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@PatrioticMills

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Tax the rich, save the world. It is that simple.

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Patriotic Millionaires

@PatrioticMills

3 years

. @AOC — “We have money for tax loopholes for yachts. We have money to incentivize stock buybacks.” But suddenly, we “can’t afford” to give struggling families the relief they so desperately need.

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. @AOC is right! We have two options in the continued #FightFor15 1. Override the Parliamentarian's advice & move forward with the $15 minimum wage in the COVID package. 2. Eradicated the deeply flawed filibuster. Which is it going to be, Democrats?

AOC Says Only 'Two Options' to Pass $15 Minimum Wage

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Democrats "have a responsibility" to raise the minimum wage after promising voters they would.

www.newsweek.com

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Take it from the founder of Men's Wearhouse—raising the minimum wage is not a Republican or a Democratic issue. It's an American issue—about making sure that when employees go home they have enough money to drive businesses. $7.25 is an immoral abomination. #RaiseTheWage now.

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C'mon Jeff- a base wage of $15 would barely make a difference to you, but would radically change life for your workers! #RaisetheWage #FightFor15

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"My dad owned a small business, and in good years, we tried to pay our secretaries, all our workers, a little bit more. But as the CEO as a major company, there's nothing that stops me from just buying my own stock back - how is this different from a pyramid scheme?" - @AOC 👏

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@POTUS If you make $100,000 working and a millionaire makes $100,000 selling stock, the millionaire will end the year almost $9,000 richer than you because of the tax code. Take it from us millionaires— we can afford to pay more in taxes. #TaxTheRich

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Mitch McConnell's net worth: 2009: $19,929,018 2020: $34,000,000 Federal minimum wage: 2009: $7.25/hour 2020: $7.25/hour He literally profits off of leaving workers behind. No wonder he won't pass the #RaiseTheWage Act or provide #COVID relief to struggling Americans.

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People preparing arguments against raising the minimum wage.

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$15 minimum wage *is* COVID relief. $15 minimum wage *is* COVID relief. $15 minimum wage *is* COVID relief. $15 minimum wage *is* COVID relief. $15 minimum wage *is* COVID relief. $15 minimum wage *is* COVID relief. $15 minimum wage *is* COVID relief.

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. @JeffBezos makes approximately $2,489 per second — more than twice what the median US worker makes in a week. It’s time to #TaxTheRich !

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Today, we ask our governments to raise taxes on people like us. Immediately. Substantially. Permanently. #TaxTheRich now.

Super-rich call for higher taxes on wealthy to pay for Covid-19 recovery

Exclusive: Group of 83 wealthy individuals demands ‘immediate, substantial and permanent’ higher taxes ‘on people like us’

www.theguardian.com

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2 years

A Starbucks barista would need to work 534,374 hours to make what their union-busting lawyer was paid for getting fired.

More Perfect Union

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2 years

NEW: Starbucks has fired its top lawyer, Rachel Gonzalez. The company’s high-paid legal team has lost repeatedly in efforts to stop the rapidly growing union drive. Gonzalez will receive an $8 million golden parachute from Starbucks.

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Minimum wage: 🇳🇿New Zealand: $20/hr 🇩🇰Denmark: $22/hr 🇦🇺Australia: $12.14/hr 🇺🇸United States: $7.25/hr Price of a Big Mac: 🍔New Zealand: $4.87 🍔Denmark: $5.93 🍔Australia: $4.30 🍔United States: $5.66

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3 years

49 Senators voted against the COVID relief bill. 211 House members voted against the COVID relief bill. Meanwhile, 75% of Americans support this sweeping legislation. We need people in power who work for the folks they represent.

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@PatrioticMills

3 years

Tax the Rich Tax the Super-Rich Tax the Ultra-Rich But MOST of all, Tax the Going-To-Space-Is-My-Quirky-Hobby Rich

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Minimum wage hikes did NOT cause inflation. @JoeBiden did NOT cause inflation. Inflation WAS caused by 💸 CORPORATE GREED 💸

No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen

@NoLieWithBTC

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. @BernieSanders : "Why is it that in Europe, inflation is at 11%? You think that's Joe Biden's fault? In the UK, it's at 10.1%. And it is higher in many parts of the world than it is in the US... The major reason for inflation today is the outrageous level of corporate greed."

