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TokenBoomer @lemmy.world

1y ago

DC Democrats argue ranked choice voting is confusing to voters in predominantly Black areas as they seek to block potential vote on implementing the system

www.businessinsider.com DC Democrats argue ranked choice voting is confusing to voters in predominantly Black areas as they seek to block potential vote on implementing the system

The District of Columbia Democratic Party filed a lawsuit this month to prevent a vote on implementing ranked choice voting in the nation's capital.

DC Democrats argue ranked choice voting is confusing to voters in predominantly Black areas as they seek to block potential vote on implementing the system

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I find it interesting that politicians never seem to make this argument about taxes.
- Oh they did, but for rich people. Rich people, titans of industry, incredibly smart and deserve every penny they've ripped from a dead workers hand. But also too dum to do taxie waxies.
  
  That's the exact opposite of the situation. The tax code is so outrageously complicated and obtuse that only the rich can afford the sort of accounting to take advantage of it.
  
  Where were you in 2017 when they gave corpos giant tax breaks and simplified the code?
  
  That's the narrative they want you to believe, but the reality is that the richest people don't properly pay their taxes, if at all. The top 1% illegally fails to pay an estimated $163 billion every single year. Nothing is simpler than just ignoring the complicated tax code that fucks the rest of Americans every year.

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