"But he says he'd cut my taxes 5% so I'm giving him $100 million in dark money," they continued.
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The dumb ones will. The smart ones know that demagoguery and authoritarianism can impact trade and currency valuation, and investing in them is a great way to lose a lot of money.
It's funny that you think there's smart ones. Haha!
Don't confuse intelligence with greed.
Trump is bad news for stability.
Yet, he will happily carve out ginormous advantages for his big backers. So they don't give a shit if the castle falls as long as they can loot the treasury and get out first.
Not every billionaire thinks Trump is the best way to get richer. Many think he’s a good way to lose a lot of money.
Greed gonna greed. Some billionaires think Trump will make them money, others think the opposite.
But that's in the future. I want that tax cut now!
I wish your faith in the oligarch class was justified.
Nope. The rich are greedy and I’m just saying that not all of them think Trump is smart investment.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/06/rich-top-100-campaign-donors-lean-trump-republican/
... the lion’s share of confirmed contributions from the biggest political givers—the top 100 families—have flowed to Republican candidates and groups.
In the “hard money” category—direct donations to candidates, which federal law caps at modest sums—Republicans took in 27 percent more from the Top 100 families than Democrats did ($85.9 million vs. $67.9 million).
But looking at all federal contributions, including “soft money,” a category that tallies the generous donations allowed to party committees and the unrestricted contributions to SuperPACs, Republicans raked in a whopping $508 million from the Top 100—triple the Democrats’ $169 million take.
Some of them care more about power than even their own quality of life
That is the real issue.
Can't cut taxes if you don't pay taxes to begin with. Does not compute.
Don't care what any CEO says or does.
Don't sit this one out.
#VOTE BLUE
And I asked him, I said to him, and noone had asked him that question, I asked him, and he said noone had ever asked him, I said to him, would you stay on the boat, the boat is sinking, so the boat is under water, but there's a shark, but the boat is sinking, and there is a battery, so I asked him, and noone had ever asked him, I asked him, would you stay on the boat, the boat that is under water, and there is a battery, so there is electric, I asked him, and there is a shark, I asked him, and he said nobody had ever asked him, I asked him do you jump off the boat? The boats underwater, but there's a boat, and there is electricity, but there's a shark, so I asked him, and he said he had never been asked this before, I asked him, do you jump off the boat that is now under water? Do you stay on the?... Do you stay in the boat and get eaten by the shark? Because the boat is under... do you stay on the boat, that's under water, and get eaten by the shark? Or do you get electrocuted?
He said he didn't know. He said noone had ever asked him that.
That's enough about the boat.
-Based on a real speech Trump gave at a rally that resulted in everyone leaving early.
Here's the transcript. It's a rant against electric boats.
(43:33) So I said, “Let me ask you a question.”
(43:35) And he said, “Nobody ever asked this question, and it must be because of MIT, my relationship to MIT,” very smart.
(43:43) I say, “What would happen if the boat sank from its weight and you’re in the boat and you have this tremendously powerful battery and the battery’s underwater, and there’s a shark that’s approximately 10 yards over there?”
(43:58) By the way, a lot of shark attacks lately. Do you notice that? A lot of shark… I watched some guys justifying it today. “Well, they weren’t really that angry. They bit off the young lady’s leg because of the fact that they were not hungry, but they misunderstood who she was.” These people are crazy.
(44:14) He said, “There’s no problem with sharks. They just didn’t really understand a young woman swimming now who really got decimated and other people too,” a lot of shark attacks.
(44:22) So I said, “So there’s a shark 10 yards away from the boat, 10 yards or here. Do I get electrocuted if the boat is sinking, and water goes over the battery, the boat is sinking. Do I stay on top of the boat and get electrocuted or do I jump over by the shark and not get electrocuted?” Because I will tell you he didn’t know the answer.
(44:42) He said, “Nobody’s ever asked me that question.”
(44:45) I said, “I think it’s a good question. I think there’s a lot of electric current coming through that water.” But you know what I’d do if there was a shark or you get electrocuted, I’ll take electrocution every single time. I’m not getting near the shark.
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Give up on your kbin.social account?
Using kbin.social and kbin.earth simultaneously while Ernest works out his health issues/figures out how to grow his team to cover while he focuses on his health.
I definitely prefer kbin.social, but it is definitely suffering while the captain is addressing other matters.
I've been happy with kbin.run.
Going to second this. It hit critical mass of users where the all feed isn't just one person's special interests just after the thread a few months back and it's like i never moved.
Same. I didn't want to leave kbin, but I needed an instance that works.
I think I'm still automatically donating five bucks every month to Ernest, anyway. Hope he gets back on his feet someday.
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Definitely wasn’t expecting to see an RVA username on Lemmy tonight.
That’s like a Stewart Lee joke
This was in contrast to Trump’s meeting earlier in the day with House Republicans on Capitol Hill. Attendees at that meeting told CNBC that the former president was animated and engaged and that Trump received several rounds of applause in separate meetings Thursday with both House and Senate Republicans.
It's like North Korea in the GOP. If you aren't clapping maniacally and openly sobbing in His Presence you will be primaried.
Also, sundowning
"“At one point, he discussed his plan to bring the corporate tax rate down from 21% to 20% … and was asked about why he had chosen 20%,” Sorkin said Friday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.” “And he said, ‘Well, it’s a round number.’”
“That unto itself had a number of CEOs shaking their heads,” Sorkin reported."
This is hilarious.
"This is why we like him, and will drop millions in dark money.', they added."
This article could have written in 2016 other than referring to the dumbass as being a former president.
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Trump’s energy in the meeting was also noticeably subdued, according to two people who were in the room. At no time during his remarks was there any noticeable applause for Trump, two attendees told CNBC.
This was in contrast to Trump’s meeting earlier in the day with House Republicans on Capitol Hill. Attendees at that meeting told CNBC that the former president was animated and engaged and that Trump received several rounds of applause in separate meetings Thursday with both House and Senate Republicans.
Guess the Adderall wore off and they didn't want to give him any more so near bed time.
The first meeting was with his Republican lickspittles so of course they're going to call him engaged an animated and clap for his stupid ideas.
Not stopping them trying to put him back in Office though is it
I mean, that's been the case for at least 20 years.
Yes, and/or duuuuuuuuuuhhhhh 🤦♂️
So, same as 2020? And 2016?
No shit?
Never did
So same as always?
This story keeps appearing again and again in various forms since 2016. Unfortunately, many people don't care at all.
Par for the course.
- Nothing new wrt Trump, so idk why CEOs feign surprise.
- Biden policies are, for the most part, tepid, but I'm the current political and media cycle, whatever, I guess.
- What exactly qualifies this as "news?”
It isn't like he's going to be the one running anything except his mouth if he's elected.
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