No one should have to involuntarily risk their life in order to go to work. What do we pay taxes for if not to protect people at such a time as this? Our government gave trillions in tax breaks to those who don’t need it, yet now will give so little to people who need it badly.
Increase in unemployment from February to March:
🇪🇺 EU: 0.1%
🇩🇰 Denmark: 0.2%
🇩🇪 Germany: 0.7%
🇺🇸 United States: 11.5%
Newly uninsured people:
🇪🇺 0
🇩🇰 0
🇩🇪 0
🇺🇸 12,700,000
Solution: Guarantee paychecks to workers and health care to all. washingtonpost.com/world/eur…
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In the ‘80’s and 90’s mainly. Big Pharma for instance spent $280M lobbying Congress last year. Companies don’t spend that kind of money expecting nothing in return.
May 1, 2020 · 3:27 PM UTC
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