In the context of politicians rallying their base, it's meant to insinuate the actual antithesis of it's normal meaning. Furthermore, it's a subjective word that means different things to different people so politicians can appeal to everyone's internal definition of fair, which is usually making everyone that makes more money than them pay more.
It's a political slogan. It adds nothing to the actual discourse but it does get people out to vote!
I guess the only "intentionally obtuse" part of my comment was the "I don't get how this phrase has got so much traction..." part.
The "ultra-wealthy" and "corporations" pay plenty of taxes, they just pay it significantly different than you do so that if you want to compare W2s, it looks wrong but that's another disingenuous tool to con you into voting.
parineum|11 months ago
In the context of politicians rallying their base, it's meant to insinuate the actual antithesis of it's normal meaning. Furthermore, it's a subjective word that means different things to different people so politicians can appeal to everyone's internal definition of fair, which is usually making everyone that makes more money than them pay more.
It's a political slogan. It adds nothing to the actual discourse but it does get people out to vote!
I guess the only "intentionally obtuse" part of my comment was the "I don't get how this phrase has got so much traction..." part.
The "ultra-wealthy" and "corporations" pay plenty of taxes, they just pay it significantly different than you do so that if you want to compare W2s, it looks wrong but that's another disingenuous tool to con you into voting.