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We are gathered here today to declare our independence from the corporate lobbyists who control the narrative about what is possible here on Capitol Hill.
For too long we have heard promises during campaigns that fade into disappearing dreams at the end of each Congressional session because somebody somewhere says it’s just not possible to get it done.
We’ve come to call their bluff. We’ve come to say, “Get it done in ’21.” We are here today to say clearly that we will not accept the lies we’ve been told over and over again. We’re here to declare our independence from abusive politics.
66 years ago today was the one week anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. After a full week of staying off the buses, finding their own way to and from work, Black people in Montgomery didn’t know how long it was going to take for them to win that fight. 
They didn’t know that, a year later, they would still be fighting. But they knew they were done accepting the abuse of Jim Crow segregation. They knew they were done accepting the lies. They had a made-up mind to be free,& they knew they weren’t gonna let nobody turn them around.
We want a new society of justice, love. We have a duty to fight. And we know that when we fight, God will fight with us.
Rev. Tonny Algood from @AlabamaPPC reminds Joe Manchin that there’s nothing “sweet” for the 2.1 million poor and low-income people in Alabama when he and others deny them economic justice, living wages, healthcare, etc.
Delegate from @IllinoisPPC: “Women are underrepresented in our misogynistic government and overrepresented in poverty.” #MoralMonday #PoorPeoplesCampaign
From @JeffDSacks: “The current inflation is the result of Covid-19 and the temporary ups & downs caused by the pandemic (including disrupted supply chains, and expansionary monetary and fiscal policies properly undertaken to keep the economy afloat in the midst of the pandemic).
“(See my CNN piece from last month on the basics of the current inflation: cnn.com/2021/11/13/opi…)
BBB is a 10-year plan with no inflationary consequences of its own. First, the BBB new outlays are small, much below 1% of GDP per year (average 0.6% of GDP).
BBB is a 10-year plan with no inflationary consequences of its own. First, the BBB new outlays are small, much below 1% of GDP per year (average 0.6% of GDP).
“Second, the outlays are actually paid for by increased tax revenues. Third, to the extent that very small deficits might result (as CBO says), the correct answer is to raise taxes a bit more on the rich,
“not to punish the poor by withholding basics such a pre-K, child credits, home care, family leave, etc.
In short, if Sen. Manchin is truly concerned about the (small) risks of higher inflation resulting from BBB,
In short, if Sen. Manchin is truly concerned about the (small) risks of higher inflation resulting from BBB,
“he should be the first in the Senate to support raising the corporate tax rate from its current rock-bottom rate, 21%, as a result of the wholly unjust 2017 tax cut that Manchin himself opposed!
“In other words, the right way to fight deficits in any case is by taxing the rich, not squeezing the poor.
Manchin of course knows all of this. He himself is a multimillionaire and a coal polluter, so he is not really fighting against inflation, but is fighting
Manchin of course knows all of this. He himself is a multimillionaire and a coal polluter, so he is not really fighting against inflation, but is fighting
“against economic justice and environmental sustainability. He is opposing his own state’s urgent needs. And that’s why new green investments will go to neighboring states (such as the new Ford battery plant in KY) until Manchin gets on the ball for WV. For heaven’s sake!!!”
We’re getting ready to hit the streets in nonviolent moral fusion direct action! #MoralMonday #PoorPeoplesCampaign
The third warning has been given. Arrests are beginning here in DC. #MoralMonday #PoorPeoplesCampaign
Dozens arrested today by U.S. Capitol Police for demanding economic justice and voting rights cannot wait. We need Congress to #GetItDoneIn2021. We will be back tomorrow. Stay tuned …
Thanks to all the people from 33 #PoorPeoplesCampaign state coordinating committees that came to DC today to call on our elected officials to #GetItDoneIn2021, and not just some of it, ALL of it!
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