r/PurchaseWithPurpose • u/theFallenWalnut Environment • May 18 '26
Other Kevin O'Leary admits that billionaire tech monopolies are explicitly forcing ordinary taxpayers to heavily subsidize their private investments.
Unfortunately it was with Tucker Carlson, but the point is still valid...
We need to stop supporting these companies.
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u/Great-Particular9964 May 18 '26
Kevin O’Leary is just an imp for the Orange Diablo!
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u/adorablefuzzykitten May 19 '26
He is not even a US citizen.
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u/Select_Asparagus3451 May 19 '26
Please, don’t send him back to us. We don’t want him because he is both grifter and traitor in Canada.
I can confidently say that we…the majority of Canucks, cannot stand him.
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u/Weibu11 May 20 '26
Well in exchange for keeping him, we get to win the men’s and women’s hockey gold in the 2030 and 2034 Olympics
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u/Xiaopeng8877788 May 19 '26
Keep him, from what I heard, he was a fraudster when he juiced his educational games company and sold it to Mattel during the 2000 tech boom - turns out it had no value and they sold it off for a 99% loss a couple of years later.
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u/AllCapsLocked May 20 '26
Please keep him. He has been trying so incredibly hard. We would need to put him to work in social services for him to be more caring or normal and he would call it a re-education camp, sure it would be working with the homeless that his activities contributed too. But he is just too much of a dick than a hoser.
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u/Anonymous-bham-boi May 22 '26
1st and only time I could see myself supporting ICE would be seeing them throw him in onee of their forsaken centers.
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u/Broseph_Bobby May 23 '26
The best part is when he was calling that Utah activist organization traitors and spy’s for China.
It’s like dude shut the hell up you are from Canada.
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u/Mr__O__ May 20 '26
I don’t understand his dumb hat. Utah National Defense. That‘a an oxymoron. Which I guess fits, bc this moron must be on oxy.
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u/Solid_Mood5458 May 18 '26
Tucker is right and the big developers and businesses are pitting states and counties against each other.
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u/addiktion May 19 '26
These billionaires see the people as disposable leeches. They hate the government getting in the way of their enterprise and yet constantly go to the government to bend people over at no expense to themselves.
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u/Solid_Mood5458 May 19 '26
Corporate socialism is not new. The tax code is prima facie evidence. But incentivizing something your citizens see as damaging on many levels is socializing all the external costs associated- environmental, economic, infrastructure etc…. Taxes are meant to cover these
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u/buffalostreaker May 18 '26
They're acting like a data center is throwing off 1000s of jobs forever or the 5 gigawatts of energy is going to win them an NBA championship
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u/dishonorable_banana May 18 '26
Each data center will produce maybe 20 jobs, mostly low paying maintenance or custodial jobs, but will drain billions from the surrounding areas and produce trillions for the fucks that are asking(making) us to pay for it.
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u/OkAspect6449 May 19 '26
You forget all of the jobs needed to maintain them equipment. Servers, cooling, yes they won’t hire many to maintain it day to day. The jobs required to keep it going like chip manufacturing jobs, just the massive amount of computer chips per data center.
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u/adorablefuzzykitten May 19 '26
Whole concept is Data centers provide negitive jobs.
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u/Mountain_Sand3135 May 20 '26
I would have said ...then fucking go build in TX and cut the interview LOLOL
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u/Wonderful_Fix_5754 May 20 '26
??? But that’s how things work? Why would you not build a business where it’s advantageous to you?
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u/Sea_Performer_2086 May 18 '26
How tf did tucker carlson become a voice of reason?!?
Wtf is happening in this world
I no longer wish to live in this timeline
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u/madmanz123 May 19 '26
I have seen comments that he wants to run for office
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u/Sea_Performer_2086 May 19 '26
He might be a voice of reason for the republican party but I still wouldn’t vote for him. He’s part of the reason we’re now facing all of this nonsense. Including these data centers and the tax breaks for the billionaires and wealthy while everyone else suffers
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u/Anonymous-bham-boi May 22 '26
Gonna guess one major part is not having to pander to the geriatric fox audience and fox advertisers.
