Over the last 48 years there has been a $50T transfer of wealth from the bottom 90% to the top 1%. This has not been merely a transfer of wealth. It has been a transfer of hope, of opportunity, and in many cases even the possibility of a better life. A corrupt alliance of corporate and government power has hijacked our government, destroyed our middle class, eroded our democracy and is robbing us of a livable future. We don’t need to “improve” that system. We need to repudiate it. “You can have large amounts of money concentrated in the hands of a very few, or you can have democracy. You cannot have both.” - Louis Brandeis We need to cut the cord that ties us to an aberrational era of American history. We need a revolution at the ballot box. Marianne2024.com

Apr 14, 2023 · 2:00 PM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson
The euro Dollar and the petrol dollar are intertwined in this mess and hopelessly mired in oil. Until you fix the money which is a claim on all energy nothing will happen. The dollar is backed by atomic bombs. #Bitcoin is backed by atomic energy. And all future energy innovation.
So which corporations owns you? Please consider a jacket with patches so we know what we are getting into. If you too are going to sit on Blackrock payroll we wanna know.
Replying to @marwilliamson
You should consider replacing the regressive taxes like payroll and income tax with a flat retail sales tax coupled with a UBI high enough to pay the tax on at least the first 20K of spending per adult annually.
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In a sustainable natural order, "what goes up, must come down... ALL if it!" The flaw of "trickle down". Trickle down was preferred because the holder of wealth was the ONLY chooser of who to trickle down to, AND WHO NOT TO TRICKLE DOWN TO! Power! Control!
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But... explain how that wealth was created! Off of the 100% Mortgage or Auto Note I as a consumer took out, paid the provider all of it YESTERDAY. But I still need 30 years (or 6 years) of income to pay it back, when "the man" doesn't want to pay me.
Replying to @marwilliamson
Transfer what exactly? 48 years ago most people at the low had almost nothing. Yes wealth gap increases in RELATIVE terms, which is to be expected as wealthy entities tend to aggregate — yet the total amount has it ATH and the bottom profits from that.
Replying to @marwilliamson
Shut up. I earned every penny.