BREAKING: The 55 large corporations that paid $0 in federal corporate income taxes in 2020 spent $450 MILLION on lobbying and political contributions in recent years.
This is what a broken, rigged-for-the-rich system looks like. https://t.co/0MahlYnYEX
NEW: Today @ProPublica presents The Secret IRS Files. We have obtained a vast trove of never-before-seen tax data on thousands of the richest Americans covering more than 15 years. (THREAD)
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The US military just spent more on these stupid augmented reality headsets from Microsoft than it would cost to completely eradicate homelessness ($20 billion).
The profit motive should have no place in these three areas: 1) healthcare, 2)reporting the news, and 3)the defense industry. Our world would be an infinitely better place if in those three areas profit were removed from the equation.
I’m sure the majority of struggling Americans aren’t interested in any extra economic relief unless it’s passed with bipartisan support. Unity is their top priority, not their crippling debt
CNBC's David Faber said he is hearing a number of hedge funds are in similar trouble that Melvin Capital saw in its GameStop $GME and may need to be bailed out.
Airlines got $25 billion in bailout money and cut 90,000 workers anyway. We are spending money to prop up companies that should just go directly to people and families.
Tom Cotton's priorities:
- Confirm SCOTUS Justice one week before election after blocking it 9mo before election 4 years earlier ☑️
- Argue what year the Pilgrims came to America ☑️
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- Economic relief bill ❌
Sen. Tom Cotton: "Just today for instance The New York Times called the [Pilgrims'] story a myth and a caricature. In the Food Section, no less. Maybe the politically correct editors of the debunked 1619 Project are now responsible for pumpkin pie recipes at the Times as well."