Publicly-Funded Elections Tax. Everybodys in, nobodys out, and Election Day is a Federal Holiday. (Reply #22)

In the discussion thread: If Democrats win a veto-proof majority in 2018, what should they do with it? [View all]

Wed Dec 20, 2017, 03:01 PM

Volaris (7,007 posts)

22. Publicly-Funded Elections Tax. Everybodys in, nobodys out, and Election Day is a Federal Holiday.

The only reason the GOP get to keep winning and doing shit like this tax bill, is because of people like the Koch's. Take that cashflow away, replace it with something FAIR TO ALL PLAYERS, and require them to win on that level field with reasoned arguments, and that party will be electorally destroyed in ONE Presidential cycle. AND REPUBLICANS FUCKING KNOW IT.

Publicly Funded Elections via National Tax. Everything else will follow in due course.

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118 replies	Author	Time	Post
If Democrats win a veto-proof majority in 2018, what should they do with it? [View all]	yurbud	Dec 2017	OP
Tax the goddamned rich.	Orsino	Dec 2017	#1
Just curious.	former9thward	Dec 2017	#21
The Payroll Tax, and the Medicare Tax for a start.	TrollBuster9090	Dec 2017	#40
So the payroll tax, which pays social security, should be eliminated or reduced?	former9thward	Dec 2017	#59
For those who can't afford it, yeah.	Orsino	Dec 2017	#70
Nope, that's a Republican talking point.	TrollBuster9090	Dec 2017	#71
Social Security has always beeen claimed to be an insurance program and not a tax	MichMan	Dec 2017	#81
If It's Not A Tax, Why Is It Paid For By The "Payroll Tax?"	TrollBuster9090	Dec 2017	#84
Yes. Agree with everything you say.	gristy	Dec 2017	#102
I wonder if they'll even need a veto-proof majority	EarlG	Dec 2017	#2
If you take money out of his wallet,	avebury	Dec 2017	#5
I was wondering that too	Cary	Dec 2017	#54
Repeal #GOPTaxScam	underthematrix	Dec 2017	#3
second that	onetexan	Dec 2017	#79
Any of these would be a good start	MichMan	Dec 2017	#4
I wouldn't even say lower retirement age to 55 but instead, offer golden parachutes	yurbud	Dec 2017	#23
Holy shit.. #5	Baconator	Dec 2017	#30
Yup	ClarendonDem	Dec 2017	#38
Agreed. I thought the same thing, but didnt want to say it lol	bearsfootball516	Dec 2017	#39
What amount would you think is adequate?	MichMan	Dec 2017	#45
$0.00...	Baconator	Dec 2017	#65
It's more like grandfather...	yurbud	Dec 2017	#116
Ironically, none of those USED to be considered radical (with a caveat for #5)	TrollBuster9090	Dec 2017	#72
One easy way to stabilize unemployment is golden handshakes	yurbud	Dec 2017	#117
Post removed	Post removed	Dec 2017	#6
Mathematically impossible nt	sarisataka	Dec 2017	#7
BE lucky to get a simple majority given the KGB will be actively preventing votes from being cast	Eliot Rosewater	Dec 2017	#29
Not possible	Tiggeroshii	Dec 2017	#8
Another poster showed me this is not possible until 20...the numbers don't work.	Demsrule86	Dec 2017	#9
What policy proposal should Democrats make assuming they have a free hand?	yurbud	Dec 2017	#24
If it were me I would first focus on making sure everyone we know vote for ANY democrat	Eliot Rosewater	Dec 2017	#35
First save the Dreamers and Chip...then address Obamacare with a public option...anyone who has	Demsrule86	Dec 2017	#62
The first thing	GallopingGhost	Dec 2017	#10
If Dems were to win veto-proof majorities	TheDebbieDee	Dec 2017	#11
It is mathematically impossible for them to have one	dsc	Dec 2017	#12
If the GOP continues like this, they may lose safe seats.	McCamy Taylor	Dec 2017	#13
Democrats won't win a veto-proof majority in 2018	Proud Liberal Dem	Dec 2017	#14
pick a date. It's more about what you would do without obstruction.	yurbud	Dec 2017	#28
Here's my wishlist then (in no particular order):	Proud Liberal Dem	Dec 2017	#69
A fantasy	Freddie	Dec 2017	#15
voting rights too	yurbud	Dec 2017	#32
Whatever we do	NCDem777	Dec 2017	#16
I actually don't think we have to. We just have to stop lying about their bad behavior	yurbud	Dec 2017	#27
Completely impossible - only a third of the Senate seats are up each election	karynnj	Dec 2017	#17
This is impossible. There are only 8 Republicans up for re-election in 2018.	Calista241	Dec 2017	#18
So far the max is 59 if McCain and Cotton's seats are open next year.	Tiggeroshii	Dec 2017	#19
As others have pointed out, you are asking about something that is impossible	onenote	Dec 2017	#20
Republicans say clearly what they want even when the odds look impossible	yurbud	Dec 2017	#25
Fine. Just don't pretend that we have a veto proof majority or can get one in 2018.	onenote	Dec 2017	#46
change it to "at any point in the future" and then answer	yurbud	Dec 2017	#49
