THREAD: #SOTU is tonight. We're anticipating a lot of false information on taxes and how the economy is doing, as @realdonaldtrump has done every year (1/11)
LIE 1: When Trump was at #WEF in Davos, he boasted of an outlandish and completely false American economy and lied about how no one is benefiting more than the middle class (2/11) commondreams.org/views/2020/01/…
FACT 1: In reality, low- and middle-income folks are hurting the most. Republicans who voted for the #GOPTaxScam are benefiting from this terrible law because they gave themselves tax breaks by helping companies they were already invested in (3/11) publicintegrity.org/inequality-pov…
LIE 2: Trump loves to boast that this is the most inclusive economy America has ever seen (4/11) commondreams.org/views/2020/01/…
FACT 2: If even mentioned tonight, people of color, women, and low- and middle-income folks will NEVER see the light of day of any of the supposed benefits from the #GOPTaxScam. (5/11) msmagazine.com/2019/11/21/tax…
LIE 3: Unemployment is at an all-time low and the job market is booming (6/11)
FACT 3: It's true that unemployment rate is 3.5%, which is the lowest in a decade.
But @BrookingsInst has found: Black Americans are often underemployed, meaning they're working more than 1 job AND the Black unemployment is 2x that of white folks. (7/11) brookings.edu/blog/up-front/…
But @BrookingsInst has found: Black Americans are often underemployed, meaning they're working more than 1 job AND the Black unemployment is 2x that of white folks. (7/11) brookings.edu/blog/up-front/…
FACT 3.1: The #GOPTaxScam reduced the rate that corporations pay from 35% to 21% -- that’s a 40% TAX CUT. Instead of investing this money in workers, corporations invested in stock buybacks at record numbers to make their CEOs and shareholders richer. #2YearTaxTerror (8/11)
FACT 3.2: @MsPeoples makes a great point: even if the #GOPTaxScam increased jobs and wages (none of which happened), that doesn't give anyone a good reason to SLASH corporate taxes. (9/11) 
If any truth surfaces tonight, it is that the @GOP and Trump want to pay for the deficit they created by CUTTING social security, Medicaid, and Medicare. We will not stand for it! (10/11)
We can fix our broken tax code in two ways:
1) Repeal the #GOPTaxScam and
2) #TaxTheRich.
Join us at taxmarch.org! #SOTU (11/11)
1) Repeal the #GOPTaxScam and
2) #TaxTheRich.
Join us at taxmarch.org! #SOTU (11/11)
