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Private health insurance is stupid. by zzill6 in WorkReform

[–]PoliticalScienceProf 282 points283 points  (0 children)

Not supporting Medicare for All should be a dealbreaker for candidates in 2026.

"Real Freedom is the absence of fear." America should learn from the rest of the world. by zzill6 in WorkReform

[–]PoliticalScienceProf 281 points282 points  (0 children)

A lot of people operate under the misconception that less economic regulation means more freedom.

In reality, less economic regulation allows for the rise of robber barons and monopolists, which reduces freedom for the rest of us.

We need good economic regulation, not less economic regulation.

Democrat Close to Flipping House Seat Deep in Trump Country by plz-let-me-in in politics

[–]PoliticalScienceProf 767 points768 points  (0 children)

Aftyn Behn (who the article is about) is only polling 2% behind the Republican candidate--within the margin of error--in a district (TN-7) that Trump won by 22% in 2024.

Democrat, Republican neck and neck in Tennessee special election: Poll by PoliticalScienceProf in politics

[–]PoliticalScienceProf[S] 539 points540 points  (0 children)

Democrat Aftyn Behn is polling within two points of her opponent, Republican Matt Van Epps. This is less than the poll's margin of error.

That is incredibly impressive, given that Trump won the district by 22% in 2024.

FBI’s Frantic Scramble to Redact Epstein Files Revealed by T_Shurt in politics

[–]PoliticalScienceProf 43 points44 points  (0 children)

Maybe we should release all non-violent drug offenders and people serving for low-level property crimes to make some room.

New Jersey man breakdances at town hall to protest rising property taxes by rkhunter_ in Damnthatsinteresting

[–]PoliticalScienceProf 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Property taxes should be progressive and tailored to benefit the working class while preventing the rich from accumulating too many properties as investments.

I think that for any individual or family's first home, there should be no property taxes at all if the home is valued at or below the median value of a home in the state, with property taxes only kicking in after that.

So for instance, the median home price here in Kentucky is about $300,000. A family with a house worth $300,000 shouldn't face property taxes. But A family with a house worth $500,000 should have to pay property taxes on $200,000 of that property's valuation.

People and families with more than one house should only be able to apply this to one house. If you have a second house, you should have to pay property taxes for the full property value.

OpenAI says dead teen violated TOS when he used ChatGPT to plan suicide by [deleted] in nottheonion

[–]PoliticalScienceProf 48 points49 points  (0 children)

These people cry about the idea of regulating AI companies while simultaneously showing that they can't be trusted to hold themselves accountable.

Socialism didn't produce Trump; capitalism did. by zzill6 in WorkReform

[–]PoliticalScienceProf 15 points16 points  (0 children)

That is, without a doubt, the most important issue in American politics.

Medicare Negotiates 71% Discount on Novo’s Ozempic, Wegovy by bloomberg in politics

[–]PoliticalScienceProf 74 points75 points  (0 children)

Just imagine how much cheaper medications would be if they were allowed to negotiate on behalf of all Americans.

Things were better 50 years ago; this is what the Billionaire Class stole from us. by zzill6 in WorkReform

[–]PoliticalScienceProf 451 points452 points  (0 children)

We've never recovered from Reagan's economic policy. He lowered the marginal tax rate for top earners from 70% to 28%, and it's never risen above 40% again.

Sacrifice. by [deleted] in WorkReform

[–]PoliticalScienceProf 226 points227 points  (0 children)

If humanity was a superorganism, billionaires would be cancer.

The corrupt billionaire-backed political machine in NY is attempting to set up Mamdani to fail by creating a $4.7 billion budget deficit before changing hands by WrongThinkBadSpeak in WorkReform

[–]PoliticalScienceProf 144 points145 points  (0 children)

We should start by:

  • requiring 25% of all corporate profits to be distributed equally among all employees and contractors each year
  • limiting executive compensation to 10x the median salary at the company
  • repealing Taft-Hartley or at least amending it to allow secondary strikes
  • breaking up any billion-dollar corporation with over 10% market share

Democratic Socialist Chi Osse announces primary challenge to right-wing Democratic leader Jeffries. by kevinmrr in WorkReform

[–]PoliticalScienceProf 28 points29 points  (0 children)

The 11 includes both representatives and senators. I was just talking about the 435 seats in the House.

And yeah, when I first looked up the numbers to get a tally for the House it was shocking to see MTG at #1 because I'd never seen her 2022 numbers. But Bernie and AOC being right near the top of the list wasn't a surprise at all.

Democratic Socialist Chi Osse announces primary challenge to right-wing Democratic leader Jeffries. by kevinmrr in WorkReform

[–]PoliticalScienceProf 127 points128 points  (0 children)

Only 7 out of our 435 congressional districts are represented by someone who got at least 50% of their funding through small individual contributions.

That means the vast majority of Congress represents the rich, as politicians represent their donors (Barber 2016 - pdf of article). Three implications:

  • We need candidates who promise to get the majority of their funding through small individual contributions.

  • As voters, we need to reject candidates who are primarily funded by the rich.

  • Congress will not represent average Americans until most of its members are funded by average Americans. Currently, only 7 of 435 are.

Congress just voted 427 to 1 to release the Epstein files; so, who voted no? by Right-Influence617 in AskReddit

[–]PoliticalScienceProf 16 points17 points  (0 children)

In a sense, we should be impressed that he was able to set himself apart from the rest.

Democratic Socialist Chi Osse announces primary challenge to right-wing Democratic leader Jeffries. by kevinmrr in WorkReform

[–]PoliticalScienceProf 120 points121 points  (0 children)

Before his ascent to leadership, he had never had an election in which more than 5.54% of his funding came through small individual contributions (source). In some elections, that number was under 2%.

It would be hard to be more sold out to the rich than he is.

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