Publicly-Funded Elections Tax. Everybodys in, nobodys out, and Election Day is a Federal Holiday.	Volaris	Dec 2017	#22
I don't think that's mathematically possible...	Baconator	Dec 2017	#26
They won't...	brooklynite	Dec 2017	#31
Not only is it unrealistic, it is mathematically impossible.	scheming daemons	Dec 2017	#37
Repeal the Tax Scam. . . . Reverse Citizens United by whatever means necessary.	BigDemVoter	Dec 2017	#33
I think the other justices should just prank Gorsuch until he resigns	yurbud	Dec 2017	#50
I would throw in repeal Taft-Hartley & enact card check for union membership	yurbud	Dec 2017	#34
We can't get to 67 Senate seats in 2018... there are only 9 GOP seats up. Best we can do is 58.	scheming daemons	Dec 2017	#36
To "payback" the people who've paid the GOP to cut taxes for billionairs for a generation	TrollBuster9090	Dec 2017	#41
Just a dream.....but....	Thunderbeast	Dec 2017	#42
Imprison republicans	MyNameGoesHere	Dec 2017	#43
Imprison people for political orientation? Just politicians, or all registered GOPers?	Marengo	Dec 2017	#91
Sure why not.	MyNameGoesHere	Dec 2017	#93
If thats the case, you may be on the wrong discussion board. Perhap you would feel more at home...	Marengo	Dec 2017	#110
Yup	ClarendonDem	Dec 2017	#112
Wha....imprison half population?	quartz007	Dec 2017	#104
Overturn this horrible tax bill. nt	DesertRat	Dec 2017	#44
I agree that should be the first priority.	Willie Pep	Dec 2017	#115
Repeal Citizen's United. nt	WhiteTara	Dec 2017	#47
make FDR and Johnson look like amateurs	eShirl	Dec 2017	#48
A lot, but they won't	RussBLib	Dec 2017	#51
They should issue a 15,000 page position paper,	guillaumeb	Dec 2017	#52
I said what SHOULD they do not what WILL they do...	yurbud	Dec 2017	#56
Nice response!!!!!!!!!!	guillaumeb	Dec 2017	#61
the mere thought of having a clear path is unpalatable to centrists	yurbud	Dec 2017	#57
Arrest the Koch Brothers!	Chasstev365	Dec 2017	#53
Congress doesn't have the power to arrest or charge anyone with a crime.	clementine613	Dec 2017	#96
I know! Just a frustration.....	Chasstev365	Dec 2017	#98
IMPEACH	MFM008	Dec 2017	#55
They're Going To Pick Up 18 Seats & Lose None?	SoCalMusicLover	Dec 2017	#58
It has happened before.	Demsrule86	Dec 2017	#63
only 8 Republican senate seats up in 2018	0rganism	Dec 2017	#92
Pass sweeping changes to the tax code, the healthcare system,	shanny	Dec 2017	#60
EXACTLY. Trumps veto would be the positive equivalent of LBJ's smear on an opponent...	yurbud	Dec 2017	#118
They won't.	Casprings	Dec 2017	#64
Impeach the orange jackass and rescind the tax giveaway.	Lil Missy	Dec 2017	#66
I approve this message.	yurbud	Dec 2017	#67
LOL!	Lil Missy	Dec 2017	#82
For God's sake, I hope that they vote to keep their powder dry!	Orrex	Dec 2017	#68
Some type of gun ban.	ileus	Dec 2017	#73
Medicare for all, ERA, and repeal Citizens United.replace with Publicly Financed Elections	librechik	Dec 2017	#74
Here is what I'd do to start	Matthew28	Dec 2017	#75
The list of destructive things that have been done must be endless.	pangaia	Dec 2017	#76
How about we focus on winning a	KPN	Dec 2017	#77
How do you think you get there? By focusing on the horserace?	yurbud	Dec 2017	#87
I think we get there FIRST by being engaged in the party locally and in groups like Indivisible,	KPN	Dec 2017	#88
We got here because there was one more step left out--making sure Dems we elect do	yurbud	Dec 2017	#89
Agreed -- right on!	KPN	Dec 2017	#90
Revoke citizenship from everyone who played with the Russians.	sofa king	Dec 2017	#78
Ditto	onetexan	Dec 2017	#80
Impeach	JonLP24	Dec 2017	#83
If we get to 58, which 9 republicans can we get to vote for conviction	Tiggeroshii	Dec 2017	#94
Throw the One Ring into Mount Doom?	Codeine	Dec 2017	#85
Crush them, crush them, crush them	MyNameGoesHere	Dec 2017	#86
New tax code and healthcare and then...	lame54	Dec 2017	#95
If we get veto-proof (2/3) of Congress?? Start by expelling every Rethug	clementine613	Dec 2017	#97
None of that is possible	ClarendonDem	Dec 2017	#101
You're wrong...	clementine613	Dec 2017	#105
What are the grounds for impeaching every Republican member of the House and Senate	ClarendonDem	Dec 2017	#111
You Don't Need A Reason	clementine613	Dec 2017	#114
Sorry, but it's not possible to win that kind of majority in 2018	jmowreader	Dec 2017	#99
Outlaw the Trump organization	fescuerescue	Dec 2017	#100
Increase taxes on all rich people	quartz007	Dec 2017	#103
I'm up for a 100% tax on those guys...	clementine613	Dec 2017	#107
Can't do that...	quartz007	Dec 2017	#113
Create	duforsure	Dec 2017	#106
1. Outlaw gerrymandering 2. End Citizens United. All other problems will then be fixable nt.	Persondem	Dec 2017	#108
Need to create...	duforsure	Dec 2017	#109

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