I’m not a socialist, but I’m not against making the uber rich pay more in taxes either.
I also think stricter background checks for those wanting to buy firearms is a good idea.
I’ll never be confused for a Democrat, and think that they are wrong way more than they’re right, but if more people in Washington would admit that sometimes the other side has a good idea instead of trashing everything they say, our country would be better for it.
I get it, but here's where I think you're missing it. The "rich" are very different from year to year and decade to decade. I've been extremely poor, and I've been a lot better off than I am now. The point is we move in and out of our income ranges all the time.
Those who are in the top 1% pay the overwhelming majority of income taxes, that's just a fact. There comes a point where people will simply find another way to take their income or just stop earning. Why would anyone who's making 250K take the risk to expand their business and hire more people so he can make 400k, when the 150 extra would be taxed at 70%? It doesn't make sense.
As to back ground check, we have them, I know, I've had dozens. Why is it we only hear about more laws and checks only after an mass shooting with a particular type of weapon? Especially when that very weapon is minuscule as it relates to gun crime?
Blacks slaughter each other by the dozens every week, not a peep. 80% of all gun crimes are committed by gang members, but when a Repub member of congress submitted a bill to use red flag laws (I'm not for them regardless) for gang members, the Democrats voted it down. The answer is they are not serious, its nothing but a political blunt object for them.
The are nothing but rabble rousers. They need two things to stay in power, one, they need people to be dependent, and two they need people to be victims of whoever they say are the oppressors.
Also back to the Uber rich, these Democrats don't hate the Uber Rich, they hate the Rich business people, they never rant about actors, musicians, athletes. The sad fact of the matter is the Democrats are the party of the Uber rich, its their base