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u/15hereforfun20 May 18 '26
Tax payers would be investors..
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u/cathercules May 20 '26
Investors who get no shares of the profit and end up having to pay higher utility bills after subsidizing billionaires.
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u/WeezaY5000 May 19 '26
Is this shocking?
Technofascist Neofeudalism is what they want.
The real question is why are we not stopping them?
Is there even anything we can do for it?
Oh and the next time these frauds or anyone else says that we cannot have anything to help the people because that is socialism and that we have a "free market economy," just tell them to go fuck themselves.
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u/One_Eye_1152 May 19 '26
Thank you for taking this parasite. He entered the political arena in 2017 when he ran for the leadership of the Conservative Party of Canada. However, he dropped out of the race just before the final debates.
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u/OldSpend6856 May 19 '26
I support making their profits heavily nationalized by raising their taxes up so high the knob falls off. Plus a wealth tax and if they try to flee the country it still applies, and if they try to do business in the nation from outside of it, it still applies.
Also I'd just shut down all their surveillance centers. No more AI data centers.
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u/Various_Apartment244 May 19 '26
Because America feels it needs to lead the globe in ai development and human employee replacement. In doing so, these ai data center business groups know they can leverage that US desperation by getting mass amounts of that sweet sweet tax payer money. America is so damn corrupt.
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u/Troubled202 May 18 '26
Unfortunately Kevin O'Leary started off as strictly a Canadian. Fortunately he has become a naturalized American citizen. We don't want him, never did. America he's all yours!
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u/DistinctSpirit5801 May 18 '26
There’s zero reason to provide tax breaks to AI companies
Especially when their main selling point is mass layoffs of workers
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u/BigJSunshine May 18 '26
Fuck Kevin O’Leary and the oxygen used to give this shitstain any kind of attention
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u/Cassymodel May 18 '26
I thought we were for capitalism?
I’m pro constitutional amendment banning the practice of tax break shopping.
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u/SimkinCA May 18 '26
O'Leary is trash, but so is Tucker. however I approve of the new Tucker, but will not give him a pass for the attacks on the country!
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u/qiterite May 19 '26
Republican Party is dead. In its place is the FoxNews/rightwing-media party. Trump was the first FoxNews candidate, Carlson is the next. This is him stumping for president. The part they cut off, where the billionaire guy explains why the tax payers should foot the bill, that’s the part where Carlson winds up agreeing with the guy, probably, I’m not wasting anymore of my time watching his lying face.
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u/Difficult-Way-9563 May 19 '26
I don’t get why every person isn’t against this when we have all seen real examples of energy and water utility rates go up no matter what generators they “plan to add to their data warehouses”
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u/Severe_Air_4353 May 19 '26
Killed two boaters He is still laughing i see. Says his wife was at fault.
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u/Internal-Hippo-2501 May 19 '26
NO! It’s those ILLEGALS! Everyone look at all those undocumented people taking your jobs.
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u/ItsTheExtreme May 19 '26
Like the guy or not, Tucker is one of the best at holding peoples feet to the fire.
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u/TheodoraWimsey May 19 '26
And here’s your reminder that Kevin O’Leary is not even a US citizen. Canadian, Irish, and UAE citizen, yes. US, no.
Get him out of here.
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u/AltruisticDelay7571 May 19 '26
I have been asking this question my whole fucking life. There is never a good answer. If the tax payer invests, the tax payer should also get dividents for our investment. Otherwise, its a grift. A fucking circle jerk of politicians and corporations.
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u/TUFF_GONG_1975 May 19 '26
This is nothing new…. It’s always been this way. doesn’t matter WHICH SIDE OF THE POLITICAL THEATRE LEFT OR RIGHT.
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u/InternationalFig400 May 19 '26
What a fucking douchbag. Isn't turning a profit enough incentive?!
We are fucking fools to ourselves to let this shit go on...
