• CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml
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          1 day ago

          Who benefits from the government buying 50% overvalued shares? And when these companies inevitably fail, why should half the cost be soialized?

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            22 hours ago

            It’s not buying it, it’s seizing it. That’s means taking by force, you don’t pay for that. Try reading.

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                17 hours ago

                It wouldn’t even happen under the current government. Republicans and liberals are too afraid of what they call government overreach.

                Bernie isn’t a capitalist, I think y’all are wayyyy overthinking this one lol

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        2 days ago

        Taking back half of their stolen profits seems like a step in the good direction though. Let’s seize their assets, starting with the half here, and then close them down.

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            9 hours ago

            He wants to take over 50% of the companies without paying them. If that’s not seizing then I don’t know what is.

            Edit: If the downvoters want to tell me where I’m wrong, I’d be glad to be corrected.

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              Edit: If the downvoters want to tell me where I’m wrong, I’d be glad to be corrected.

              Fifth amendment to the constitution states: “nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation” meaning this proposition is straight up unconstitutional unless they amend it to pay. And i assume Bernie do know constitution of his own country so i have no clue how he proposed it like this unless it is to stir a shitstorm about “seizing” and then amend it as “compromise”.