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. @AOC is right. It’s shameful that even in a time of crisis, American families are getting crumbs compared to what corporations are getting. Americans deserve better.

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It’s unacceptable that while us wealthy folks stay home during the pandemic, essential workers risk their lives going to work all while paying more in taxes than the wealthy. Take it from the millionaires—we can afford to pay more in taxes & we should.

‘Raise my taxes – now!’: the millionaires who want to give it all away

Abigail Disney has parted with $72m – and thinks the rich need to pay far more tax. As Covid widens the inequality gap, she and an international league of the super-rich are urging governments to...

www.theguardian.com

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The wealth of the 10 richest men has doubled, while the incomes of 99% of humanity are worse off because of COVID19. That's a rate of $15,000 per second or $1.3 billion a day. We desperate need a #WealthTax now.

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3 years

You know we're getting close to taxing the rich and corporations when corporations start begging employees to call Congress.

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@kenklippenstein

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Verizon is quietly asking its employees to tell Congress to kill a corporate tax increase favored by the Biden administration.

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For every dollar the IRS spends on auditing rich tax cheats, it makes back $12. Increasing enforcement is clearly a great investment, but Republicans care more about helping the rich avoid taxes than they do about cutting the deficit.

Opinion | Republicans undercut one of the best investments the U.S. can make

Plus: Long live a Mexican theme restaurant. Big-city governance. Book bans.

www.washingtonpost.com

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@PatrioticMills

2 years

TODAY: we delivered more than 18,000 signatures to members of the Jan. 6 Committee calling on them to show us the money & expose who funded the attack on our democracy. The committee must add a hearing to reveal who exactly wanted to destroy American democracy just to get rich.

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2 years

NEW AD: @SenatorSinema , we've got some questions for you. How does refusing to close the carried interest loophole help your constituents? Oh right, it does't. But it sure does give billionaires a reason to give you money!

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4 years

@RBReich And let's not forget the $2.13/hr tipped minimum wage which has stayed the same since...wait for it...1991.

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4 years

If your employees make more on unemployment you're not a job creator you're a poverty exploiter. Read that again.

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4 years

Why don't we ask the billionaires to use their money to bailout their own corporations? 🤔

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3 years

“We can’t find workers” —big corporations. Translation: “We’re paying poverty wages.”

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4 years

Chipotle CEO "earns" 💰$33,520,940 a year 💰$644,633 a week Average Chipotle employee earns 💵$13,779 a year 💵$265 a week The average Chipotle employee would have to work almost 47 years to make what the CEO “earns” in ONE week.

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Mitch McConnell's net worth: 2009: $19,929,018 2019: $27,000,000 Federal minimum wage: 2009: $7.25/hour 2019: $7.25/hour He literally profits off of leaving American workers behind. No wonder he won't pass the #RaiseTheWage Act.

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4 years

Just a casual reminder that fifty years of ‘trickle-down’ has turned millionaires into billionaires and the working class into the working poor.

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Elon Musk's Wealth: March 2020: 24.6 billion Now: 286 billion Jeff Bezos' Wealth: March 2020: 113 billion Now: 204.3 billion Minimum Wage: 2009: $7.25 2021: $7.25 There's something seriously wrong with a country that continues to refuses to #TaxTheRich AND #RaiseTheWage

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US oligarchs have used their wealth to accumulate vast amounts of political power, & with that power, they rigged our economy and brought our democracy to its knees. #TaxTheRich , our democracy depends on it.

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@PatrioticMills

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Enlightened millionaires like @abigaildisney get it. #TaxTheRich

Acyn

@Acyn

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Disney: It's time to enact a new tax code that drives the benefits of the economy directly into the pockets of working people and requires those who benefitted the most from America's economic structure to recycle a significant portion of that benefit back into our society..

