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I was watching something about the VP’s trip to Guatemala and they were getting into recent history there. Che Guevara was apparently there when a popular leftist was elected and then the US supported a coup by the oligarchs. That was when he said “fuck the ballot box”. It doesn’t matter if you win or not.
yea Arbenz was democratically elected and did agrarian reforms that weren’t even too far left but they weren’t okay for United Fruit Company so the CIA helped overthrow the government because they were getting too close to communism. And it wasn’t too hard convincing the US government when these were the connections between United Fruit Co and high up officials
This is from the POV of John Foster Dulles, brother of Allen Dulles who was the director of the CIA at the time
The same year, Dulles participated in the instigation of a military coup by the Guatemalan army through the CIA by claiming that the democratically elected Guatemalan President Jacobo Árbenz’s government and the Guatemalan Revolution were veering toward communism. Dulles had previously represented the United Fruit Company as a lawyer.[25] Thomas Dudley Cabot, former CEO of United Fruit, held positions of director of International Security Affairs in the State Department. John Moore Cabot, a brother of Thomas Dudley Cabot, was secretary of Inter-American Affairs during much of the coup planning in 1953 and 1954.[26]
Both the Dulles brothers were on the payroll of United Fruit Co for 38 years
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Lawyer for United Fruit? Sounds like Eric Holder.
Watch out! Some millionaires might also have to pay more taxes!
I can’t believe this argument is going to work.
Won’t someone please think of the millionaires!
In 1918, the tax rate was 91% on income over 1 million (17 million today). I’d be fine with that.
During WW2, FDR suggested taxing income over 25k (roughly 475k today) at 100%. When that failed, he wanted a salary cap on certain salaries, but neither passed.
You would probably be executed for even suggesting those these days. Sad the Overton Window has shifted so much.
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Everybody who falls for this argument watches Shark Tank and think they’re just one great idea away from making millions.
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They also turn down raises so they don’t get bumped into a higher bracket.
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salary cap, or 100% tax rate above a threshold is going to scare some voters, but what if we sweeten the deal by pegging income tax brackets to inflation?
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you wouldn’t even need to do this if we ended the preferred treatment for capital gains, closed the loopholes like borrowing money against your stock to avoid taxes, etc.
eta: and most of the sharktank-soon-to-be-millionaires don’t understand this stuff at all so they wouldn’t get infuriated by it
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can someone explain the Ribena line?
I had to look it up. I think it’s because they got caught lying about the nutritional content (vitamin C) of their drink.
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Please keep them coming, highest-value poster ITT ainec.
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It’s just means juice, it was our OJ.
