You MAGA could have had....
• a federal ban on price gouging on food and groceries
- instead, you voted for the promise of 99¢ eggs instead (which are now more expensive)
You MAGA could have had....
• a permanent child tax credit of $3,600, up from $2,000
- instead, you voted to give tax cuts to the rich
You MAGA could have had....
• a corporate tax rate of 28%, raising about $1 trillion to pay for federal programs and debt/deficit
- instead, you voted to have YOUR taxes raised to pay for tax cuts for the rich
You MAGA could have had....
• a $25,000 down-payment SUPPORT for first-time homebuyers
- instead, you voted for the rich to build bigger houses with their tax cuts
You MAGA could have had....
• a $35 cap on insulin
- instead, you voted for a promise of a better healthcare plan (one we never even saw in his first term)
You MAGA could have had....
• cheaper drug costs and out-of-pocket expenses
- instead, you voted against your own best interests
You MAGA could have had....
• cheaper gas
- instead, you voted for someone who's more concerned with drilling than production
You MAGA could have had....
• someone who cared about YOU
- instead, you voted for someone who cares about the rich and wealthy
And in just the past 5 days, you fuckers are getting what you voted for — higher prices, higher taxes, higher gas, and no relief in sight.
OK, let me solve American "economic anxiety" very quickly. I'm gonna sort it out for you in less than ten tweets and then you won't have that excuse anymore. You ready? Here goes.
The cause is capitalism and greed. That's it. Nothing else. Just that.
As a Brit, I've been watching the American election results with sorrow for my American friends. Some are comparing it to the Brexit vote here, imagining if we'd voted for Brexit twice. But here's the thing... in a sense, we did. And here are some lessons from it. 🧵
Some people seem to have forgotten how bad a president Trump was, so I made a list of the 100 Worst Things About the Trump Presidency, in no particular order. Please share and add anything I missed. 🧵
On Wednesday night, at the Democratic National Convention, America was introduced to 17 year-old Gus Walz, the son of Gwen Walz and Gov. Tim Walz, who instantly became a national treasure due to an unexpectedly emotional moment of pride and joy for his father.
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I can’t think about Joe Biden without tearing up a little.
This man ran for president 5 times and lost then enthusiastically backed Obama and played the establishment number two to the greatest leader of his generation.
He wanted to run for president in 2016 but couldn’t because his son Beau died and he was too wracked with grief.
So he comes back in 2020, saves the country from Donald Trump and despite being a career centrist, proceeds to have the most pro-union, pro-working class administration in 80 years, pulls the country out of Covid, pulls us from the economic disaster of Trump into the best economy in the world.
He’s then betrayed by the media class and has to drop out because he’s too old for them. He steps down, for the good of the country, and immediately turns around and full-throatedly endorses the the first Black woman Presidential candidate finalist in U.S. history.
This man.