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When someone says "bUt hOw wIlL We pAy fOr iT?!" Just show them the numbers: 💵Low Income People Effective Tax Rate 1950: 17% Now: 25% 💵Middle-class Effective Tax Rate 1950: 19% Now: 25% 🤑Billionaires Effective Tax Rate 1950: 70% Now: 23% #TaxTheRich

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6 years

Fun fact: McDonald's would only have to raise the price of the big mac 17 cents in order to pay ALL of their workers at least $15 an hour. #RaisetheWage #Fightfor15

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McDonald's employee 🇺🇸US: ▪️$7.25/hour ▪️No benefits 🇩🇰Denmark: ▪️$22/hour ▪️Six weeks of paid vacation a year ▪️Life insurance ▪️A year’s paid maternity leave ▪️Pension plan ▪️Universal health coverage Big Macs in Denmark cost just 27 cents more.

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"The top 0.1 percent now control about the same amount of wealth as the bottom 90 percent of the entire population." The super rich are bad for our economy, bad for our environment, and bad for our democracy. We should tax them out of existence.

Why We Should Abolish the Super Rich - Inequality.org

The rationales for accepting vast inequalities of income and wealth simply do not hold up.

inequality.org

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5 years

What's @senatemajldr 's worst fear? Apparently, free and fair elections.

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3 years

The poor and middle class are paying taxes. The rich are paying accountants. The wealthy are paying politicians.

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3 years

We're tired of hearing people's excuses against raising the minimum wage. Folks have worked tirelessly for years and even harder during the pandemic and somehow you have an excuse to not pay them more than $7.25 an hour? #RaiseTheWage now.

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We can't believe this has to be said again— if your employees make more on unemployment you're not a job creator you're a poverty exploiter.

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The United States currently has the lowest minimum wage by a long shot compared to other countries. It's time to #RaisetheWage so that low-wage workers in America can make a living. $7.25 is not a living wage.

Raw data: The minimum wage around the world

www.motherjones.com

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2 years

What's driving up prices? SPOILER ALERT: It's corporate greed, NOT inflation. More from @RBReich 👇

Psst: You want to know the truth about inflation? (It's not what the Fed thinks it is.)

Prices are rising because corporations have the power to raise them. They're using "inflation" as an excuse. The Fed is about to apply the wrong medicine.

robertreich.substack.com

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Federal minimum wage 2009: $7.25/hr 2010: $7.25/hr 2011: $7.25/hr 2012: $7.25/hr 2013: $7.25/hr 2014: $7.25/hr 2015: $7.25/hr 2016: $7.25/hr 2017: $7.25/hr 2018: $7.25/hr 2019: $7.25/hr 2020: $7.25/hr 11 years without a raise is barbaric & cruel. Workers need a $15/hour floor.

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. @AOC is right—we’re not buying the PR stunt, @McDonalds If you want to look like you’re raising your wages to $15/hr then you should actually raise them to $15/hr for every McDonald’s worker in this country. Minimum. #FightFor15

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US Federal minimum wage 2009: $7.25/hour 2010: $7.25/hour 2011: $7.25/hour 2012: $7.25/hour 2013: $7.25/hour 2014: $7.25/hour 2015: $7.25/hour 2016: $7.25/hour 2017: $7.25/hour 2018: $7.25/hour 2019: $7.25/hour 2020: $7.25/hour During a health & economic crisis: STILL $7.25/hour

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Trickle-down economics Trickle-down economic Trickle-down economi Trickle-down econom Trickle-down econo Trickle-down econ Trickle-down eco Trickle-down ec Trickle-down e Trickle-down Trickle-dow Trickle-do Trickle-d Trickle- Trickle Trickl Trick

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Let's get this straight: Marriott, a hotel company that last year paid their CEO $12.9 million, made $21 billion in profits, all while only paying a 13% tax rate—cut workers' hours to 0 so that they can't earn a wage OR claim unemployment benefits? That should be criminal.

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"Our tax system is a monstrosity. It's terrible in ways that have been perpetually slanted toward the rich. And I say this as someone who has done quite well in life." -Patriotic Millionaire Eric Schoenberg

They’re Rich and They’re Mad About Taxes (Too Low!) (Published 2019)

An affluent few are raging against a tax law that puts more money — a lot more — in their pockets. Friends call them ‘traitors to their class.’

www.nytimes.com

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Minimum wage for tipped workers has been just $2.13/hr since 1991. That same year: —The USSR collapsed —The Hubble telescope launched —Cheers was still on TV —Freddie Mercury died —Average monthly rent was $495 #1FairWage now.

