Would we cut down the cherry blossoms in DC to plant these money trees?
Marianne Williamson
 @marwilliamson
10 Oct 2021
If they gave $2k/mo. til Covid ends, raised min. wage, passed Med4All, gave free college & cancelled the college loan debt, they’d be sailing to an easy victory. They’d rather lose then repair the fundamental economic injustice now built into the system. nytimes.com/2021/10/08/opini…
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No, I would stop multi-billion dollar corporate subsidies, tax the very rich, cut military spending by 1/3. Stop the pretense that it “costs too much” to treat people to what they’re seen to deserve in countries doing better than ours. What we’re doing now is costing us our lives
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The rich already pay a significant portion of the taxes in this country. They also employ and support millions of other taxpayers. The problem isn't the rich; is the politicians that have too much power. Things do cost too much thank you to those politicians.
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Yeah that’s the trickle down propaganda that began in the 1980s: all that money given to the very rich was going to trickle down and lift all boats. Well it didn’t. And it left millions of people without even life rafts. At this point it’s a delusional lie.
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No one is giving them money, Marianne. IT IS THEIR MONEY.
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That’s simply incorrect. Corporate subsidies, deregulation and huge tax cuts for the very rich DOES constitute giving them money.
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Those businesses get those things because they bring economic upside to specific areas. I'm all for closing unnecessary loopholes, but let's not act like those subsidies and tax breaks aren't there for a reason. Whether it actually works for that community for up to them.
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Replying to @DirtyWaterFan
I appreciate your sincerity but it’s simply untrue. In the 1970s the average American worker had decent pay, decent benefits, could own a home and car, could send their kids to college & take a yearly vacation. Taxes were much higher for the very rich & corporations - that’s why!

Oct 10, 2021 · 3:08 PM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson
Again, it is their money. Why shouldn't they keep more of it? Since then there has been a massive influx of government regulation and spending. This, along with the influx of illegal immigration and the population growth of over 50% has been the bulk of the cause.
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In 1980 the US government received $517 billion in tax revenue. In 2019 that number was $3.46 trillion. Estimated as $3.71 trillion in 2020 and $3.86 trillion in 2021. What are they doing with all that money Marianne?