complaining.

We could also operate their comfiscated businesses for the benefit of the American citizens, with the profits going into the America First Fund, instead of some Sociopathic Oligarch's Child Rape Fund.

[–] krisevol@lemmus.org 1 points 1 hour ago

That is what I'm asking, where the money comes from, but it sounds like you wouldn't have any buyers for these assets. Already rich people pay they're taxes so that wouldn't change anything.

So you have a plan on how to get the cash to fund these programs your want with these assets?