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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] [email protected] 91 points 1 week ago (2 children)

May the spirit of St. Mangione soon visit Mr. Vance and impart upon him his Saintly honesty.

As is written:

Frankly, these parasites simply had it coming.

Luigi 1:7

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If that doesn't work, get John Constantine.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The one with the shotgun cross?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

And terminal lung cancer, yes.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

So, do tell. AI (deepfake)?

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 week ago

I'd tell him what he could do with his opinion, but then he might show up at my doorstep, and that's apparently a kiss of death. Even God can't protect from it.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 week ago (4 children)

So yeah, we’re going to cut your taxes.

When and how motherfucker? Because so far it's just been a massive increase in taxes...

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 week ago

They're working on the notion of a concept of a plan.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Your tax cuts will help you with inflation suggests you are going to lose spending power, and will have less disposable income (pay with which you can buy non-essentials or with which you can upgrade the quality of your essentials).

I don't think Vance understands what spending power is, or believes the MAGA base doesn't understand spending power.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

I paid for the first time this year, fuckers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There's talk about abolishing the IRS, but...it needs to be more than talk. Currently we've got a taste of tariffs and, as per usual, we're getting ass-raped by the IRS & federal income taxes. Getting it from both ends.

We'd have to see it in action, but a consumption style tax would be straightforward. Steep, sure. But I would love to be freed from the immense burden that is the IRS. However we can manage that....I would give almost anything.

Fuck the IRS, fuck filing taxes, fuck all this wasteful spending of our goddamn money. It's not the government's money; the government has no money. It's our money that they steal from us, and yet we're still $36T+ in debt. This is unsustainable. We need to fix it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

You understand a consumption tax is even more regressive, right? All of us living paycheck to paycheck taxed on everything. Inherit an emerald mine and only a minuscule fraction of your income is taxed

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Too bad the Pope lost their fight.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 week ago

Deathknight beats Cleric

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

Exorcisms ain't easy.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

He killed the pope

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Man he sold us soul quick and for cheap. He ain't even pretending anymore. He just thinks he's locked in backed by the billionaires pulling the strings.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

If this isn't the most 吃苦 (chī kū ( eat bitter/endure hardships )) thing I've heard from the current administration, I don't know what is.