A history of the top marginal tax rates on the wealthiest Americans:
1940: 81%
1950: 84%
1960: 91%
1970: 72%
1980: 70%
1990: 28%
2000: 40%
2010: 35%
For 50 years, corporate backed politicians in Congress have slashed taxes to line the pockets of their wealthy donors.
As Republicans melt down over Biden’s waiting too long to shoot down the Chinese spy balloon, the DoD casually announces that 3 Chinese spy balloons came into the country during Trump’s presidency and he did nothing https://t.co/wdtMJAI3K0
Why are food prices continuing to increase?
The four largest food companies control 82 percent of beef packing, 85 percent of soybean processing, 63 percent of pork packing, and 53 percent of chicken processing.
Corporations are raising prices because they can.
Corporate profits only accounted for roughly 11% of price growth from 1979 to 2019.
Today, record corporate profits account for 53.9% of price increases.
Folks, corporate greed is driving inflation, not workers asking for better wages.
Republicans are going to spend the next four weeks scratching their heads trying to figure out why kids they’ve forced to undergo active shooter drills for the past two decades grew up to vote against them.
In 2018, Rick Scott defeated Bill Nelson by 10,033 votes & DeSantis defeated Andrew Gillum by 32,463 votes. Trump said tonight that he sent in the FBI and US Attorneys to ensure their victory. This seems like a case that Florida's election police should immediately investigate.
BREAKING: The brother of deceased January 6 insurrectionist Ashli Babbitt has been convicted on hate crime charges for an assault on a Latino utility worker in San Diego. What a family.
Walensky needs to go. Gosh, telling people to ignore an **AIRBORNE VIRUS** with hand washing didn’t work out well did it? ➡️ We need a new @CDCDirector.
I think we need to get #BringBackMasks and #COVIDIsAirborne trending again. Because #CovidIsNotOver
What is Texas doing to combat school shootings?
Sending kids home with DNA kits, so parents can identify them in the event of a shooting.
This is a new low, even for Greg Abbott.