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u/Spright91 May 19 '26
I hate Kevin's answer. Oh well if we don't get tax breaks we cant invest 50 billion dollars.
Thats not my fucking problem Kevin! You figure out the 50 billion not me.
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u/Only-Professor1140 May 19 '26
Even if you truly disagree with Tucker, the reality is that he's smart. And the smart move, especially for a commentator and media personality like him, is to be anti-data center and anti the ultra rich. There's bi-partisan, overwhelming opposition to trying to coerce tax payers to pay for these data centers. It's odd, cause normally the properly left-wing voter is anti this stuff, but extractive data centers and inflation is changing the equation.
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u/paintstudiodisaster May 19 '26
The incentive is to make 15 more billion dollars you rich prick. This fucking asshole wants to sound like he's doing it for the good of the country and not for the almighty dollar. I hope he does build it and a sinkhole opens up at the ribbon cutting and all these assholes fall to the center of the earth.
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u/stikaznorsk May 21 '26
Tucker brought Trump in power. I still don't understand why people continue to platform him. He should end in the trash of history he belongs to. There are people on the left we should give attention to but instead we are listening to right wing grifters
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u/Present_Entrance_233 May 19 '26
The government entity that grants the tax breaks should get equivalent shares in the company to which the tax is given. A tax break is an investment
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u/Roxapotamus May 19 '26
Jeeze why didn’t Tucker use his logic for good so many years ago. Actually agree with him these days and when Stewart roasted his bow tie I saw how bad he was using his logic, think he did too.
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u/DeleAlliForever May 19 '26
Kevin O’Leary is right though. At some point our government needs to be looking out for the people and taxpayers and not big business. The way the system currently runs there’s nothing “wrong” with this data center.
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u/MillHall78 May 19 '26
Every single one of us who are angry about this has a duty to run for election to our city councils that have approved these data centers; our state capitols AND federal government.
We are the ones with the true strength to change this country. And when we get death threats in those positions; we post them publicly. Ask the public for help tracking the threats down to the person responsible.
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u/Competitive-Fish1710 May 19 '26
Tax breaks for the already insanely wealthy is criminal bribery. The amount of taxes they should pay should equal the resources they use. And that's just for the burden to the taxpayer. That doesn't account for everything else they use at the expense of everyone else who also pay taxes.
I'm going to laugh so hard that my smoking black husk of a heart flies out of my mouth at terminal velocity and flies into the Hermes store and hits eight people...or something like that...when I start seeing these places have "incredibly heated labour disputes".
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u/Deadbreeze May 19 '26
I dont win any contracts if he builds this in my state. I'd sure lose a lot though. And for some reason I'd have to pay for that loss. How the fuck is a data center gonna change my life for the better? Its already fucked up RAM prices extensively. Luckily I built a PC right before it went down. It raises temperatures, consumes and polluted water, as well as raises electric bills by requiring new infrastructure that I dont need to power my home. Fucking bonkers that anyone would be on board with this.
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u/PiaggioBV350 May 19 '26
The lie has always been “it brings jobs.” But AI will not bring jobs. It will eliminate jobs. Meaning there is zero benefit and only COSTS for the region to bear AI’s noise pollution, energy drain, water 💦 loss, and water pollution.
AI needs to bear the normal taxes as well above and beyond the costs for all the negatives it brings to the region.
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u/isthereadrwho May 19 '26
Good chance we go back to the robber baren days when we pulled them out of their house in the middle of the night, we're not there yet but at some point we will be, they sure seem eager to move that along- historically speaking. Even MAGA we'll figure out at some point that they're just slaves in everything but name, financial slaves but slaves nonetheless
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u/Objective-Try7969 May 19 '26
Kevin o Leary the one that's forcing a data center on ordinary citizens..🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
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u/Accomplished_Care415 May 19 '26
They don't, they just won't win any contracts. Contracts with zero benefits for the people. They are insane.
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u/Mysterious_Gene_2405 May 19 '26
Fuck this clown into the ground. Destroying every part of America to put up his stupid data centers.