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Art Laffer might be the top economist in Trump’s ear soon. In case anyone forgot— he’s responsible for the immense damage done to our economy by trickle-down economics. Reminder: You don’t grow the economy by giving tax cuts to billionaires.

Why are we still pretending 'trickle-down' economics work? | Morris Pearl

Art Laffer, ‘godfather’ of supply-side economic theory, is going to be awarded a presidential medal. He doesn’t deserve it

www.theguardian.com

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Important! Raising the minimum wage would benefit everyone.

Aaron Rupar

@atrupar

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Saru Jayaraman explains how tipped minimum wage is a legacy of slavery

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Elon Musk is not your friend. He's not a funny troll. He's a living perpetrator of wealth inequality that carries a real threat to our society.

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"What actually happened when we #RaiseTheWage in Seattle? We had stronger businesses, happier and healthier families, and a growing economy." @RepJayapal When workers' wages go up, everyone benefits.

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Democracy isn’t just under attack from Russian oligarchs. The US has its own, and they're no less dangerous. This conference will explore the threats we face and practical steps to reclaim our country for everyday people before it’s too late. #TaxTheRich

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BREAKING: As states across the country face dire budget shortfalls, NJ will embrace a millionaires tax to fund critical relief measures. Way to go @GovMurphy 👏👏 This is how and why we #TaxTheRich .

Deal Reached in N.J. for ‘Millionaires Tax’ to Address Fiscal Crisis (Published 2020)

Gov. Philip Murphy said the tax would help make up shortfalls caused by the pandemic, but Republicans warned it would lead to an exodus of wealthy residents.

www.nytimes.com

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ICYMI!

Acyn

@Acyn

1 year

Porter: The only people who benefit from the richest Americans cheating on their taxes are the people cheating on their taxes.

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Elon Musk is now worth $297 billion. You want to know how he did it? He skipped 71 billion lattes. It's thats easy.

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Taxation isn’t theft. Avoiding taxes is.

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Their CEO "earned" $11.5 million in total compensation last year, nearly 195 times more than their average employee. In the last 5 years, they spent $13 billion in stock buybacks AND they just got a $5.8 billion bailout.

CNBC Now

@CNBCnow

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BREAKING: American Airlines is cutting 19,000 jobs when federal aid expires in October

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It’s pretty interesting what people are willing to overlook for money. You don’t get one without the other. Shameful.

Billionaire Trump donor explains he’s in it for the tax cuts, not the racism

The fundamental truth about what keeps Trump in power.

www.vox.com

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Jeff Bezos is worth $118 billion. You want to know how he did it? He skipped 32 billion lattes. It's that easy.

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Meanwhile the federal minimum wage: 2009: $7.25/hour 2022: $7.25/hour

Public Citizen

@Public_Citizen

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Elon Musk’s wealth: 2020: $24.6 billion 2022: $234 billion Jeff Bezos’ wealth: 2020: $113 billion 2022: $165.1 billion Bill Gates’ wealth: 2020: $98 billion 2022: $129.5 billion Warren Buffett's wealth: 2020: $67.5 billion 2022: $117.6 billion Tax the damn rich.

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There's no excuse for the wealthy not to pay their fair share of taxes! #TaxtheRich

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"More than half of Americans say they would be either disappointed or angry if the tax plan is signed into law. Even among Republicans, enthusiasm is somewhat muted." #TaxScam

CBS News poll: Americans say tax plan helps wealthy, not middle class

Views on the Republican tax plan: Is it fair? Who does it benefit? Corporations or the middle class? And will it help the economy?

www.cbsnews.com

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Apple is now worth $2,000,000,000,000. That's 2 Trillion. You would have to save a million dollars a day since before the beginning of recorded human history—5,480 years—to reach that level of wealth. Yet supposedly, taxing corporations more will run them into the ground.

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The new GOP Tax Code is not any sort of coherent economic philosophy, it is a payoff to the donor class that will be paid for by America’s middle class. We created to help candidates run & win against this obscene bill. #ItsAPayoff

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It's been 13 years since the wage was last raised. We are living in the longest period without a minimum wage hike in our country's entire history since the introduction of a federal wage floor in 1938.

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As millionaires, we agree. There's absolutely no reason that work should be taxed more than wealth. Period.

