What do you think of this French senator's speech on Trump's America?

[Julie4]

I'm expecting a lot of Francophobic comments, so give it your all my American friends, I'm mentally prepared 😂



https://youtu.be/unSSHfIs3U0?si=yfN5WGePBiM6bVO7

[Staximus]

I think Trump is not a guy that everybody likes haha. What everybody needs to understand is the taxpayers have been getting robbed by the government here and mismanagement of tax funds needs to stop. The government has been overextending itself financially for too long. That means there has to be some big budget cuts, and unfortunately other countries who have been benefitting from our out of control budget are now going to suffer from the cutbacks. "Suck it up" or "tough shit", as we say here.

[OneViewpoint]

No it means there need to be some huge tax increases on the billionaire class and loopholes in the tax code need to be closed. For example, capital gains tax rates and carried interest tax rates should be raised to be equal to ordinary income. Taxpayers don't need to subsidize the share prices of corporations and investors who live off unearned income.

[Staximus]

@OneViewpoint regardless if the rich need to paytheir fair share of taxes or not, it's not the US government's job to make in foreign affairs, fund solutions for the world's problems, and pay for the defense of foreign nations. That shit needs to stop

[Staximus]

Whether people like it or not

[OneViewpoint]

But you realize you can't cut enough to solve the problem with cost control alone right? There needs to be additional revenue. And the playing field needs to be leveled so there is s sense of fairness for everyone.

[beefcakebradybatson]

As Dr. Martin L. King once said,"In America, it's socialism for the rich, rugged individualism for everyone else." It's never been truer, with the broligarchy overtly stealing from the 99.999% and further enriching themselves "Suck it up" and tough s**t" may lead to the Second U. S. Civil War by 2035 (perhaps sooner) as Americans finally awaken and take back their country from these rich swine.

[Staximus]

@beefcakebradybatson I was talking about all the foreign aid we doll out

[abc3643]

All I really want to know is what Sophie Vouzelaud thinks...

[andreasderjuengere]

I can agree with most of what he said.

[Julie4]

Me too, although I'd add a more nuance.

[andreasderjuengere]

''We'' must begin somewhere, when ''we'' want to initiate the new century (which ''we'' haven't yet, actually) . Fine tuning can happen next, I think. And as usual, the many different opinions within Europe will cause some turbulence in that course.

[Dargil]

The French and France are irrelevant.

[DrPepper12]

Accurate, concise & irrefutable

[Anonymous]

He nailed it.