There's No Changing a Good Dog's Mind

The Occasional Breitbart Conversation Redux
Communications across the barricades
I know where I stand.
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 A major meme on the right these days is to hate California. USC held a poll of Californians that says a large majority wants the property tax limiting "Prop 13" rescinded for commercial property. 

 The anti-tax Force is strong on Breitbart*. The Russian trolls were rife, whupping up the snarling and snapping about the Golden State. 

 I dived in with a pro-CA comment. Instantly one of the snarler/snappers whupped me with "socialist parasite," and the game was on.

 I'm 98.4% sure I was fencing with a Russian troll. (I'm the hurricane track.)

 What do you think?


Just watch, Breitbarters. California is our super state, and it continues to set smart objectives and policies to make them happen. "Conservatives" who demonize government are happy with decaying infrastructure, underfunded public schools, unenforced environmental laws and let-the-rich-run-everything plutocracy... just so long as tax rates stay low. If Prop 13 if finally defeated, and taxation gets rational again, California will accelerate even faster, making if more obvious than ever that the Grover Norquist crowd is anti-American.



Danceswithdachshunds
Tax the rich until there are no more rich and THEN where will malignant socialist parasites get their revenue from - the poor?




seniorjunior (scooter duff)
Don't worry about the richies... they will always be rich. They OWN the politicians, and apparently they have also bought the brains of a lot of people who think the top 1% DESERVE more than the bottom 90%.



Danceswithdachshunds
Your claim that rich "own" politicians is absurd. The LAYABOUTS own your politicians and keep voting for more "free" stuff. https://www.marketwatch.com...

seniorjunior (scooter duff)
Ever heard of the Koch brothers, Sheldon Adelson, Betsy DeVos, Steve Wynn, the Mercers, Goldman Sachs, et al? All those LAYABOUTS who benefitted from nearly all the Trump tax breaks? Either you are a Russian troll, a secret rich person... or a fool. (Sorry, nothing personal)
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Danceswithdachshunds
How many VOTES do they represent?
They'll stay rich alright, most of them, after they LEAVE Californica and its culture of dependency.



We gave it up at that point. 

All of my troll traps were tripped. But these days you never know.

*Breitbart on CA preparing to repeal Prop 13.. 5.27.18
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