Gloria Alvarez: Nothing is Free

Socialists promise free… everything! But “nothing is free,” says Gloria Alvarez.
#socialism

[@villagecarpenter2266]

I remember the bumper sticker "Work harder, millions on welfare depend on you!"

[@GIGABACHI]

Forget the bumper, I would wear that ON A SHIRT !

[@gpwcowboy]

Wards of the state collecting welfare shouldn't be allowed to vote.

[@Lil08103]

yes and we greatly appreciate it --lazy in seattle 😂

[@petertornabeni602]

At least our politicians are all millionaires. We’ve got that going for us. 😟

[@lolwtnick4362]

LOL. this woman just said exactly what my accounting teacher said in college. the rich dont pay in, the poor don't pay in. They both get stuff and the middle working class is always on the hook.

[@davesargent477]

See IRS statistics. The rich pay 34% of all taxes.

[@user-fk2dm5oy9f]

The middle class is what makes the world go around. Some politicians want to get rid of the middle class so people will either be rich or just poor. Socialism and communism doesn't work.

[@Trip_Ts]

and the poor and middle class vote for them, right? nah, that till ya its rigged. I would tell ya the solution but they will block me.

[@baldpipesmoker1]

Nothing is free! It always costs someone something!

[@josealexi5141]

yeah, but young people don't want to work for ANYTHING! they just want free stuff...

[@IMDunn-oy9cd]

She is correct. Nothing is free, When you hear people tout other countries where they have "free this" and "free that", they never discuss the oppressive tax systems that accompany these systems.

[@teonactalpizza]

Or the low quality of service and goods at said "free" (healthcare, housing, education)

[@josealexi5141]

yeah, but young people don't want to work for ANYTHING! they just want free stuff...

[@dustinabc]

HIDDEN costs and expenses end up being the most expensive and corrupt.

[@jacywilson]

She knows what she's talking about!

[@karolb8924]

As an american you may assume she knows what she is talking about but she has no clue and repeats typical mumbo jumbo of the liberal conservatives.

[@jrhoadley]

Actually, most governments pay for stuff with debt, so they aren't spending money that someone produced. They're spending money that someone in the future will have to produce.

[@wckedliz]

I’m up every morning at 0500 so I can work to give my taxes for “free stuff”😂

[@carlt6932]

Thank you.

[@douglascalhoun6471]

Shockingly true. The entire burden is carried by the working class.

[@vociferon-heraldofthewinte7763]

The rich can slime out of these rules? Yes, they can just leave.

[@MoreBollocks-ui2zs]

and so could most of the middle class and much of the "poor". they just have very few options on where to go, especially en mass.

[@smking100]

The rich make the rules because they control the politicians. It's all a lie, it's all an illusion. Everyone plays their part.

[@TheAnnoyingBoss]

The poor also dont habe to pay tax. Either you gave so much money you can afford to work ways in to pay less or you have so little money you also pay no yaxes they take the money when you make it when you spend it so dont make any money or spend any money therefore no taxes you will have nothing, and be happy

[@FlowFinderUSA]

God, she is fabulous.

[@boataxe4605]

Smart and beautiful!

[@jackfarrell4727]

Thank you again Mr Stossel

[@zillion914]

I thought initially that it was that Logan Paul girlfriend. This one has brains though.

[@trivialgravitas9581]

I always remember a heinlein quote: Anything free is worth whatbyou pay for it.

[@macc240038]

In the US, in most years, the top 1% of earners pay between 40 to 45% of all federal income taxes. Look it up.

[@Maras70D]

Not talking about earners. Look it up.

[@TristanM13]

At the core of libertarianism is always the government produces nothing. Extreme libertarians want the government eliminated. Governments ideally regulate not reallocate.

[@salvador.garcia]

Governments ideally don't exist.

[@GaryR55]

True. When I was first attracted to libertarianism in 1974, it was because of those libertarian philosophers who supported anarchism, i.e, a stateless society. I stopped calling myself a libertarian when I saw that the libertarian philosophy had been taken over by the Libertarian Party, which was running candidates for public offices within the very same government they said they were opposed to. All along the way, I encountered people who would tell me we can't have a society without government, but the fact is that, historically, humans have lived WITHOUT government for far longer than we've lived with it. Homo Sapiens have existed for 200,000 to 300,000 years and the history of government began about 8,000 years ago. Do the math.

[@ThisManTriggeredMe]

This is true. Unfortunately, we have generations of unstable children now in adulthood that have no qualms whatsoever in making other people pay their bills.

