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OGBuzz

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5. But why must the rich pay any taxes?

Sun May 10, 2026, 10:11 AM

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It's not like they use any public services such as roads, airports, water, electricity, waste management, police, firefighting, EMS, etc., etc., etc. The nerve of us to ask the rich to pay their fair share to maintain everything that keeps society going. Shame on us all!

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I don't know about you but I am getting sick of the wealthy in this country [View all] Stargazer99 Sunday OP

"When the people shall have nothing more to eat, they will eat the rich." - Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) sop Sunday #1

Eat the Rich. Dave Bowman Sunday #3

Did you see some of the comments on YouTube. :O C Moon 23 hrs ago #50

Absolutely. And greed is a nasty addiction which is making people suffer . 🙁 Dave Bowman 22 hrs ago #51

and when we've had our fill of the rich, we'll turn our appetites to the peasants - robespierre, paraphrased TheProle Sunday #25

just remember... ret5hd Sunday #2

unfortunately justsomeguy01 Sunday #24

the rich get hungry fast. (nt) ret5hd Sunday #26

It's God's swill! usonian Sunday #4

The stock market is an elemental spirit, a hungry ghost captured and enslaved by capitalism's witch doctors Ponietz Sunday #12

But why must the rich pay any taxes? OGBuzz Sunday #5

sarcasm ? dave99 Sunday #7

Oh yes, I'm dripping with it but I couldn't find the emoji to attach to the post. OGBuzz Sunday #9

"GETTING"?! (Caps mine) I'm WAAAY PAST Mme Defarge Time! ColoringFool Sunday #6

With the ballroom and redecorating Figarosmom Sunday #19

With the proper cuts... sop Sunday #28

And recently the House Republicans proposed a Capital Gains tax cut to stimulate the economy because the extremely ChicagoTeamster Sunday #8

'Getting'?? OldBaldy1701E Sunday #10

My thoughts exactly. Bluetus Sunday #23

A lot of MAGA, like prosperity gospel, is founded on the idea that you can join their ranks. Ilikepurple 21 hrs ago #54

70-some million people voted for him in 2026. Many millions are changing their minds. Bluetus 15 hrs ago #60

It looks like a few have it figured it out and used their critical thinking skills-congratulations Stargazer99 Sunday #11

Billionaires should not exist VanceFan Sunday #13

A vigilante like Luigi should assassinate someone like Pritzker? MichMan Sunday #32

Mangione is a deranged, gun humping POS MURDERER Skittles Sunday #47

Good, decent people share the wealth Grim Chieftain Sunday #14

At my husband's office, he would talk to the custodians when they were in the office. cksmithy Sunday #30

Good people Grim Chieftain Sunday #31

Obscenely wealthy people become emotionally stunted, at high risk for committing "Social Murder" jmbar2 Sunday #15

With 330 million people living in this country PCB66 18 hrs ago #55

No one elected Elon Musk jmbar2 15 hrs ago #59

They prove the old adage "Money can't buy happiness". Maybe there should be a new one like: "Excessive wealth turns you Fil1957 Sunday #16

it must kill them that they have to eventually die Skittles Sunday #40

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The main problem in this country is the rich don't have enough money. tetedur Sunday #18

I think that every time I see an A-list celebrity in a fucking commercial Skittles Sunday #41

Shakespeare amended: lastlib Sunday #20

huh? Skittles Sunday #42

It can be applied figuratively. lastlib Sunday #45

They are a lot sicker of all of us, I imagine... displacedvermoter Sunday #21

I've been seeing rich people get their taxes cut for almost 50 years..... lastlib Sunday #22

There are hundreds of millions of us and a few thousand of them. BlueTsunami2018 Sunday #27

Friend, I have been sick of them for over a half-century misanthrope Sunday #29

Being anticapitalist is being antihuman. gulliver Sunday #33

I agree. Haggard Celine 22 hrs ago #52

At some degree of unregulation when does capitalism become something else? harumph 17 hrs ago #56

I hesitate to call these extreme capitalists anarchists. Haggard Celine 16 hrs ago #57

It seems like a situation of regulatory capture to enable monopolies and thereby increase rent seeking profits. harumph 15 hrs ago #58

I want a government that will take all their money. GoodRaisin Sunday #34

I have never had a problem PCB66 Sunday #35

You don't have to hate them while still wanting a fairer system. AZ8theist Sunday #37

Post # 13 wants them all murdered MichMan Sunday #38

The uber wealthy in this country Quanto Magnus Sunday #36

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I'm Just Surprised How Fast Normal Folks Roll Over modrepub Sunday #43

What standard is used to define who is wealthy? LogDog75 Sunday #44

USA: Land of Predators moondust Sunday #46

"I think it's a mercy we haven't hung them all." Ford_Prefect Sunday #48

I just rewatched "Capitalism a love story" proud patriot Sunday #49

There are a few notable decent ones. This one, for example: Buns_of_Fire 22 hrs ago #53