BoneShark

In the past, the rich used to pay higher taxes. Now, the government pays the rich interest on a swelling debt, caused largely by lower taxes on the rich. It's a big switcheroo that we need to talk about if we're going to talk about the national debt.

It's time to defund Elon. robertreich.substack.com/p/defund-musk

Washington has discovered a brilliant financial strategy. Cut benefits for people who need them, cut taxes for people who don't, and borrow the difference from people who aren't old enough to vote.

OK, people, it's time to make FB pay for what Zuckerberg did during the protests today. We like FB & don't want to stop using it completely but we can stop buying ANYTHING off of FB or Amazon. I can do that & so can you!

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $8 trillion. The entire bottom 50% of American households is worth just $4.27 trillion. Read that back. When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.

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Don't forget that nearly all Republicans in Congress stood by and supported Trump's... -Tax cuts for the rich -Cuts to the social safety net -Iran War -ICE abductions & National Guard deployments -Inflationary tariffs -Blatant corruption His unpopularity is theirs too — and the midterms are here.

Trump: “And we will pass— the DEATH penalty for large scale drug dealers, human traffickers, and anyone— who EVER KILLS a police officer, or law enforcement official.” * 💥 *except for the ones that I PARDON. 💥

Trump is now responsible for 29% of our national debt. That's more than any President in American history. What happened to DOGE?

CARTOON OF THE DAY…

Robert's Right ✅️.......

Effective 2025 federal tax rates paid by these corporations: Alphabet: 8.01% AT&T: 4.6% Meta: 3.57% General Motors: 3.09% Amazon: 1.37% Exxon Mobil: 1.31% Disney: -1.57% CVS Health: -3.88% Income tax rate paid by the typical American: 14.5% This is what a rigged system looks like.

I have YouTube TV. This year most of the NFL games require a special extra subscription called NFL Ticket. I am getting pretty fed up. Sports Fans Can’t Boycott. Paramount Is Counting on It. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

Blue States are the donor States for federal taxes, and Red States ride our wave as TAKER States THAT is the damn truth!

Fucking ridiculous…..

Love, love, love this. ht: @scottlincicome.bsky.social

TEXANS, VOTE FOR TALARICO!

PSA: The recipe for economic growth isn’t tax cuts for the rich. It’s investment in our people — in health care, infrastructure and education — to build a strong middle class. You don't grow the economy through trickle-down nonsense.

Target paid its CEO $21.8M last year — 794x the median Target worker's pay of $27,506. Target has also spent $13.9B on stock buybacks since 2019, while remaining among the largest employers of Medicaid and SNAP recipients in America. This is what I mean by a rigged economy.