Today in America a bunch of rich white people are stealing money from ALL working people because they convinced a bunch of poor white people that brown people were to blame for the decline in the economy caused by the LAST TIME rich white people stole money.
Al Franken lost his senate seat.
Harvey Weinstein lost his company.
Anthony Weiner is in jail.
Roy Moore is STILL the Republican candidate for Senate.
Donald Trump is STILL the PRESIDENT.
Don't tell me there's no difference between the parties.
Republican plan:
1. Run up the deficit with tax breaks for the wealthy
2. Freak out about the deficit
3. Cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid to bring down the deficit
I almost cannot fathom anything more abhorrent than giving the wealthiest few a massive tax handout to grease the wheels for cuts to vital programs the sick, the poor, and the elderly desperately need. https://t.co/0VsKVTK6hW
Advice from an Obama admin econ policy vet: "Democats should never again allow Republicans to complain that we can’t afford a particular social program because of its deficit implications. 'We can't afford it' is over."
Maybe we can finally put to bed the lie that the Tea Party was about deficits and not a reactionary uprising around race in America https://t.co/0IUiCfRvBm
John McCain, undergoing cancer treatment paid for by taxes, just voted to vote to end cancer treatment for taxpayers on Medicare. And we paid him to do it.
To all the students who are about to lose their deductions, have you ever turned in a paper with handwritten edits in the margin? What was the grade? https://t.co/AV88cN1Fcf
There it is at 1:51am: a tax scheme written hastily behind closed doors has passed the Senate. The super-rich & corporate donors get their tax cuts while many middle class families will pay more. Obscene