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Jones Plantation
2023 · Film · 110 min
Directed by Andrew Treglia
On a cotton plantation in Puerto Rico, the slaves are growing restless and rebellious, and attempts to crush the resistance by brute force have only made things worse. The owner, Mr. Jones, fears not only losing his plantation but also his life.
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I see a lot of comments claiming that slavery was abolished. It was not, we just made the transition to another form of slavery, one where most people think they are free. In reality, they work every day while most of their earnings are taken from them by force every month ('taxation'). The well known slave Frederik Douglas was one of the first examples of this. Douglas made a deal with his master to do whatever he liked as long as he gave his master a cut. The same dynamic is now implemented worldwide. Watch the movie Jones Plantation. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26964727/
Oh please.
A campaign staffer who isn't allowed to speak to the press singing her praises behind her back. Who buys this stuff?
Economists don't like it because it's unfair? Economists?
Everyone loves this idea. Tip workers love it. People who tip love it. People tip with cash when they can just to help tip workers avoid taxes. Tip workers prefer cash so they can get away with not declaring them. Of course the vice president adopted this for political reasons, the proposal by her opponent is just too damn popular not to. Her opponent did so too in case anyone's frothing at the mouth over me saying it.
I just got done watching a horribly made movie called "Jones Plantation". Terrible, terrible movie with a very interesting premise. Watching people argue about how to better pay taxes really drives that premise home for me.