Bloomberg Flashback: Tax Hikes on Poor ‘Good’ Because They Cannot Afford Things that Will Kill Them – IOTW Report

Bloomberg Flashback: Tax Hikes on Poor ‘Good’ Because They Cannot Afford Things that Will Kill Them

Breitbart:

Former New York City mayor and Democrat presidential candidate Michael Bloomberg once described tax hikes on the poor as a “good thing,” arguing that it essentially prevents lower-income individuals from purchasing things that would be detrimental to their health.

The billionaire spoke at the International Monetary Fund’s Spring Meeting last year and spoke glowingly of raising taxes on the poor, arguing that it is a “good thing” and should have a “bigger impact on their behavior and how they deal with themselves”:

18 Comments on Bloomberg Flashback: Tax Hikes on Poor ‘Good’ Because They Cannot Afford Things that Will Kill Them

  1. Actually the “poor” are the ones who added cost won’t faze them. Cost is no barrier to them when it comes time to fill their grocery cart. I’ve spent enough time in line behind them and they buy things that would wreck my grocery budget.

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  2. Bloomberg hasn’t a clue. They always have money for beer and liquor, cigarettes, tattoos, whatever. Even if they can’t feed their kids. And incidentally, what are we giving them SNAP/WIC for if we feed their kids three meals a day at a school? Don’t they know how to make a sandwich?

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  3. Haha!

    Classic example of how the ‘elite’ want to dictate how YOU should live….because YOU ARE NOT smart enough to make your own decisions…..Welcome to socialism/communism.

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  4. Bloomberg lusts after autocratic power. He has no understanding of or respect for the rule of law as a component of American society. He aspires to BE the law.

    Although his reason is perverse, he’s actually correct that taxes on the poor would be good. If we are to have taxation imposed on us, then it should be imposed on ALL of us. If the poor had to pay taxes, then maybe they’d vote for more thrifty pols.

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  5. The more they tax the poor, the less the poor will be able to buy cars, gasoline, heating oil, meat, and most importantly, guns and ammo. These are the things liberals hate the most.

    Bloomberg is just another liberal ass….except maybe worse than the others.

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