[@MisterH1992]

Going to college is a choice. Taking out a loan is a choice. No one should be forced to pay for your choice.

[@user-kc5bp8qj4w]

MAGA! MAGA! MAGA! Y'ALL💪 LET'S ROLL ✈️

[@monologic4806]

Fascinating woman.

[@stevo8685]

Well said

[@markgabriele5157]

Very smart woman.

[@kellygoodwin1439]

If everything around you is free, then you are the product for sale.

[@peterbrunsgaard2012]

My favorite journalist! ⚡️⚡️👏👏🙏🙏

[@samuelking4723]

It’s incredible how naive the people who don’t realize this are.

[@tobybigham4196]

It seems most people failed to realize they are talking about South American countries here who mostly have embraced Socialism....

[@adamdavidsoddities8573]

Let's do supply and demand with the medical field. Retail prices and not the price gouging we get. I was in the emergency room for 1 hour, and the bill was 27k. They knocked it down to 7k and said they did me a favor. There is no way my stay costed 7k. 1k at the most but I think even that is being generous.

[@jacquelinel1618]

The rich slime out of these rules, because they can afford the expensive lawyers that help them find all the loopholes.

[@tseckwr3783]

A rich person typically owns or works in a company that hires employees that pay taxes. So in a sense, the "rich" actually pay taxes via their employees because if their employees were not paying taxes, the rich employer could pay the the employee less gross pay and the employee would still have the same take home pay.

[@user-fk2dm5oy9f]

Paying no taxes is a good reward/incentive for starting a business and helping out society. If you don't want to pay taxes then start a business and become rich also. Don't be upset or jealous about it. My relatives work hard in owning their businesses.

[@ericlondon2663]

There's enough money but billionaires have it all LOL

[@richardque4952]

There is no such thing as free-- milton friedman

[@edwardzarnowski5558]

Solomon said there's nothing new under the sun

[@qurbanalibirds769]

🎉🎉🎉

[@MAGAPARTY]

She’s wrong about everything she said.

[@ladyjade6446]

My last paycheck was less $1200 in tax.

[@henrycaraballo6894]

Latinamerican economies are founded on state-owned resources, in cotrast to the US economy. Public education and universal healthcare are funded from the sale and exploitation of such natural resources.

[@malilonj]

Just like the GOP with borrow and spend politics.

[@paulmaurer3742]

The very rich or the one percenters. Don't make up enough in population to pay for it all. They are given breaks to reinvest their money back into the economy.

[@augggie]

There is no such thing as a Free Puppy

[@mizum3458]

There is if you get it for free.... But then you're going to have to pay to take care of it. Ok! youre still right.😂

[@epotnwarlock]

Where is line between private corps and govt?

[@teonactalpizza]

In a proper system it's very clear, it's been blurred in pure the last few years. The marriage of corporation and government is the foundation of fascism. Fascism is just another flavor of socialism.

[@salvador.garcia]

On the paper

[@f308gtb1977]

Private corporations have no power without The Government, all they can do is compete to earn your dollar.

[@i-fart-n-elevators4610]

Depends on how much was donated to campaign fund

[@donm5354]

RAIN is FREE

[@f308gtb1977]

But not the point since no person is promising to give it to you.

[@i-fart-n-elevators4610]

Some locations in California it is illegal to collect rain water from gutters into rain barrels because it isn't your water

[@dman6348]

How do you act like you don’t already know this concept? You’re a reporter from America where it’s just as prominent as anywhere else that the rich get out of paying their fair share

[@caramela4830]

Hmmm idk. Isn't Denmark one of the happiest countries in the world? I believe they have free education and a lot more.

[@djs964]

🔥😍

[@iracobern6177]

Go to freedom law school

[@daveassanowicz186]

"The rich don't pay taxes." Well, maybe we should do some-fukken-thing about that!

[@GTFBITK]

They do in the US.

[@davesargent477]

The rich pay 34% of the taxes. See IRS statistics.

[@f308gtb1977]

Why would we want the rich to pay taxes? No one should.

[@nhanha7433]

Book for them to learn and computer and they want to learn we have to spend monies. We will do with condition they better get c+ and above in any amount of new skill they want to do. If it is not we limit thrr we ir wanting subject so that they can get the c+ and above. Too many new skill they are distracting and wasteful our resources

[@rubenlaracuente8991]

TRUMP 2024 ❤❤❤

[@boataxe4605]

Nope,vote Libertarian!

[@Maras70D]

Exactly. It's why the middle class in America is disappearing.