Did Republicans get the interpretation of Rich Men North of Richmond right when they clipped it to focus on taxes?

[love_conquers_lust]

This is a number one trending song. The artist has been critical of both partiesfor misinterpreting his message.

”Selling my soul, working all day, overtime hours, for bull shit pay”

Republicans at that debate absolutely missed the mark. They told blue collar workers “we WILL piss on you AND tell you what rain is”.

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I don’t know or care

I don’t like the song

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I’m biased as shit on this. Please don’t let me down girls and guys of GAG. Please tell me people have souls.

[Anonymous]

There are jabs in the lyrics at both parties, but Republicans definitely didn't get it wrong.

"Cause your dollar ain’t sh– and it’s taxed to no end"

"The obese milkin’ welfare"

"God, if you’re 5 foot 3 and you’re 300 pounds, taxes ought not to pay for your bags of fudge rounds"

Those ^ are NOT democrat talking points.

[Opinion Owner]

Having read through all of your childish comments to others here, I'm not going to waste any time showing you why you are wrong in many ways. As you said, you are very biased. No sense arguing to a closed minded moron.

[Opinion Owner]

Pussy? Go fuck yourself. You've exposed yourself here as human garbage. I don't play with human garbage.

[Dargil]

Republicans got the interpretation of Rich Men North of Richmond right. It's about corrupt democrats and a few RINOs

[love_conquers_lust]

Then why did they cut out the first and last lyrics of the song? Why is the artist criticizing them for NOT getting it right?

[Dargil]

Ask him that question.

[love_conquers_lust]

You got a vagina? You a little pussy sniffer?

Since you don’t want to be a man, I’ll help you along. YOU said they got it right. YOU said it. I’m asking YOU. Why did you say that when the artist, who wrote the fucking song, said they didn’t.

[Dargil]

I'm hurt Butt hurt.

[love_conquers_lust]

What?

[exitseven]

No, they are right. Taxes are way too high. Bigger government is the problem.

[love_conquers_lust]

What makes you think gross pay isn't a problem too?

[exitseven]

Gross pay is a problem too. That is why you train for a good career. I missed the part in the debate where anyone said they would piss all over blue collar workers. How were wages under Biden? They did not even keep pace with inflation. We all took a step backwards. When Trump was president wages rose at a record pace across all demographics while we had inflation at less than n2 percent.

[love_conquers_lust]

Even the people training for better careers are getting screwed on their grosses. It's systemic. Wages haven't kept pace for 40 years. Trump made things worse. Cut taxes cut taxes, and shareholders, directors, and executive officers did their usual circle jerk they do every quarter and voted themselves way too many earnings when they really didn't do a fucking meaningful thing to earn shit besides tout ideals, virtue signal, and speculate.

You know a man who fucking hated shareholders and fucking unions, Henry Ford. He called them both parasites. He was also an antimsemite. He also hated people who didn't work hard or were greedy. He also pioneered piece rate pay. He also was also a pioneer in employeeing women and minorities. He was very much a proponent of improving worker conditions because he recognized the short term costs of high employee turnover from the incredibly boring nature of jobs of mass manufacturing.

[love_conquers_lust]

AND, he was also a perfectionist and an inventor. He had a hard time meeting deadlines. He was taken to the Supreme Court by the Dodge brothers (who were shareholders) who were mad at Ford (being a majority shareholder) for giving shareholders exactly ZERO earnings every quarter and instead investing back into the company expanding his business or paying workers more. The Dodge brothers also had a conflict of interest in that they wanted to start their own company.

So, you want to again sit there and whine about the government? They were having a tough time ruling on this case because technically, Ford was right. And he was doing what was better for common people, not a bunch of greedy, whiny, bitchy, pussy owners. The company didn't owe shit to the shareholders. Happens all the time when earnings are actually negative and no earnings go to shareholders. And these little shits were crying to big daddy government trying to settle their dispute when Ford wanted to reinvest, and at the same time always whining about taxes to pay to settle these stupid arguments. "Oh boo hoo, he took our money and we want more than just the cap value of our shares, we want some of the earnings". Not entitled to shit you bunch of brats.

[love_conquers_lust]

He became a more outspoken antisemite later in life as the World Wars raged on. Now, sit back and ask yourself. What were Jewish people doing that was pissing so many people off across the world? Who do you think tends to be in finance and consulting and tends to own shares? How is it they've found themselves persecuted from now 80 nations across the world throughout histor? Why is it okay to bomb the shit out of the Middle East and denounce Islam but for some reason it's antisemitic to call a Jew greedy? Get the fuck out of here. Judge on an individual basis. Being Jewish doesn't preclude one from being greedy. And they don't deserve to die for it either. Humans in general can be greedy. Jews are human as well, treat each other as such. That goes for them too. This stuck up attitude they have that they're the chosen people, or that they're somehow better than everyone, is bull shit.

All this shit is connected. Quit focusing on the damn government. Not seeing the forest for the trees.

[exitseven]

I sort of liked the Trump tax cuts. I came out about 4K better. I never saw a tax cut before that.

[love_conquers_lust]

Yeah. You like enforcing rule of law like Republicans are always touting? How you going to pay for it if the money is in your pocket? Street justice? Stand your ground? You really want to be forced to defend your home with your own weaponry? You going to defend yourself from your distant relatives?

