• EmpireInDecay
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    2 months ago

    Why is the default argument from liberals always ‘but Trump?’ Harris would have been a shit candidate not worthy of being elected regardless of who her opponent was.

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      2 months ago

      Harris was going to raise taxes on billionaires and corporations. Why the fuck would you NOT vote for that?

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        2 months ago

        And if she said that she was going to give everybody rainbows and lollipops you would believe that you were going to get a rainbow and lollipop.

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          2 months ago

          False analogy. Clinton, Obama, and Biden – all 3 of the last Dem presidents – kept their promises to raise taxes on the wealthy and/or corporations.

          Realty matters.

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            1 month ago

            And gave them more loopholes to avoid those increases.