Rep. Barbara Lee: "We also have to support efforts to address growing inequality by providing workers not only w/ an increase in the minimum wage, but a living wage... I also believe that our tax code can and should play an important role in reigning in extreme income inequality" pic.twitter.com/nJaf3V7l9n
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 10, 2024
Barbara Lee: "In California, we're a progressive, multiracial, multiethnic state w/ a vision for the future. But for some reason, we still have not been able to close the gap between the very wealthy and the very poor and the gap continues to grow. We're losing our middle class." pic.twitter.com/XFKLv7js7s
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 10, 2024
I agree with Abigail Disney, but Reagan was a product if Goldwater’s epic loss and the right-wing resentment over that and LBJ. Reagan was their correcting of that “error,” and Trump is clearly a feature, not a bug.Ana Maria Archila: "The sense that people have to work so very hard for the very basics, that reality actually feeds the politics of despair, feeds the politics of isolation, and allows for a terrain where right-wing ideology that says, 'I don't like you'" pic.twitter.com/SnCkfKstip
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 10, 2024
"When elephants fight, the grass gets trampled.”Lord: If we don't change the road, we’re on now we'll see our first trillionaire somewhere between 10 and 20 years from now. If you think billionaire influence has corrupted our political system, trillionaire wealth is going to destroy it. pic.twitter.com/red6vPFoQE
— Acyn (@Acyn) April 10, 2024
Elephants don’t actually fight that much. But human beings sure as hell do.Lord: Remember, you may not care how much money a person has but you probably do care how much power that person has. Extreme wealth means extreme power. Extreme power threatens our freedom, our democracy and our way of life. pic.twitter.com/mSlmn3bdTH
— Acyn (@Acyn) April 10, 2024
The market is a great, green god. We are all just children of a lesser god. O market, O market!Ghosh: Out of 1400 of the largest companies in the world, guess how many are willing to pay a living wage? 0.4%. Guess what the kind of tax rates they’re paying are? Effective tax rates, between 4% and 8% pic.twitter.com/Ogo0CRikVJ
— Acyn (@Acyn) April 10, 2024
I heard people in a focus group this morning talking about how they liked Trump’s “policies.” I doubt they could name one. But, you know, free markets!Hanauer: President Biden has put forth a budget that would raise $5 trillion, almost entirely from wealthy people and corporations. Trump has made very clear that he would like to further reduce the corporate tax rate and further reduce taxes on the wealthiest people pic.twitter.com/vn2Cuyrr9x
— Acyn (@Acyn) April 10, 2024
No, it’s Biden’s fault! Everybody knows that!Mattei: There’s a lot of studies that show empirically how the reason why inflation is even a problem is because of unprecedented level of profit margins. The profits are skyrocketing right now… pic.twitter.com/LjQQuUg21A
— Acyn (@Acyn) April 10, 2024
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