Corporations are the enemy…
I would have expected this message to come from the arts first, but the arts have been infiltrated like PBS. Whether it be corporations supporting that which the public does not, or musicians sucking up to the man to get paid.
But AOC doesn’t get paid. She was a bartender before.
I didn’t see this coming. The youth stole America from the man in the 1960s and then retreated after Kent State, licking their wounds. Then Ronald Reagan legitimized greed and for 40 years we’ve seen a separation between corporations and the regular folk, between rich and poor.
The income inequality gap keeps widening and we’re told to pay fealty to the “job creators” as we lower their taxes and incentivize them while they laugh all the way to the bank.
Then again, it was Mario Savio and the rest of the student protesters who ignited the ’60s, the musicians came later, in an era where you didn’t think you could make that much money. Actually, the money came later, with albums and 90/10 live deals. But music reaches people better than speech – can you say “Eve Of Destruction” or “Ohio”?
But for the past few decades its been about sponsorship in the music business.
Get some of that corporate money. Whether it be the Amex or Citi pre-sale or the whiskey or telco signage. Acts thought there was no cost. Never mind the chilling effect, they’ve been left behind, lost to the change of time as the wheels of society keep grinding.
Trump illuminated the change.
That America wasn’t what the pundits and media said it was. Instead, there were millions of voters disenchanted with the way things were going who were angry that they were left behind in an era of globalization. Sure, they liked their flat screens and smartphones assembled elsewhere, but they were wary of not having jobs, angry at those who took them away, blaming not the corporations themselves as much as the foreigners and immigrants.
And then came the Trump blowback.
When the enlightened youngsters were sick of their forefathers selling out to the middle, and the aforementioned corporations. Yes, it’s a left and right issue, both take the corporate money, are beholden to the man. But the youngsters…we’ve been reading about their college debt, their inheritance of the national debt and their lack of opportunity for years – but like digital photography, it took this long to reach maturation.
Kodak went out of business overnight, as did the old way of thinking of things, the old guard and the corporations.
First it was #MeToo.
They went after untouchable men who were powerful icons. The DAs didn’t believe them, odds were stacked against them.
But one after another “legends” fell. From Bill O’Reilly to Harvey Weinstein to Charlie Rose…the most trusted men in America weren’t. And the strange thing is they were not missed when they were gone. Ratings for the “Today Show” held steady without Matt Lauer.
But prognosticators believed the sexual harassment kerfuffle was contained, that it was a limited fire, not a conflagration – boy were they wrong.
There are a lot of things that don’t make sense. Like the carried interest rule. And government incentives.
Hollywood is the best place to make movies, because of the weather and the location of infrastructure. But now production has waned as filmmakers chase (tax) credits across the nation. They’re laughing, but when the credits dry up, the state’s business craters.
An opinion piece in the New York Times claims this is the way it’s been since the 1930s, when companies moved south for the money and lack of unions. And sure, the past is prologue, but it’s not set in stone. Why are we paying these wealthy entities to come? If they want to move, money should be no part of it.
Kinda like sports. Turns out the stadiums don’t pay for themselves.
The best the billionaire owners build them themselves, as Kroenke is doing in Los Angeles.
The wheel is turning.
As for tax rates…
Why do corporations end up paying less than the top rate, if they pay anything at all? Sure, the rank and file is unsophisticated, thinking a 70% income tax rate would be from dollar one and apply to them, just like the “Death Tax,” but the truth is there are smart youngsters, who do know they’re being scammed. And they’re informing their constituents, and the whole world is changing as the old guard is clueless.
It is not business as usual in America anymore.
The youth may not have money, but that does not mean they’re unintelligent, without the power of reasoning. It no longer adds up. Corporations are not people.
PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE!
Then again, Depeche Mode said that as country artists work to blend products into their songs.
We haven’t discovered a way to break Mark Zuckerberg‘s hegemony, but we’re working on it. It’s not gonna come from D.C. – too wowed by the success and the money.
As for Cuomo and DeBlasio negotiating in secret… Homey don’t play that no more. The internet is all about sunlight. And if you tell someone what’s best for them they question it.
And what is the price? The rank and file are sick of paying the price for these corporations.
This is a wake-up call for all of America. This is not an isolated event.
Now we’ve got pushback.
Tread lightly, for your footing may be shaky.
As for musicians…
They seem to be the last to know.
We’re watching the democrat party fall apart right in front of our eyes. 🙂
What happens to the ordinary democrats who no longer feel comfortable in a party where the party’s leaders support infanticide, socialism, open borders, the elimination of animals, legalization of drugs, paying people who don’t want to work, etc.
Change is coming.
It is indeed a brave new world
The fascination I see, from both you leftists and your deranged right-winger counterparts, with this woman of limited intelligence and potential, is truly entertaining to watch. We Independents, the people who decide your elections, you leftist and right-winger creeps, Are Not Interested in Ms. Ocasio. (Aside note: I do find her very attractive, sort of a leftist Sarah Palin — Any chance she can also do a porno in the near future, a la Nailin’ Palin?).
What?
You haven’t seen her dance video?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMjcMG5Ed3o
“As for tax rates…”
Someone, some corporation, some employer, someone, at some point, sends Lefty a 1022. Think about that.
Think about this.
AOC has a degree from Boston University in “Economics”.
