In the richest nation on Earth, 60% of families can’t afford a “minimal quality of life.”
Absolutely unacceptable. We need to tax the damn rich and fully fund our basic needs programs. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cost-of-living-income-quality-of-life/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab8a&linkId=818735561
Absolutely unacceptable. We need to tax the damn rich and fully fund our basic needs programs. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cost-of-living-income-quality-of-life/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab8a&linkId=818735561
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Businesses pay not tax because they take large # of deduction and get millions in refunds each. Thats where most of your money goes.
And because there are lots of hospital doesn't mean we have the best health. It mean lots of people are sick.
The only useful stat is how the 50% and the 10% poorest part of a country are faring.
The richest are irrelevant.
If someone spent $10,000 a day, $1 billion would last about 273 years.
It's truly embarrassing to imagine that anyone could think they need that much money.
Will Trump and Co. Now, use this downgrade as a hyper excuse to fast track his deficit reduction budget
Fun fact:
If you had a billion dollars, you could spend 10 million dollars a year for 100 years.
How many people could you help?
Love to hear what you think will work in this current environment.
I'll wait...wait...wait...
There are many ways in which we are most-definitely not the richest country.
It’s not tax the rich
It’s tax where the money is , because currently, we are taxing the crap out of where the money isn’t.
Do you see how that will make sense to everyone and it nullifies the usual GOP bullshit
Stop funding genocides and war invest in your own people instead of bombing others.
My BIO explains my plight
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Shitler needs to be removed. We don't have two years to wait and hope for a free and fair election
So - the majority, then.
Warren Buffet
Jeff Bezos
E musk
and see how many schools need supplies and repairs
and how many families rely on Food Aid programs
and how many families need government medical support
and ask Why are they getting tax breaks in the hundreds of billions
So, you can have both low poverty and high billionaire count. They are not mutually exclusive (although if you have to choose, I'd go for low poverty).
Stop looking at third world countrys thinking; they have one guy running everything (into the ground) and don't see the second part.
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Richest in What.
We do have a slew of the richest billionaires though.
This is how Musk became a billionaire 👇
Our POLITICIANS GAVE Musk BILLIONS of our tax dollars!
https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hy-musk-subsidies-20150531-story.html
Most people can’t afford to pay their bills or own a home. Even eat a proper meal.
Rich by health. No.
You can’t go to the doctor or hospital without paying.
End up in massive debt or bankrupt due to illness.
Rich in resources? No.
Those are being destroyed by the minute.
Connect the dots and organize accordingly.
Seriously.
What the fuck are any of you going to do about anything?
Agree on the tax the rich, only
that picture with the White smiling family on one income doesn’t show all of the Americans back in the 50’s … there was Separation still going on. So much potential to become the greatest and richest country was denied because of prejudice
Exactly what Republicans want back
But even then, many of the oppressed had the means to relocate to other parts of the country to better their lots.
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/tax-cuts-rich-50-years-no-trickle-down/
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“corporate tax rate ranged from 30 to 52%”
“some tax rates above 90%, but that figure only applied to the individual income taxes of top earners”
So u could get rich, only not insanely rich.
Tax the rich until they can't afford to support any more politicians and work up.
A quick check would show that without the Californian economy, America is losing the richest country title.
R propaganda over the last 65 yrs has worked to make the public believe otherwise.
Aren't you a progressive? What are that caucus's plans to remove Trump, his admin, undo DOGE, undo Trump's EOs, and pull this country into a future?
That isn't telling us what we already know.
Spending quality time with family is good for intergenerational well-being!
While Congress plans to hand trillions to the wealthy and corporations in tax cuts. While at the same time positively killing Agencies and vital life saving services millions of Americans rely upon. To help them pay for it.
Disgusting corruption!
A disgrace!
Not much has changed since then !! 🤬🤬🤬🤬
They STOLE it all from the workers who did the actual work to create it.
The resources are not theirs to claim "ownership" and control of either
Spread truth to stop conformity to the capitalist LIES
completely filled with cement
make them ride this shit out like the rest of us
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/tax-cuts-rich-50-years-no-trickle-down/
the guy who blew himself up outside a palm smprings ivf center was upset that he was born and forced to live a trauma-filled life.
a life of working till the end w/o downtime is not "living"
It's a majority of Americans
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Lost everything back in the crash on 08-09.
Capitalist took away Pensions decades ago.
I live only on Social Security and stay in HUD Housing that rent went up 30+% this year. I ration my meds, cleaning, Laundry, food, and rarely every leave the apartment.
I hate everything!
Absolutely Despicable!!!
And y'all need to be on every tv station screaming about this 24/7!!!
Weirdly, its not just a US only phenomenon (lobbying); though yeah, probably better regulated elsewhere. https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/lobbying-regulation-global-phenomenon-2023-11-06/ (Of course, plenty of government bribery elsewhere (and here, more recently) too...)
To quote a wise sage "the rent is too damn high!"
This has only been getting worse over the years.
We need major reform.
Wealth transfer to the rich
Inequality
Authoritarianism
Voter Suppression
CUT MEDICARE
Terrorism
Insurrection
GUN VIOLENCE
END SOCIAL SECURITY
Dirty Air and Water
Destroying Planet
Pandemics
RACISM
Misogyny
War
Theocracy
NO PLATFORM
..DEAD PARTY...GOPDead
When the pain of right wing fiscal thieving exceeds the pleasure of seeing brown people deported?
Enjoy your Golden Age II motherfucks .
This is why they are called what they are called.
We know the GOP will can the bill. But that will give you something to run on! Keep putting the bill up for a vote!!!!
A rich nation means it's people are rich, healthy, educated...FREE.
Not USA.
The US self reports lies because it is absolutely NOT developed, free, or an allied power, but its leaders are desperate to be superpowers, even if it means being despots.
I feel for you. I wish you had half the freedom, love, health, peace that my country has. 🇨🇦
USA, however has been a poor country almost as long as it's been around.
Your billionaires are rich, your country's people are poor.
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If we come to agreement then we have accord to begin distribution from my reserve holdings effective immediately.
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I am ready and willing to begin retirement process for distribution of assets.
Early Retirement penalty applies.
Saves government $ by added tax.
Calculate taxation.
Making so many people so poor they cannot afford basic living conditions (we are #1 at killing our citizens with shitty healthcare too).