THREAD: I could argue that none of previous GOP #TaxScams helped average Americans but a.) we already know that and b.) if you're a #RedHat you're going to call that #FakeNews. Instead, I want to share what else could we do with $1.5T instead besides give it to the rich?
1/ With $1.5T we could pay off all student debt. Every. Last. Dollar.
2/ With $1.5T we could pay for free college tuition for everyone for the next 18 years.
3/ With $1.5T we could publicly fund the next 150+ federal elections taking money out of politics for 300+ years.
4/ With $1.5T we could give every one of the 45M Americans living below the poverty line $5,000 extra per year for the next 7 years.
5/ With $1.5T we could give 4-5M unemployed Americans a $15/hr job for a decade.
6/ With $1.5T we could end homelessness, build a nat’l high speed rail system, and provide 12 week’s paid family leave for a decade.
7/ With $1.5T we could pay the cost of every American’s cancer treatment for a decade.
8/ With $1.5T we could provide universal broadband access and take a $1.2T first class vacation.
9/ With $1.5T we could give every single American public school teacher an extra $4,600 per year for 100 years.
10/ With $1.5T we could give the bottom 90% of American households $13,400 each.
11/ With $1.5T we could pay off every American family’s credit card debt and cover all college cost for everyone for a decade.
12/ With $1.5T America could provide the world with clean water and sanitation for a decade. For. Every. Last. Human. On. Earth.
13/ With $1.5T we could pay for universal pre-K for 50+ years.
14/ With $1.5T we could give every minimum wage worker in America a raise to $15/hr and pay for it for 35 years.
15/ Make no mistake, this tax plan is perhaps the great heist of wealth from The middle class to the ruling class (billionaires and large multinational corps) this country has ever seen. And in no uncertain terms, it may destroy the very fabric of our society.
16/ Worst of all there are SO MANY critical things we could spend this money on that would have substantially more impact for the American people and most of them would help the economy and avg. workers far more.
17/ I've shared a list of my ideas. Now retweet this thread and share your own. /end
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