The Texas energy nightmare is a warning sign of what could happen nationwide, unless working people actively begin the fight for a different society. Capitalism has failed to address climate disaster & created an infrastructure nightmare for most of us & profits for a few.

(1/4) After having subjected millions of ordinary people to the misery of days of freezing temperatures & having caused deaths, the millionaires & billionaires are shameless enough to demand that working people pay massive electricity bills.

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During the time that Washington state has grown to have the most unequal tax structure in the nation, providing a tax haven to big business and billionaires while instituting and repeatedly renewing and extending hundreds of corporate tax breaks,

(1/4) while also doubling down on regressive taxes likes sales, use, property, and vehicle taxes, which disproportionately fall on working people and people living on fixed incomes:

- Democrats have controlled the governor’s mansion 30 out of 30 years

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