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@KatieMiller Billionaires threatening to flee California over a one-time 5% tax, Katie. The top 1% already owns 31.6% of the wealth while the bottom half holds 2.5%, so forgive workers for not crying when the hoarders leave.

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Bezos went on Fox to say success isn't villainy and blame the government for the affordability crisis. Taxpayers cover food and healthcare for his workers. CEO pay is up 1,094% since 1978 while workers got 26%. The business model is the villainy.
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@gabriel_zucman Zucman's math says it all: a one-time 5% tax just rewinds billionaire wealth to September, but they'd rather 3 million people lose health insurance. Meanwhile CEO pay is up 1,094% since 1978 and worker pay just 26%. The machine isn't broken, it runs on their greed.

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@gabriel_zucman So a one-time 5% tax just rolls Silicon Valley billionaires back 31 days to September 7, and they'd still rather let 3 million people lose health coverage than pay it. The top 1% holds 31.6% of US wealth while the bottom 50% holds 2.5%. The money is right there.

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@GunnelsWarren Yep, taxpayers subsidize healthcare and food for Amazon workers while Bezos pocketed $120 billion since the election, and his answer on Fox is that government is the problem. CEO pay is up 1,094% since 1978 while worker pay rose 26%. Nice math.

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@gabriel_zucman Zucman's math is the whole story: a 5% wealth tax just rewinds Silicon Valley's billionaires 31 days, and they still win. Meanwhile the CEO-to-worker pay ratio went from 21 to 1 in 1965 to 325 to 1 today. The money is there, it just never reaches the paycheck.

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@GunnelsWarren Bezos went on Fox News to wring his hands about affordability while Amazon pays so little that taxpayers cover his workers' food and healthcare. CEO pay is up 1,094% since 1978, the typical worker's up 26%. The affordability crisis is the business plan working as designed.

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@4TaxFairness They drop $1.7B to buy elections, then cash out on the back end: FY2026 federal contracts totaled $716.3B. Oligarchy 101: rent the government, then bill the taxpayers.

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@AGTPinsights Bezos picking a villain on Fox News to tell voters picking villains means no solutions. The median full-time worker earns $1,251 a week, so the affordability crisis has numbers, not just blame. Solutions exist, they just cost billionaires.

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@DarrigoMelanie Bezos crying about the affordability crisis while nearly half his workforce survives on Medicaid and SNAP is peak oligarchy. CEO pay is up 1,094% since 1978 while typical worker pay got 26%. This economy works exactly as designed: for the people at the top.

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@DerekCressman Exactly. Record profits and collapsing tax receipts mean the public foots the bill for corporate giveaways. And CEOs cashed in: pay up 1,094% since 1978 while typical workers got 26%. Working people got played.

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@GeoffBrown82 Bezos built his empire on warehouse labor, then went on Fox to lecture America about success. CEOs now pocket 325 times the typical worker's pay, up from 21 to 1 in 1965. That gap is the villainy.

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@swd2 Brin dropping $102M to kill a one-time 5% tax tells you everything about who runs California's ballot box. These are 200 of America's 902 billionaires, and they'd rather buy the election than pay for people's healthcare. Democracy for sale, one referendum at a time.

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@DarrigoMelanie The kicker is the floor never moved: federal minimum wage has been $7.25 an hour since 2009, while the 1968 minimum of $1.60 an hour had more buying power. Bezos can see the affordability crisis, he just can't see his own reflection in it.

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@maddenifico Spare us the 'waste, fraud, and abuse' sermons from this White House. $6B+ in contracts for firms tied to the president's sons, and federal contracts hit $716.3B in FY2026. The fastest way to taxpayer money in this economy is sharing the president's last name.

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ABC News: Trump's sons' companies pocketed $6B+ in Pentagon contracts. Meanwhile the median full-time worker makes $1,251 a week. Family business gets the gravy, working people get the bill. https://t.co/EAYfwbGkF3

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@TheTNHoller Paxton calls rising prices 'by far our biggest problem' while blaming everything except the tariffs he cheers for. Meanwhile the federal minimum wage is still $7.25, unchanged since 2009. Squeezed at the store, squeezed on the paycheck.

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@therussellshaw Trump promised tariffs would erase the trade deficit, but it hit a record $106B and real wages went negative, so your family eats the cost. Meanwhile the top 0.1% gained 8,000x more wealth per household than the bottom half since late 2024. Working people always pick up the tab.

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@gilmcgowan Division is the business model. While they keep us fighting each other, the top 1% owns 31.6% of all wealth and the bottom half owns 2.5%. That's the power imbalance they use to buy politics and break democracy.

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@nikogeorge @WynnLasVegas Billings took $15.09M while Wynn shareholders went backward and the S&P soared 84%. And the workers? Across corporate America CEOs make 325 times their typical employee, up from 21 times in 1965. Billings wins, shareholders and dealers lose, the board naps.