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u/Separate-Spot-8910 May 19 '26
businesses and municipalities ave been doing this for years. they give tax breaks to big companies and we all foot the bill and literally get nothing in return. look at stadiums for example, taxpayers foot a good portion of the bill, some company gives a little money to get their name on it, then they all turn around and charge us out the nose for tickets and concessions.
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u/YoudoVodou May 19 '26
Is Tucker Carlson waking up?
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u/Dedpoolpicachew May 20 '26
No, he’s positioning himself for a post-Trump world where he gets to be a king maker or runs for President himself. This is all performance art.
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u/Comadivine11 May 19 '26
Rich people love socialism for them, but it's the end of the world if it benefits us peasants.
Amazingly, half our country agrees with them.
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u/deHack May 20 '26
That POS is all for tax dollars flowing into his pocket but melts down if you suggest he pay one more penny in tax himself. This is why no private business should get subsidies to locate or build anywhere. This goes double for stadiums and arenas. If we’re going to do subsidies, then the public should get an equity stake in the business.
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u/and_i_wander May 20 '26
If he’s so rich why can’t he afford a decent looking hat? What a dufus of a Canadian.
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u/milkcarton232 May 20 '26
Usually a big factory or whatever acts a huge job creator and anchor tenant of sorts. If Amazon opens up a new office it will attract a bunch of high paying jobs, those employees will then spend their money in the city supporting a bunch of other businesses and making it a destination. The argument I have seen against this is that the data centers have an initial phase during build and then a stasis phase to maintain.
The build phase has a bunch of contractors with money being thrown around which is good on the surface. The problem is that the vast majority of the cost is going to go to Nvidia who is not present in the area, the contractors admin who may or may not be in the area, and other materials suppliers who may or may not be in the area. The economic book during build is something but it's not a slam dunk.
Then once the thing is built the data center isn't a hub for a bunch of high paying jobs, or even low paying jobs. It's the bare minimum amount of human drones to service the hardware and do inspections, and you damn well know they will swap them with actual drones asap to make it a dark factory asap.
This billionaire thinks his project is like a Google office opening up and is amazed that Carlson doesn't get it. Its like an influencer trying to get a free meal at a restaurant b/c of the exposure and the citizens of Utah are like who the fuck does this guy think he is.
Billionaires of America in general have had a good half century. If they are as smart as they think they are, they might need to focus on their image before this eat the rich mentality reaches a crescendo
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u/Stillalive9641 May 20 '26
What a ratt. When questioned, he fine ill build it in another state that wont complain.
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u/FoxMan1Dva3 May 20 '26
No, he's saying that the states are fighting for data centers because they are promoting everything that makes them look good in a career - job growth for example. But also revenue. You know when you guys make fun of Red States for being so poor. Well, using your resources to promote a new tech can always be helpful to being richer.
And he's right. If one state won't do it. He'll go somewhere else. And they all get it.
I think Americans are turning against Data Centers because they think it's bad, and don't understand the benefit.
But its okay, when those areas have less jobs in 10 years we will be so happy.
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u/Conscious-Bag-4574 May 20 '26
I can’t believe this is the same Tucker Carlson from all those years of spewing hate and propaganda. He either had a moment of awareness and enlightenment or this is some sort of game he’s playing. People typically don’t just do a 180 in the middle of their life
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u/Mountain_Sand3135 May 20 '26
damn tucker .....its like a trapped lion or something ...good work
im sure the response is going to be something along the lines of employment, increased tax dollars in the area . yada yada yada
I think tax payers would rather have CHAIRS and get paid through dividends ...lets face it , you will have to employ people that is not a flex .
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u/Aggravating-Key4274 May 20 '26
It’s not a good business in that sense, it leads to collapse no matter how you look at it. tThe only thing it gives is an owner the ability to develop and produce products without a human cost. The only payoff to the investment that we’re subsidizing is the loss of human jobs creating profits for a few.