Scott Dworkin

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Billionaires should pay more taxes than us. Who agrees?

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BREAKING: Over 200 millionaires from 13 countries demand global leaders at Davos tax extreme wealth. The history of the last 5 decades is a story of wealth flowing nowhere but upwards. The solution is simple. You, our global representatives, have to tax us, the ultra-rich, now.

Gabriela Bucher

@Gabucher

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200+ millionaires are calling on governments around the world to “tax us, the ultra rich, now” in order to help billions of people struggling with cost-of-living crisis. @MarleneEnglhorn & @Phil_White_99 hand-delivered the letter directed at Davos attendees to the #WEF23 .

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CEO to worker pay ratio: Walmart: 1,188 to 1 McDonalds: 3,101 to 1 Mattel: 4,987 to 1 Seems like it's about time to #TaxTheRich

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SOLD to private equity billionaires: @SenatorSinema ! It's clear that she doesn't work for her constituents, she works for her private equity and hedge fund billionaire supporters.

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Bailout workers, not corporations Bailout workers, not corporations Bailout workers, not corporations Bailout workers, not corporations Bailout workers, not corporations Bailout workers, not corporations Bailout workers, not corporations Bailout workers, not corporations

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Our member @abigaildisney signed a letter along with 300+ millionaires, economists, and politicians demanding that G20 leaders tax the rich. Extreme wealth inequality is a threat to democracy. The G20 must act before it’s too late.

Disney heiress leads call for tax on ‘super-rich’

Campaign for minimum global tax aims to address a ‘rise in extreme inequality’

www.telegraph.co.uk

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Corporate revenue in 2018: 🤑Walmart: $500 billion 🤑Amazon: $232 billion 🤑Disney: $59.4 billion 🤑McDonald's: $21 billion They can afford to lower the pay gap between their workers and CEOs! #TaxCEOs

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Things Biden can pass with a Democratic Senate: -increased minimum wage -comprehensive COVID relief -higher taxes on the rich -sweeping investments in a green economy -end of partisan gerrymandering Georgia's runoffs are must wins for the future of our country and democracy.

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Fact: Trump's "tax cuts" were nothing more than a $1.9 trillion give away to billionaires and corporations, leaving working Americans to foot the bill. We, the wealthy, don't need tax cuts. Raise our taxes—we can handle it. #Debates2020

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Inequality in the US is a result of: The wealthiest 👉controlling almost all wealth 👉influencing politics in their favor 👉running corporations that don't meet basic human standards All while trying to scrub their reputations with philanthropy. A must-read on @AnandWrites !

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This man is disrupting the cult of the billionaire

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CEO to worker pay ratios: ▪️McDonald’s: 2,124:1 ▪️Disney: 1,424:1 ▪️Walmart: 1,076:1 ▪️Starbucks: 1,049:1 ▪️Target: 767:1 ▪️CVS: 618:1 ▪️Macy's: 582:1 ▪️Barnes & Noble: 562:1 Inequality in America is out of control & outrageous CEO pay is part of the problem. #TaxCEOs

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How do you rig an economy? You start with the tax code. As the Biden administration embarks on a re-rewrite of the tax code— we've published Tax The Rich! How Lies, Loopholes, and Lobbyists Make the Rich Even Richer. Grab your copy today at

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One-bedroom apartment: 2009: $998 2019: $1,405 Public college: 2009: $4,740 2019: $9,970 Private college: 2009: $27,520 2019: $34,740 New car: 2009: $28,000 2019: $36,000 Federal minimum wage: 2009: $7.25/hour 2019: $7.25/hour

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"When you look at the #GOPTaxScam , about 60% just went to buybacks, and now we're being told that our GDP is going up because of it - so it's possible our GDP numbers are going up without actually adding any value to our economy." - @AOC

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Extreme economic inequality is the existential crisis of our time and must be confronted. This conference will lay out a bold new American Agenda that will undo decades of concentration of wealth and power, and stabilize our economy and our democracy.

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The American people should be angry about Trump’s tax bill, but they should be more angry that this is what our system is designed to do. If they want real change, they need to focus their energy on holding all rich Americans accountable, not just Trump.