What if you got a $50,000/yr raise because you were a better negotiator and told rich mother fuckers they weren’t such hot shit? The. what the fuck does it matter if you have to pay $4k per year in taxes? Those fund schools, roads, infrastructure, the military, the post office, welfare, utilities, research, government oversight such as the SEC, FCC, FEC, FTC, EPA, all agencies designed to regulate businesses from cheating and screwing each other and themselves over. They’re staffed by other citizens. Social services for kids, unemployment, health care. All that shit.

It’s all defunded when taxes are cut.

[exitseven]

Government agencies like the CDC , FDA, EPA, FTC etc. Don't serve the public, they serve the agenda of the current administration and their donors.

[love_conquers_lust]

I suppose the military doesn’t either. Another social program. And the police, national guard, courts? All social programs that fall under the Republican “rule of law” party line.

You understand that the reason the SEC exists is because the stock market crash of ‘29 catalyzed WW2, do you not? You kind find all kinds of those stories in every agency.

I think this is a case of not throwing out the baby with the bath water. Because I have a problem with the current administration and donors too trying to make their voices count for more than what the constitution allows them, a single vote.

[AngryCarl2]

Of course they did. They're the same idiots who wanted to use the Village People's In the Navy on recruiting ads.

[love_conquers_lust]

Hahahaha. No shit?

[AngryCarl2]

Well similar idiots maybe.

[love_conquers_lust]

Taken at face value, it’s patriotic. Taken figuratively, it’s both gay and/or protesting recruitment because it says die for a country doing shit you don’t want to do.

[Snakeyes7]

Republicans are not liberals who clip songs. Remember "try that in a small town" and they immediately thought of black people?

[love_conquers_lust]

They didn't play the whole song.

[Snakeyes7]

How do you know they are clipping the song Rich Men North of Richmond song?

I went out of my way to listen to it and I don't see anything that Republicans, or at least those who give a shit about individual freedoms, would disagree with.

[love_conquers_lust]

Did you watch the debate? They didn't play the whole song.

[Snakeyes7]

Why would they play the whole song? They are not reviewing it, they are using it as an example of concerns people have.

I did see the debate and it also included a lot of man-on-the-street interviews too and I guarantee you they didn't play all of the interviews.

[love_conquers_lust]

They could have played the whole thing. Or they could have clipped those key lyrics I mentioned in the original post... but they didn't.

The artist is pissed both that his gross pay is too low, his hours are too long, and his net pay after taxes is too low.

THAT'S the message that both Republicans AND Democrats are suppressing. They're both liars trying to point their fingers at each other. The WHOLE damn Republican panel stood in unison on this issue, blah blah taxes big bad government blah blah blah. Blah blah blah the government sucks blah blah blah JOIN THE MILITARY... which is a social program funded by the government because businesses can NEVER agree on how to raise an army on their own because they argue over who pays for what and who has the best product and who should commit what. Blah... fucking... blah. It was a sorry sight to see.

[Snakeyes7]

Yeah I agree with you there, they were trying and failing to appeal to libertarians.

[love_conquers_lust]

Libertarians are no different than Native Americans. No borders. Our Land. Do what the fuck they want. No guvn’nt. Walk around naked. No money. No order. Anarchists. World full of Tyler Durdens.

[Snakeyes7]

They are not anarchists otherwise they would be calling themselves that. All libertarians want is their constitutional rights respected and the government to stay out of their daily life. No one should be arrested unless they violate the rights of others, including life, liberty, pursuit of happiness and property on top of what is in the bill of rights.

Half would disagree with borders because at that point, you'd have no country. They will all disagree with no money, in fact they will say that is commie shit, they don't like the government telling them what they must spend it on.

[love_conquers_lust]

Libertarian’s philosophy can’t be enforced. They want rule of law without rule of law. No borders, no money, no government, no law. No order. Every man for himself.

[Snakeyes7]

I literally just told you that is not what they are for. If anything, they have something called the Non-agression Principle which is literally a more formal version of "don't tread on me".

[love_conquers_lust]

I get the base concept. I’m trying to tell you the eventuality. That ideal is incompatible with human nature in its current iteration. “Don’t tread on me” works for those who get along. People who don’t like each other wilI not honor that code if it doesn’t benefit them. That’s why they need the threat of law. If we could simplify this world without it, we could. But we fight with each other because of our individualism.

[Snakeyes7]

Well at least libertarians have a more realistic goal (getting the government to respect the people's rights) than a lot of movements in the left does i. e. ending racism and sexism.

[love_conquers_lust]

Well, it requires codifying in law with penalties for for noncompliance, because not everyone will voluntarily conform. The penalties are for the unwilling.

The left can’t end racism or sexism. Even if everyone melted, new races would still emerge from genetic drift. It will never end. So it’s better to make peace with it. I don’t even care anymore about being accused of racism or sexism. The definition that refers to the belief and not the definition that refers to prejudice is not illegal. That’s why both sides spend so much money trying to get inside our heads. So, when you hear someone say you are racist or sexist, you could say “Maybe, but I’m not prejudice when it comes to opportunity to produce. I’m only prejudice when it comes to consumption. I discriminate to my heart’s content on whatever criteria I choose and it’s no one else’s business if I don’t wish to disclose it.”. Many people get angry with that. I say get over it.

[Anonymous]

Yes they got it right.

And to not let you down, I will add that people have souls.

[love_conquers_lust]

You’ve let me down.

[Opinion Owner]

Don’t pretend I let you down, you got what you asked for. You wrote "Please don’t let me down girls and guys of GAG. Please tell me people have souls."
So I added "people have souls" to my answer.

[love_conquers_lust]

You let me down. I don’t agree Republicans got it right.