Trump sent 269 billion of our tax money back to 153 million Americans this year. Mostly to those who made < $75K a year. A total of 651 American billionaires increased their wealth by over $1 trillion in 2020. Commies and Libertarians begin arguing now. inequality.org/great-divide/u…
I am a Anarchist/Libertarian/Lumberjack in my thinking, but this year we saw the need for 1) a national health response 2)a safety net for those most vulnerable and 3) depoliticizing and deprofiting rapid disaster response. Add one incompetent, venal president and boom..disaster.
We spend billions on watching for nukes, Mexicans who steal our jobs on welfare, police and military but we don't view a virus as a national threat greater than al Qaeda, ISIS, hackers, Russia, China and Trump's tax's combined? 18M affected, 326K dead, 3.5k a day #Trumpageddon
Why aren't tax funded doctors, EMT's and community health care workers part of our national security response? Why can't we brain drain the medical skills of the world and give them entry ways to citizenship. #CmonMan. Let's think smart in 2021.
Bill Gates and his peers knew that the label "billionaire" particularly in unearned passive wealth gains is a ticking time bomb. Those that control the system to make money, make more money. He and Buffett created the "Giving Pledge" cnbc.com/2019/03/05/bil…
Billionaires are not required to do anything with their wealth and have the ability to direct profits to the most beneficial nexus or investment. In fact they are often criticized when they engage in social efforts. Wealth inequality is not good. nytimes.com/2017/02/19/you…
Wealth inequality is not UK taxation, Arab Spring or French Revolution but the last four years have put the need to clean up our act from politics to pardons to poverty. Something has to change. apps.urban.org/features/wealt…
But fuck it...lets all get to the TrumpTrough first. "Vibra boasts annual revenues of $1 billion, but when the company got in line to receive what is essentially free government money (the loans are forgivable), it made itself seem small." propublica.org/article/differ…
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