1/16
Democrats are working to push through a transformative $3.5 trillion dollar bill - a crucial step toward accomplishing core agenda items including strengthening the social safety net, expanding paid family and medical leave, and more accessible childcare. #velshi
Democrats are working to push through a transformative $3.5 trillion dollar bill - a crucial step toward accomplishing core agenda items including strengthening the social safety net, expanding paid family and medical leave, and more accessible childcare. #velshi
2/16
It also includes universal pre-K, tuition-free community college, lowering the Medicare eligibility age and expanding benefits to include dental, vision and hearing. Big, expensive stuff. Or is it? Expensive is a matter of perspective: pay now or pay later. #velshi
It also includes universal pre-K, tuition-free community college, lowering the Medicare eligibility age and expanding benefits to include dental, vision and hearing. Big, expensive stuff. Or is it? Expensive is a matter of perspective: pay now or pay later. #velshi
3/16
It does require an outlay of taxpayer money. Dema want Americans & large corporations to foot the bill for this legislation. Republicans say: no dice. Too expensive. It’ll raise the deficit. Can’t pass costs onto our grandkids now, can we? It’s a nonsense argument. #velshi
It does require an outlay of taxpayer money. Dema want Americans & large corporations to foot the bill for this legislation. Republicans say: no dice. Too expensive. It’ll raise the deficit. Can’t pass costs onto our grandkids now, can we? It’s a nonsense argument. #velshi
4/16
Republicans not only didn’t have good excuses for the debt that their 2017 tax cut got us into; they didn’t try to explain it. They said the tax cuts would make everyone wealthier & lower the debt. It didn’t do either of those things. #velshi
Republicans not only didn’t have good excuses for the debt that their 2017 tax cut got us into; they didn’t try to explain it. They said the tax cuts would make everyone wealthier & lower the debt. It didn’t do either of those things. #velshi
5/16
The idea that the middle class will benefit was just 1 of the many GOP lies about the 2017 tax cut. Thanks to an investigation by ProPublica - we are getting a closer look at how some of these inexplicable tax cuts for the wealthy came to be. #velshi
The idea that the middle class will benefit was just 1 of the many GOP lies about the 2017 tax cut. Thanks to an investigation by ProPublica - we are getting a closer look at how some of these inexplicable tax cuts for the wealthy came to be. #velshi
6/16
A last-minute loophole was added to that bill thanks to grandstanding by Sen. Ron Johnson, who stunned his party at the time by refusing to support the bill. So, in exchange for Johnson’s support, a change was made. It was touted as a lifeline for small businesses. #velshi
A last-minute loophole was added to that bill thanks to grandstanding by Sen. Ron Johnson, who stunned his party at the time by refusing to support the bill. So, in exchange for Johnson’s support, a change was made. It was touted as a lifeline for small businesses. #velshi
7/16
According to ProPublica’s investigation: “Confidential tax records, however, reveal that Johnson’s last-minute maneuver benefited two families more than almost any others in the country - both worth billions and both among the senator’s biggest donors.”#velshi
According to ProPublica’s investigation: “Confidential tax records, however, reveal that Johnson’s last-minute maneuver benefited two families more than almost any others in the country - both worth billions and both among the senator’s biggest donors.”#velshi
8/16
That sentence sort of says it all. By the way, the two companies-slash-families netted a combined $215-million dollars in tax deductions in 2018 alone. That’s America. Well, it’s one America. There’s another America that has a lot or poor people and hungry children. #velshi
That sentence sort of says it all. By the way, the two companies-slash-families netted a combined $215-million dollars in tax deductions in 2018 alone. That’s America. Well, it’s one America. There’s another America that has a lot or poor people and hungry children. #velshi
9/16
According to the Center for American Progress, between 7 and 11 million children live in households in which they are unable to eat enough food because their families are short of money. IN America. #velshi
According to the Center for American Progress, between 7 and 11 million children live in households in which they are unable to eat enough food because their families are short of money. IN America. #velshi
10/16
In 2017 - as that Republican tax bill was being passed - TalkPoverty.org estimated that it would have cost $69.4B/year to lift low-income families above the federal poverty line. #velshi
In 2017 - as that Republican tax bill was being passed - TalkPoverty.org estimated that it would have cost $69.4B/year to lift low-income families above the federal poverty line. #velshi
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