Our tax system, not Trump, is the scandal. It's designed to help rich people avoid taxes.

Trump and Republicans wrote the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. To no one’s surprise, it added more ways for the wealthy to avoid paying their fair share.

www.usatoday.com

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Watch @abigaildisney as she makes the call to Disney & all corporations to place their workers above shareholders and offer respect, dignity, and a living wage to everyone who works for them.

Dignity isn't a privilege. It's a worker's right

What's the purpose of a company? In this bold talk, activist and filmmaker Abigail Disney imagines a world where companies have a moral obligation to place their workers above shareholders, calling...

www.ted.com

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Just a casual reminder that increasing the capital gains tax rate is a good idea.

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The ONLY economic relief bill that makes sense at all is one that focuses on bailing out workers, not shareholders. Our economy can survive wealthy investors losing a fraction of their net worth. It cannot survive 30% of Americans going without ANY form of income for months.

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This is an incredible gesture, and we love to see it. But all students deserve a future without being crushed under the weight of student debt. They need their government to step up. Say it with us now: charity isn't a solution to system-wide failures.

Ocasio-Cortez Applauds Billionaire's Plan to Pay $40M In Student Loan Debt

New York Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez applauded a billionaire's offer to pay off an entire Morehouse College class' student loans, but she cautioned people shouldn't be forced to...

www.newsweek.com

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To be clear: there’s nothing to “discuss” when it comes to the debt ceiling. It has to be raised. Today, Biden should stand up to GOP bullies & not allow them to hold the entire global economy hostage in their pursuit of destroying the social safety net.

Biden and McCarthy Discuss Debt Limit as Financial Crisis Looms (Published 2023)

The meeting, which did not appear to yield a breakthrough, highlighted the differences between the White House and the Republicans who now control the House.

www.nytimes.com

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A Mcdonald’s Employee in the US makes $7.25/hr with no employee benefits. 🍔cost of a Big Mac in US $4.80 A Mcdonald’s employee in Denmark makes $22/hr with employee benefits & universal healthcare coverage. 🍔cost of a Big Mac in DK $5.15 Workers in the US deserve better.

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Riddle me this: how can a worker be both essential AND unworthy of a living wage?

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"White supremacy upholds billionaire supremacy." @AnandWrites Billionaires swoop in to fund public policy initiatives & then distract from the fact they've built a society that ensures their own necessity by opposing policies that benefit the public good.

'Billionaire Supremacy Is Like White Supremacy Or Male Supremacy,' Anand Giridharadas Says

As the world's billionaires get richer, American legislators are still fighting over COVID-19 relief.

www.wgbh.org

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We completely agree! It's past time to bring back competitive markets and reign in corporate greed. Corporations continue to use their profits to help shareholders and CEOs to the detriment of their employees. Don't believe us? The proof is in the numbers.

Robert Reich

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Don’t tell me corporations have no choice but to raise prices. Corporate profits are at a 70-year high. Stock buybacks are expected to reach $1,000,000,000,000 this year. News flash: They’re using inflation as cover to squeeze more money out of you.

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When the wealthy evade billions in taxes a year... When billionaires became $1.8 trillion richer while regular Americans suffered through COVID19... We must #TaxTheRich to pass @POTUS Build Back Better agenda. Take it from us millionaires— we can afford it.

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A new CBO report finds that the cuts to IRS funding that Republicans demanded will actually *increase* the deficit by $19 billion. It was never about the debt for Republicans. It was about helping their tax cheating donors get away with breaking the law.

IRS Cuts to Add $19 Billion to Deficit, CBO finds

The Official U.S. Senate Committee On The Budget

www.budget.senate.gov

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Raising the minimum wage to at LEAST $15/hr is popular all across the country. Reminder: The only people that don't like it is the billionaire class.

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We don’t think, as some do, that we need to raise taxes on the rich to “pay for” things like education, infrastructure, and transportation. Instead, the real reason we want to raise taxes on the rich is to reduce inequality. Read more to find out why.

The real reason we want to raise taxes on the rich

My name is Bob Lord and I’m the Patriotic Millionaires’ Senior Advisor on Tax Policy. Before my time here, I practiced tax law for forty years and also ran for Congress back in 2008. We usually write...

patrioticmillionaires.org

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