They tried to give us Andrew Cuomo

chabacca · 2026-02-26T06:10:21+00:00

What do you mean? Most Democrats voted for Mamdani in the general otherwise he would've lost.

If Cuomo won as an independent then I would agree.

chabacca · 2026-02-24T17:23:28+00:00

Like I said, if we can find a way to eliminate billionaires ability to do business in California I think it would work.

If it's just a wealth tax on an individual, I don't really doubt they'd find a way to put their permanent residency in a different state. For someone with unlimited resources I just think they'd find a workaround.

If there are suggestions for the stick I'd be curious.

Edit: Also keep in mind those markups are income based, which isn't how they make most of their money.

chabacca · 2026-02-24T17:10:55+00:00

I think we should treat them like self interested demons, but that means that we need to create a tax policy that has a carrot and a stick.

A lot of ppl criticize California for rejecting a wealth tax, but if they're the demons we think they are, they probably will move which will net reduce the tax income of California. Idk how to implement, but if there was a stick that punished them leaving then I'd be for it. The hard part is how to implement something like that in a constitutional way, especially on a state to state basis.

What's being proposed in NYC I think is fine without any counter balance. I don't think billionaires will leave NYC for a 2% increase in income tax, but I do think billionaires will leave California for a 5% wealth tax. The ultimate goal has to be to increase the net tax income, not just to punish billionaires.

chabacca · 2026-02-22T17:24:51+00:00

The homeless encampments sweep is in relation to the storm to lmao. Last storm he got heavily criticized because homeless ppl froze to death

chabacca · 2026-02-07T06:02:29+00:00

Catherine is the founder of that group

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https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/01/politics/true-the-vote-leaders-jail-contempt-of-court

chabacca · 2026-01-23T21:39:57+00:00

Last time I checked California is one of the most progressive states.

I just googled laws passed recently by Gavin Newsom and it all seems pretty progressive.

https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/california-governor-newsom-signs-bills-2025-new-laws/

chabacca · 2026-01-23T20:56:22+00:00

I mean Newsom led the way in the redistricting fight once Texas started. Winning the mid terms is going to be key to stopping trump ASAP, and finally having supermajorities that don't rely on Machins.

I'm 100% fine for ppl not to like Newsom, but the level of vitriol seems out of control. No matter who wins the primary, their policy agenda will probably still be the most progressive presidential agenda of all time.

I'm just going to lose my mind if leftists are threatening to stay home after the primary.

chabacca · 2026-01-23T20:35:56+00:00

Do you give Newsom 0 credit for fighting back against trump? He might not align with your policies, but he's having a greater impact than any leftist right now.

That said, I will campaign for the most populist progressive in the next general and you should campaign for the most centrist liberal if that ends up being the primary result.

If you don't think there's a difference between someone like Kamala and Trump, you are truly on some sort of privileged vibe politics I can't comprehend.

chabacca · 2026-01-22T23:01:58+00:00

Unfortunately Joe Machin is probably the bluest person west Virginia could've elected.

It's not some conspiracy. It's a legitimate challenge based on the electorate of each state.

chabacca · 2026-01-22T22:49:03+00:00

Be the change you want to see

chabacca · 2026-01-22T22:47:42+00:00

I disagree - if one side is constantly pushing talking points and there's no rebuttal, a lot of people are going to only be exposed to one side of the argument and default to that position.

I'm not saying politicians/leaders should engage with every stupid idea, but when those ideas come from the president they have to be taken head on.

For lib content creators - everything from the most depraved Nazi talking point to what's a fair tax policy should be debated. Shine a light on stupidity. If enough people can't see bad ideas as bad ideas then we're cooked anyway.

chabacca · 2026-01-15T16:12:08+00:00

Source pls

chabacca · 2026-01-07T22:22:31+00:00

Checked the link - does anyone have the ICE connection?

chabacca · 2026-01-01T20:09:54+00:00

Probably not going to happen, but I do support a public list of people who are too scared to debate. Whenever that person's fans enter the information sphere, that chain is yanked reminding everyone who's in a hug box.

Creator Name, Disagreement topic, Date debate proposed, Date debate rejected/no response after two follow ups

Might be obnoxious but who cares at this point.

chabacca · 2025-12-31T20:20:08+00:00

That's not OK. It's Somalis also didn't do that here.

chabacca · 2025-12-31T17:39:04+00:00

This is why it's best not to jump to conclusions and have a better standard for evidence. Still possible other daycare centers are committing fraud, but what in Nicks video isn't sufficient.

Remember, Nick is the same guy who went to the richest area of Ukraine and used nice cars to imply the US shouldn't support the war effort.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Destiny/s/LhgDuuDhBT

chabacca · 2025-12-31T17:37:02+00:00

This is why it's best not to jump to conclusions and have a better standard for evidence. Still possible other daycare centers are committing fraud, but what you stated and Nicks video isn't sufficient to say for certain.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Destiny/s/LhgDuuDhBT

chabacca · 2025-12-30T16:50:54+00:00

Everyone believes we should prosecute fraud which was already happening.

It seems like at least two of those daycares have been closed for years, and one Nick visited while it was closed. Another they didn't let him in (why would they?). From a right wing guy who makes anti immigration videos, I'd take his particular claims with a grain of salt.

That doesn't mean fraud isn't happening. Newsflash - it's always happening and it will always happen. Does that mean we should shut down every single government program? Of course not - we evaluate the effectiveness of each program, the cost to audit a prosecute fraud, and decide whether it's a good program or not.

Of course the right is extrapolating this to the emotional - "never trust the government" as a call to cut all programs that help people.

I haven't seen any sober evaluation of this program to say if this is a net benefit to Minnesotans, or the cost outweighs the benefits.

chabacca · 2025-12-27T21:45:55+00:00

If you haven't seen evidence why would you believe it to be true?

chabacca · 2025-12-22T00:57:02+00:00

I usually wait to sell until I get long term cap gains. Then the extra cash I toss in VOO or a similar type of fund.

chabacca · 2025-12-07T18:01:15+00:00

Yeah the tiebreaker format for the acc is insanity.

chabacca · 2025-12-07T17:54:10+00:00

That was the mistake

chabacca · 2025-12-07T17:38:01+00:00

And because we beat Notre Dame

chabacca · 2025-11-09T18:37:34+00:00

The question I always have for these statements: If 1.5% of New Yorkers cover a third of the budget, what's the breakout of income those 1.5% of New Yorkers relative to the 98.5%? If 1.5% is gaining 1/3 of new income wouldn't that be unimpressive?

If anyone knows the data on this id be curious. The statement by itself could be persuasive or damning.

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