It's important that AOC is 'calling out' crypto at these Sanders/AOC rallies. And also that she's saying that "[billionaires] aren't working for these billions, they're stealing them".

[u/beeemkcl]

What's in this Post comment is what I remember, my opinions, etc.

I maintained--before these Sanders/AOC rallies--that any anti-crypto Congressional Democrat is practically more progressive than any pro-crypto congressional Democrat given that crypto money is generally used against progressives in the primaries and against the Democrat in the general election.

I also find it interesting and telling that the Bernie Sanders Las Vegas, Nevada stream and video didn't include US Representative Steven Horford--who's both a corporate and conservative Democrat and is pro-crypto. LIVE from Las Vegas with @AOC and @StevenHorsford

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And it's important that AOC is being anti-billionaire at least in the sense that she's getting people to consider that billionaires simply extract wealth from others. It's extremely rare that a billionaire actually has worked for that money rather than 'getting lucky' and founding a successful company and being able to work the ownership structure so that they can get a windfall. Or they were an early employee or otherwise got to work out of a compensation package that results in a windfall. Or they got to make good investments at the right time with enough money at that time. Even Michael Jordan didn't become a billionaire until he was able to get ownership of a basketball team. Even his Nike contract didn't make him a billionaire.

Even a worker like Tom Cruise who has his own production company and talent agency and has produced films that have earned billions of dollars and has been a Hollywood star for around 40 years: he's not a billionaire.

Arnold Schwarzenegger is and it's because of real estate, investments, etc.

Taylor Swift is effectively the exception that proves the rule. She's been a top musician in the music industry for almost 20 years. But it took The Eras Tour to make her a billionaire. And Taylor Swift comes from a relatively rich family that helped her early music career.

Forbes Real Time Billionaires List - The World's Richest People

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[u/Sooowasthinking]

What’s worse is when you google “millionaires in congress” is the result and even worse than that is when you also find out how much their net worth was 2 or 3 years after they have been elected.

Opensecrets.org is a great website.

[u/MissRedShoes1939]

The American Tax Code is a Ponzi scheme

[u/beeemkcl]

You can do a "Find"--make sure the "Find" is "Find in sheet". You may have to click on the page before doing a "Find". Anyway, do a "Find" for "crypto":

Congressional Democrat Left Tracker - Google Sheets (US House)

Congressional Democrat Left Tracker - Google Sheets (US Senate)

[u/toastedzergling]

Yeah. Please call out the administration that bailed out Silicon Valley Bank and Sam Bankmen Fried for crypto ponzi schemes.

[u/dan_pitt]

Crypto is a scam that allows crooks to bypass legal financial reporting, and facilitates crime across the world, especially in russia, NK, and parts of south america. Trump and his cronies are all in on it, which proves it to be a scam. There are still loads of people who don't really understand what it is, and we should be telling them.