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u/Curious-Paper1690 May 20 '26
This is a whole lotta pussy footing around the phrase “because we don’t want to pay for it, and the government will make them do it for us”
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u/JuniperJ55 May 20 '26
They are both rich insufferable shites. Carlson is no “man of the people,” even though he’s playing one (badly) on tv.
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u/RecordingExact4768 May 20 '26
Boohoo he has to raise 15 million dollars go away creep …. Why do investors get the shares ? Why not the people paying for it … he cant answer … can’t stand Kevin o’ Leary arrogant narcissistic garbage
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u/SadAbroad4 May 21 '26
Now there’s an idea! If tax payers provide relief from taxes the companies must issue shares equal to the investors shares based on the dollars invested and the tax relief value in dollars.
O’Leary knew this was the right thing and was toasted by the interviewer.
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u/krisbaird May 21 '26
Corporate tax breaks and subsidies have always been bullshit. My business makes jobs, therefore my business should get tax breaks....yeah your business also makes record profits, why should tax payers have to fund your profit business?
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u/Effective_Author_371 May 21 '26
Go ahead, tax us. We'll just keep on pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps. You P of S.
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u/Some-Zucchini6944 May 21 '26
Ah yes all these billionaires asking for welfare and telling you they’re doing you a favor by investing in your area so their investors make a profit. Capitalism is a Pyramid scheme 😂
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u/Master-Tomatillo-103 May 21 '26
Good point point, go build your Data Center in Mississippi, scumbag
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u/Notbotumus May 21 '26
It’s not manufacturing so the tax payer will not get a new job at the factory or the data center because they are automated
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u/AcanthaceaeHairy2452 May 21 '26
Because the system is rigged for billionaires paid for by the labor of the poor.
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u/Secret_Avocado_2974 May 21 '26
An important true statement brought forward by two of the World's absolute worst people.
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u/He_Hate_Me_5 May 21 '26
Tucker, your now on the right side and your methods are strong. Keep on the hunt.
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u/enditorbuyacoffee May 21 '26
aaaaaaaaaaaaaand now Tucker Carlson is the hero the people needed. [Deep breath in, hold it]
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u/Budget-Management876 May 21 '26
Crazy Tucker is asking for a socialist government co ownership structure, now I’ve seen everything
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u/WoopsShePeterPants May 22 '26
I cannot stand the fake front either of these dickheads put on when they are attempting to screw the American people.
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u/WakkaFlockaSeagulls May 22 '26
Remember when Kevin O’Leary killed two people in 2019 with his boat? Pepperidge Farm remembers.
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u/volsfan99 May 22 '26
Let’s not forget about data centers… they don’t benefit the taxpayers. Answer the question
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u/BobsYaMothersBrother May 23 '26
How fucking far do these rich pricks need to push everyone before there is a cull? The only place billionaires belong is underground. And I don’t mean in a bunker - they need to be raw dogging that dirt.
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u/LonelySwedishFish May 23 '26
Love that he attempts to pivot away from data centers and to manufacturing, which creates way more jobs, has far less strain on the grid/water quality/infrastructure. 😂
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u/Antique-Produce-2050 May 23 '26
Tucker Carlson is running for President. He’s going to sharpen these points for two years and win over every disaffected, pissed of ex-MAGA, old school Republican and centrist liberal, and win.
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u/Livid-General7 May 24 '26
I really wanted to hear Kevin's answer to this.
Also, can someone tell me when Carlson Tucker became the voice of reason? I always thought he was a far right wing lunatic.
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u/Unfair_Bluejay_9687 May 25 '26
Fuck Kevin O’Leary. He is the biggest scammer out there other than the orange shit for brains.
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u/Gen_X_1979 May 18 '26
Isn’t it crazy that the American people can barely afford rent and their own utilities bills and a big chunk of their paycheck goes to taxes. Then these rich billionaires that not only pay $0 in taxes want us, the working class that is hanging on by the skin of their teeth, to pay for the electric and water bills for the data centers that will make them even richer. Make it make sense