rbreich , to Random
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paulschoe ,
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Indeed, This is “an economy of the haves and have-nots,”.

The lower-income consumers have blown through their pandemic savings and the higher-income consumers who own more than half of all shares of stock owned by Americans. The ones who are benefiting from higher prices due to the resulting stock buybacks by corporations.

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rbreich , to Random
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Office Hours: If Trump is found guilty, should Biden emphasize the guilty verdict or focus on abortion and democracy instead? https://robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hours-if-trump-is-found-guilty?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Yoshi ,
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@rbreich Stay focused on what people want, , and . 's sycophants won't believe or accept any guilty verdict, They've made up their minds and don't want to be confused with facts.

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The world's billionaires now hold a combined $14.2 trillion in assets.

That exceeds the GDP of every country in the world except the US and China.

And we’re supposed to believe the ultra-wealthy can’t afford a wealth tax?

PeachMcD ,
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@rbreich

I want to normalize/popularize connecting with an image of a bloated

If can compare minority groups to , so can I

There's not really very many of those ticks, but they're sucking the blood out of our Body Politick
Out of our
Out of our
So many needed resources, hoarded for what?
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rbreich , to Random
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Your tax day reminder that trickle-down economics is a cruel hoax designed to enrich the wealthy and corporations while draining money for the middle class and the poor.

Don't let billionaires fool you into thinking we shouldn't tax the rich.

ZhiZhu ,
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@rbreich

Trickle down does NOT work.

It never has.

TRICKLE DOWN IS A LIE that rich people pay politicians to tell as an excuse for letting rich people avoid paying their fair share of taxes.

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