The fuckin dolt, “Peter Principled” herself into a Bar Tending job, where her skills matched her salary and then (Thank you Jesus…) caught local lightning in a bottle and catapulted her fine looking ass into the “House of Representatives” where she is inflicting some serious Karma on her superiors who torture us 24/7 with their “High Ground” horse shit.
Her sheepskin firmly ensconced under her arm, Ms. Smith heads off to Washington, where (I can’t quit laughing, I swear… I love her so much, Goddamn!!! So awesome…), she implores her fellow citizens from New Yawk, to get out into the streets and protest the advent of Amazon and 20,000 (Count ’em muttha fuckka.) 20,000, $150,000.00 a year jobs coming into the market (Not counting all of the other jobs, and concomitant economic activity.) because she thinks, dumb fuck that she is, that New York city is cutting a check to Jeff “Look at my dick die in darkness” Bezos for 3 billion dollars.
So I get it, that no everyone should understand tax abatement schemes concocted in hopes of acquiring a big company presence in any given city. But she is not “everyone” she is in receipt of an “Economics Degree” from Boston University and is a ranking, high profile member of the fuckin United States Of American House of Representatives. LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is not just an indictment of the blood simple, brain dead, death grinding stupidity of the Democrat Party, it is prima facie evidence of the quality of college graduates everywhere in the new, “Dumbed Way The Fuck Down”, Affirmative Action, quota driven, Gender Study, curriculum, now available for purchase for our children.
There is, at this point, no reason to couch this in any language other than this.
The bitch is an idiot.
🙂
Just awesome!
Couldn’t agree more with your description of dumb-downed colleges and graduates.
The sad thing is that kids are paying more than ever for a college education and getting one that isn’t worth a hill of beans.
I know, I know, I know, I gotta let this go, but…
Imagine all of the people, companies in Progressive, Liberal, New Yawk, who, in anticipation of Amazon, a company owned by the Progressive Jeff “My dick is dying in Darkness” Bezos, invested mightily, heavily, in land, business and begged, borrowed and hoped, now, in vain for a big payoff. Holy shit!
How pissed off are these folks at AOC?
They might kill her.
Seriously, it’s fuckin New York.
What a fuck up.
LMAO!!!!!!
Dear Mr. Block,
Enclosed, you will find my resume and I hope you will, at your earliest convenience peruse it and contact me for an interview. I am available at ANY time as my recent employment in the US House of Representatives has concluded. H&R Block is a company I have always admired and my experience in finance and my Degree from Boston University is a perfect fit for your company.
For some mysterious reason, even though, in the second term of DJT, unemployment is now at the historical low level of 1% (Everyone has three jobs now.) I have been unable to acquire a job in finance. My credentials speak for themselves although I have been unable to convince Nancy Pelosi, or, Chuck Schumer to provide me with any references. In addition to your company, I am seeking employment in California in the Governor’s office, where, I am initiating a plan to reinvigorate high speed rail legislation that will finance (“Just pay for it”) a train across the entire Pacific Ocean and connect with those really cool Japanese Bullet Trains already in existence. As we only have 8 years left on earth, it is important that you contact me immediately so that we can make hay while the sun still shines.
Currently, I am living in Belton Mo. I had to leave New York in quite a hurry and, in fact, I would appreciate it, if you don’t tell anyone, for any reason, that you have heard from me. I have my own car, a 1997 Prius and can get to work at any of your local offices on time.
Sincerely Yours,
AOC
Jeez, Chuck. Give it a rest; just ’cause you haven’t been laid since the ’90s…
No doubt about it Nick, you’ve been to college too!
Hey Nick, please contact me for a position on my team. You sound like just the guy I am looking for.
I will start you off, just running a few errands, you know, the hardware store, stuff like that.
It might be a stretch, but, based on your comments here on this blog, we can all assume you are not otherwise engaged in acceleration studies on the Hadron Collider team, so bust out your Cricket “pay as you go” and gimme a call.
As others have stated quite succinctly, the Democratic party sold out their constituents a LONG time ago. H.W. Bush wanted NAFTA, but couldn’t get the Democrats on board. It wasn’t until Slick Willie came along (the biggest corporate sellout of them all) and gave it his mushroom-shaped stamp of approval that the Democrats caved and signed on. And that agreement totally knee-capped the unions. Suddenly, it was much easier for corporations to move factories down to Mexico and pay MUCH less for the same labor. And this is just one example. But I digress. The Democrats are being yanked violently to the left, and the rest of middle America is noticing. Democrat friends of mine have been left shaking their head and have literally wondered out loud, “WTF is happening to my party?” While the Democrats in power (Frozen Face Pelosi and Chuckie Shoes) are busy trying to be anti-Trump on ANYTHING, their party is being taken over by extreme left wing whack jobs. These people like to call themselves “progressive”, but I call them economically retarded. If they continue down this path, they are going to lose BADLY in the 2020 election. For the love of God, will the Libertarian Party PLEASE put somebody up worth voting for, who at least knows where Aleppo is?
Another point…AOC is just a moron. Seriously. Saying things like they should give the tax break money from Amazon (3 billion) to hire teachers, fix the subway system, etc. just illustrates how dumb she really is. Uh…you can’t spend tax break money. You can’t spend what you don’t have. In order to have that tax money, it has to come in as revenue to begin with. And without Amazon coming in, there are no taxes to collect as revenue. Sheezus.
AOC is what happens when you let the extreme left infect your educational institutions with no voice from the other side to balance them out.