Your personal case is a good illustration of the problem with the US tax system.
Based on public data it is possible to estimate your total effective tax rate: the total amount of tax you pay personally plus indirectly through Amazon, relative to your income.
Your total effective tax rate was just 15% in 2018.
Meanwhile, the average person in the US pays around 30% of their income in taxes.
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Amazon Teamsters in New York City are about to pass the Delivery Protection Act, a new law that holds corporations accountable if they threaten public safety.
Now Amazon is spending millions of dollars to intimidate lawmakers into selling out everyday New Yorkers by putting corporate profits before common-sense public safety standards.
Don’t be swayed by Amazon’s lies. Stand with New York City workers in supporting the Delivery Protection Act!
*Cough* we’re looking at you @CMShaunAbreu
War with Iran is imminent and Congress is voting on a war powers resolution next week to stop it. DSA IC categorically opposes war with Iran and calls on the American people to contact their representatives in Congress and demand that they vote for the Iran War Powers Resolution.
Today, the Global Sumud Flotilla announced the largest coordinated humanitarian intervention for Palestine in history.
On March 29, 2026, a unified maritime flotilla and overland humanitarian convoy will depart simultaneously, mobilizing thousands from over 100 countries in a coordinated, nonviolent response to genocide, siege, mass starvation, and the destruction of civilian life in Gaza.
“This is the enemy we are confronting. It’s not a person. It’s a way of life that determines the future of other nations.” — Saif Abukeshek, GSF Steering Committee
The announcement was made at the Nelson Mandela Foundation in Johannesburg, grounding this mission in a legacy of global solidarity and civil resistance.
This mission brings together:
- 1,000+ doctors, nurses, and healthcare workers
- Educators, engineers, and rebuilding teams
- War crimes and ecocide investigators
This isn’t just about sailing.
It’s about the world rising together.
📅 March 29, 2026
🇵🇸 🧵FREE THEM ALL: The International Committee condemns the Labour government’s treatment of the eight political prisoners on hunger strike and implores the Ministry of Justice to meet their five demands immediately.
Hi comrades, vote for SoR's endorsed candidate, Eric H #1 on your ballot for NEC Steering Committee! He will fight for an internationalist electoral project invested in supporting chapters run class struggle campaigns. See our platform below:
Next, vote @MarxistUnityDSA 234!
Thank you @CMLewisGeorgeW4 for taking action to protect TOPA rights for tenants in 2-4 unit buildings! Your support helps keep our communities stable, affordable, and equitable. #SaveTOPA#DCHousingJustice
To celebrate the 65th anniversary of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR), @EmbaCubaUS organised a friendly baseball match with members of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).
Cubans studying in the United States introduced baseball to #Cuba. This happened in 1860. Baseball is one of the many cultural affinities that unite the two peoples.
The Global Sumud Flotilla is under attack, but they do not sail alone. We join the call issued by the dockworkers of Genoa for solidarity mobilizations to defend @GlobalSumudF and demand the safe passage of aid to Gaza!
Capital One staff are calling on the company to divest from Elbit Systems & any firms arming Israel.
"We, the Capital One associates undersigned to this open letter, refuse to be complicit in the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza."
They cite some of Aaron Bushnell's final words.
We are incredibly proud of all five of our NPC candidates for their commitment to a fighting internationalist DSA, and we are so excited for Ahmed, Luisa, Francesca, and Andrew to join the NPC! We know they will be principled, visionary leaders.
For delegates looking for fill your time while on planes and trains to Chicago, here is our recommended reading list - starting with this introduction of the Springs of Revolution platform by @kheilikoay and our NPC candidates @ahmed4free & @framari6: https://t.co/8Y30KGPErp
Former US Green Beret who was one of the armed American security guards in Gaza, who left after he saw American and Israeli colleagues killing Palestinian civilians,
"Without question I witnessed war crimes by the Israeli Defence Forces, without a doubt, using artillery rounds, mortar rounds, firing tank rounds into unarmed civilians"
If you are in DSA in a small to mid-size chapter without local dues imagine what you could accomplish with *double* what you currently receive. This is a no-brainer for us. Opponents are centralized in chapters that do not know the struggle of having to scrape for organizing
Last but certainly not least, meet Ahmed! Ahmed joined DSA in 2017, when DSA first pledged its support for BDS. He served as co-chair of Denver DSA, led Palestine Solidarity, mutual aid, immigrant, and abolition organizing in both Denver and NYC, and currently serves on the NPC.
I'm really proud to have authored the resolution for Locals First which doubles the amount that chapters get from membership dues. Ultimately, this money always belonged to chapters who do the hard work of organizing on the ground and gives them the resources they need to do more
We are receiving desperate messages of starvation from #Gaza, including from our colleagues.
Food prices have increased 40 fold.
Meanwhile, just outside Gaza, stockpiled in warehouses UNRWA has enough food for the entire population for over three months.
The suffering in Gaza is manmade and must be stopped.
Lift the siege and let aid in safely and at scale.