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 @9TZHQCB from Pennsylvania  disagreed…2yrs2Y

Those who argue that stems from the position of the bourgeois, aka not of the working class. Their opinion has no validity, as they are in the minority.

 @9TYJFHK from Illinois  disagreed…2yrs2Y

That's not how truth works. Truth cares not for majority.

As a prole myself, I believe that taxing "unrealised gains" will cause far more harm to lower-class and middle-class people, who put their savings and resources into investments (and investment-taxed things with real use, such as homes).

 @B6QFXPR from Minnesota  disagreed…10mos10MO

Do you see those billionaires? Those people with more money than you? You probably pay more in taxes than they do. Is that fair? They get away with it because of unrealized gains.

 @B34H6XBIndependent from Maine  disagreed…1yr1Y

many of the top 1% in the United States utilize an existing loophole where they take out a massive loan instead of taking out their investment with a 20% capital gains tax. by taxing those unrealized gains, the top 1% will lose a loophole.

 @9ZYXFJRDemocrat from Georgia  disagreed…2yrs2Y

If the goal is to make the government more efficient, why does my property tax go up due to my land price going up but the same cannot be said for Unrealized Gains?

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Elizabeth Warren Walks Back Murder Comments

Congressional Democrats broadly denounced the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson Friday morning, after Republicans started accusing Sen. Elizabeth Warren of excusing violence.“No one's condoning this,” said Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.). “Violence never is the right answer for anything. And it was a horrible murder, a tragic loss for his family.” Warren this week condemned the shooting, but added that people “can be pushed only so far.”"We'll say it over and over," Warren said on MSNBC’S “The ReidOut.” " Violence is never the answer. This guy [Luigi Mangione] gets a trial who's allegedly killed the CEO of UnitedHealth, but you can only push people so far, and then they start to take matters into their own hands."In a statement to POLITICO, Warren said, “Violence is never the answer. Period. I should have been much clearer that there is never a justification for murder.” Top Republicans denounced Warren's comments and the walked-back rhetoric, with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) calling it “inappropriate and dangerous.”Some House Democrats asked about the incident on Thursday pivoted the conversation to discuss policy options on health care or gun safety.“I don't really know that this is really a space that Congress normally weighs in on,” said Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas). “But at the end of the day, I think it’s an opportunity, because now people are talking about health care and to talk about the fact that this industry has honestly not been as helpful as it could be.”“Violence is never the answer,” said Rep. Troy Carter (D-La.). “We know that there are people suffering, there’s great challenges in healthcare. There's great challenges, and people have, in fact, been wronged, but a process of governance is the way to address that, not violence.”And Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) who denounced the murder, said the killer should be prosecuted and that “I do know that allegedly a ghost gun was used, and we should also ban ghost guns. There's no reason for them beyond the streets.”

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