Actress Kirstie Alley fired a shot at democratic socialism while in the middle of a war of words with a former Clinton adviser.
The “Cheers” star locked horns with former Hillary Clinton campaign adviser Peter Daou on Twitter over the topic of money and billionaires, calling him out for seeking attention and denouncing the term “democratic socialist.”
Daou kicked things off when he asked his nearly 283,000 followers for a “good reason one person should have a BILLION dollars.”
Can you give me a good reason one person should have a BILLION dollars??
— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) December 16, 2019
Not surprisingly, Daou, who recently worked with Sen. Bernie Sanders, was inundated with pushback on Twitter where users schooled him on capitalism. He lashed out after a bit at “right-wingers” who were defending the billionaires.
“Welcome to all the rightwingers defending billionaires because you think they care about you,” he wrote. “Hint: They don’t.”
Welcome to all the rightwingers defending billionaires because you think they care about you.
Hint: They don’t.
— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) December 16, 2019
THE RIGHTWING VIEW:
“Redistributing wealth down to working people is an assault on liberty, entrepreneurship, and hard work.”
“Redistributing wealth up to billionaires is FREEDOM!!”
In other words: Rightwingers are fine with working people paying for billionaires’ tax cuts.
— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) December 17, 2019
Alley joined the many voices slamming Daou for his economic ignorance.
Because they created something so fucking marvelous that the whole world wanted it! https://t.co/tzuBOpHI5I
— Kirstie Alley (@kirstiealley) December 17, 2019
The Democratic strategist came back with another tweet mocking the 68-year-old actress and her views.
So all the world’s billionaires just made wonderful things, they didn’t gain any advantage from a system geared to squeeze the last drop of blood out of working people, they weren’t helped with obscene tax breaks…. it was just their wonderful gift? https://t.co/B4rGC0MCET
— Peter Daou (@peterdaou) December 17, 2019
“You asked for ONE good reason a single person should have a billion dollars. I gave you ONE. There are several more. You didn’t ask for a debate or a thesis. Your request must have been rhetorical so you could demonstrate your brightness,” Alley fired back.
You asked for ONE good reason a single person should have a billion dollars.. I gave you ONE. There are several more. You didn’t ask for a debate or a thesis. Your request must have been rhetorical so you could demonstrate your brightness ?????? https://t.co/WQ9CDRwYFn
— Kirstie Alley (@kirstiealley) December 17, 2019
She also took aim at condescending socialists like Daou and others who attacked her, noting how the use of the term “democratic socialist” is “as a dumb as ‘gentle nazi.'”
PS all you Socialists can “school” me till your heads fall off.. I will never NEVER be agreeable to a Socialist government ..and your renaming it “democratic socialist” is as a dumb as “gentle nazi”…so save your ink and move along
— Kirstie Alley (@kirstiealley) December 17, 2019
Alley even took aim at those criticizing her for being a Scientologist.
“You can tell a persons IQ by the way they attack things that have NOTHING to do with the subject at hand,” she wrote. “Example: ‘Oh yeah? You don’t like Beagles? OK well that’s because you’re a Mormon!!’”
And while Daou gave up trying to battle the fired-up actress, he did go on with his rant about wealth and conservatives ignoring kids in cages.
“DEEP SICKNESS We share a country with people who are more outraged about billionaires having to pay taxes than children dying alone and in agony on cold cage floors,” Daou tweeted Tuesday. “And these people scream ‘big government!!’ and ‘don’t take away their liberty!!’ at the thought of oligarchs being taxed, but have no problem with government controlling women’s bodies.”
But Twitter users who didn’t buy his narrative continued to echo Alley’s remarks.
They created a product or company that is worth a billion dollars. I think a better question is why don’t you think someone in that situation deserves to keep the money they earned?
— Mike Daitch (@mikedaitch) December 17, 2019
Can you give me a good reason you should be the person to decide who has a billion dollars? Also, if you want to take Tom Steyer and George Soros’s money, you can start there. https://t.co/wyKUCs6r5l
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) December 16, 2019
Because capitalism provides superior wealth, prosperity liberty and equality to socialism and communism, and under a logical tax structure billionaires put their wealth to work generating more wealth and prosperity.
— BattleSwarm (@BattleSwarmBlog) December 16, 2019
MOMMY TIMMY GOT A NEW BIKE FOR AND I DIDNT
Well son, Timmy worked really hard delivering papers all summer while you played video games.
GIVE ME ONE GOOD REASON WHY TIMMY SHOULD HAVE A NEW BIKE???
— Kelly Campagna (@warriorwoman91) December 17, 2019
If it’s never OK then you’re supporting income caps. So any more you make above X dollars isn’t yours and goes… where? The government? https://t.co/uEchSsqxG2
— neontaster (@neontaster) December 16, 2019
I can give you 6 (but there are a billion more reasons and none of them are to find someone else’s laziness or lack of success):
1. Hard work
2. Wise investing
3. Calculated risk taking
4. World changing innovation
5. Blessed to bless others
6. None of your business https://t.co/haGbKSP6b3— Chris Loesch (@ChrisLoesch) December 16, 2019
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