Amazon made $638 billion in revenue last year.
Paid an effective federal tax rate of around 6%.
The cashier at my local grocery store making $16 an hour paid 18%.
She paid a higher percentage of her income in taxes than one of the most profitable companies in human history.
The tax code isn’t broken.
It’s working exactly as written.
Just not for her.
Mitch McConnell has been in the hospital, likely brain dead, for weeks, while still collecting a paycheck, and having his medical bills government subsidized.
Mitch McConnell spent his career opposing the paid leave and healthcare benefits he’s still receiving.
This picture is when Jon Stewart shamed Mitch McConnell into giving 9/11 responders the healthcare they deserved. He was a horrible human being. That will be is legacy.
The most successful trick the elites ever pulled was making "Poor" a personality flaw instead of a systemic result. We live in a world where a guy who inherited $100M calls a teacher "lazy" because they can't afford rent. And half of you believe him.
@Arkameedeez_@omgsidewalks You are fully brainwashed, so much so you think you are just being logical arguing against human dignity and for corporations to extract all they can from us while giving us as little as possible, that you believe that's how it should be is antithetical to your own survival.
SERIOUS QUESTION: When did “if you work full-time, you should be able to comfortably afford shelter, food, and the basics” become an extreme leftist belief ??
JD Vance: “The November midterms give us a choice: keep fighting fraud with Republicans or send criminal fraudsters a life boat from the Democrats.”
Just a quick reminder, this administration has pardoned more fraudster than every other administration combined.
Here is an incomplete list of fraudsters pardoned by Trump/Vance. It’s incomplete because the list is so long it exceeds the X post character limits.
• Dinesh D’Souza: Convicted of campaign contribution fraud via illegal straw donations.
• Conrad Moffat Black: Convicted of mail fraud and obstruction related to business dealings.
• Michael Robert Milken: Convicted of conspiracy, securities fraud, mail fraud, and tax fraud in the 1980s junk bond/insider trading scandal.
• Philip Esformes: Convicted in one of the largest Medicare/Medicaid fraud schemes (over $1 billion in fraudulent claims via nursing homes and kickbacks).
• Salomon Melgen: Convicted of health care fraud involving tens of millions in fraudulent Medicare billing as an eye doctor.
• Faustino Bernadett (and similar health care figures like those in large-scale schemes): Convicted in health care fraud with sham contracts and kickbacks exceeding $900 million in fraudulent bills.
• Michael Ashley: Convicted of bank fraud tied to a mortgage company collapse.
• John Duncan Fordham: Convicted of health care fraud as a pharmacist.
• Steve Stockman: Convicted of mail and wire fraud, campaign finance violations, and money laundering (misusing charitable donations).
• Chris Collins: Convicted of securities fraud and insider trading (providing material nonpublic information).
• Sholom Rubashkin: Convicted of bank fraud, wire fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering in a large-scale meatpacking financial scheme.
• Judith Negron: Convicted of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, health care fraud, kickbacks, money laundering, and structuring (part of a major scheme).
• Fred Davis Clark Jr.: Convicted of bank fraud and false statements in connection with federally insured loans.
• Albert J. Pirro Jr.: Convicted of conspiracy, tax evasion, and multiple counts of fraud.
• Additional health care executives/doctors (at least 10 total in first term): Convicted in large-scale Medicare fraud schemes involving false billing and kickbacks.
• Trevor Milton: Convicted of securities fraud and wire fraud (false statements to investors about Nikola Corp. technology).
• Devon Archer: Convicted of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and securities fraud (defrauding a Native American tribe in a bond scheme).
• Brian Kelsey: Convicted of conspiring to defraud the United States and aiding excessive campaign contributions.
• Todd Chrisley and Julie Chrisley: Convicted of bank fraud, tax evasion, and conspiracy to defraud banks (over $30 million in fraudulent loans).
• George Santos: Convicted of wire fraud, identity theft, aggravated identity theft, and embezzlement/fraud from campaign donors and unemployment benefits.
• Michael Grimm: Convicted of tax fraud (underreporting income and filing false tax returns).
• Jacob Deutsch: Convicted of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud (mortgage fraud scheme).
• Adriana Isabel Camberos (aka Adriana Shayota): Convicted of mail and wire fraud in a counterfeit 5-Hour Energy scheme (millions in restitution; previously had a related sentence commuted in first term).
• Andres Enrique Camberos: Convicted alongside his sister in the mail and wire fraud counterfeit product scheme.
• Terren Peizer: Convicted of insider trading and securities fraud (health care company scheme).
• Wanda Vázquez Garced: Convicted of campaign finance violations tied to bribery and wire fraud scheme.
• Julio Herrera Velutini: Convicted of wire fraud and related bribery/conspiracy.
• Mark Rossini: Convicted of wire fraud in the same bribery scheme.
• Michele Fiore: Convicted of wire fraud and charity fraud (misusing funds for slain officers).
• Glen Casada
It's interesting that when Democrats are accused of rape, Republicans AND Democrats want them to step down. But when Republicans are accused of rape, Democrats want them to step down and Republicans make them President.
If you are a waitress and no-call, no-show even one shift, you could get fired.
But you can be an ancient elected official at the highest levels of our government and just go AWOL for weeks or even months with no real explanation, and we're supposed to pretend that's... fine?
@jasonllevin Yes, he is a rapist, among other vile things, and Democrats would never be stupid enough to fall for his con, that's why he switched to being a Republican. He literally chose you because you were the easier mark.
The same media who dragged Joe Biden through the mud for one bad debate will say nothing about trump saying “We had 111 missiles shot by the Islamic Republic of Japan.” Why anyone wanted this demented fucking assclown back in the White House is beyond me.