It's not "free healthcare" or "free childcare." We pay for these things with our taxes. It's just that we choose to prioritize these expenses over endless wars and fossil fuel industry subsidies.
Don't let them define the debate.
Many who quote my father now would have hated him then. He was assassinated for working to end war, poverty, and racism, which some erroneously claim he’d ignore today. But he was a Christ-inspired, love-fueled, justice-seeking, globally-minded, nonviolent revolutionary.
Jeff Bezos skipped paying federal income tax twice in a period in which he made $127 billion (2007 and 2011), reports @propublica.
Elon Musk paid none in 2018.
It says IRS data shows the 25 richest people paid 3.4% in taxes in 2014-2018, compared to 14% for median households.