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[โ€“] wicked_samurai@beehaw.org 5 points 1 week ago

"All of us vital businesspeople are gonna leave and then you'll be sorry!" just sounds better than "Those of us who make more than two million dollars don't want a two-percent income tax increase!" It was obvious hyperbole but it does make me chuckle now ๐Ÿ˜„