December 19, 2024 by V Leigh

THE ONLY MINORITY DESTROYING THIS COUNTRY ARE THE BILLIONAIRES.

The NRA buys off Congress. No action on guns.

The oil industry buys off Congress. No action on climate.

Insurance companies buy off Congress. No action on health care.

The list goes on…

Money in politics is the root of our dysfunction.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) December 15, 2024

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Elon Musk Wealth
2012: $2 billion
2024: $447 billion

Jeff Bezos Wealth
2012: $18 billion
2024: $249 billion

Mark Zuckerberg Wealth
2012: $44 billion
2024: $224 billion

Federal Minimum Wage
2009: $7.25 an hour
2024: $7.25 an hour

5 words: Tax billionaires out of existence
— Warren Gunnels (@GunnelsWarren) December 12, 2024

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Number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills or illness-related work loss:

Australia 0
Canada 0
Denmark 0
Finland 0
France 0
Germany 0
Iceland 0
Ireland 0
Italy 0
Japan 0
Netherlands 0
Norway 0
Portugal 0
Spain 0
Sweden 0
UK 0
United States 530,000…
— Andrea Junker (@Strandjunker) December 11, 2024

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THE ONLY MINORITY DESTROYING THIS COUNTRY ARE THE BILLIONAIRES. pic.twitter.com/f7unuW3ZEk
— Sabby Sabs (@SabbySabs2) December 12, 2024

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Denied: ProPublica Exposes UnitedHealth Profiteering Off Limiting Care for Children with Autism https://t.co/kayNP6zYnN
— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) December 16, 2024

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November 12, 2024 by V Leigh

I do not want to talk about hope. I want to talk about being resolute and lining up resources, the way people generations ago laid up supplies for winter.

If your community can’t survive without slavery, your community shouldn’t exist at all https://t.co/wW0PT8frca
— The Anarchist Turtle 🏴Ⓐ🔆 (@anarchoboognish) October 28, 2024

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Blackstone is now the largest corporate landlord on Earth with over 300,000 homes in the U.S.

Billionaires and corporations have bought millions of homes and either raised rents or left them as empty investments.

There are 16 million vacant houses—28 for every homeless person.
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) October 22, 2024

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Decolonize pic.twitter.com/AKlkzt1uMF
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) September 24, 2024

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Finally Professor Eddie Glaude of Princeton, confronted the issue as to why white people voted for Trump on a so-called liberal station like @MSNBC, you should see unless you too want to remain in the closet about the reality of what America is. It’s about time. pic.twitter.com/V9imvm6F5F
— Mr. Reynolds (@MrReynolds52) November 9, 2024

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“White Americans will reject social programs if they think large numbers of Black people will benefit from them.” pic.twitter.com/LAy4vP6bOL
— Kentah Gwanjez (@GWANJEZ) November 9, 2024

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I do not want to talk about hope. I want to talk about being resolute and lining up resources, the way people generations ago laid up supplies for winter. https://t.co/MCaPBMpr8w
— Rebecca Solnit/joy is a strategy (@RebeccaSolnit) November 9, 2024

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October 22, 2024 by V Leigh

No bank executives arrested for laundering $670,000,000 in drug cartel money.

No bank executives arrested for laundering $670,000,000 in drug cartel money. But jump a turnstile and get arrested or shot for $2.90. https://t.co/PGhy9XUIpM
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) October 14, 2024

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— Solidarity (@1WhiteRabbitt) December 1, 2022

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NEW: Wages rose fastest for the top 1% and 0.1% of earners in 2021, while the bottom 90% took a pay cut.

Inequality has skyrocketed over the past 40 years. This growing inequality isn’t inevitable—it is a result of policy choices to reduce worker power. https://t.co/h1Ex1MdaAX pic.twitter.com/WQYPjiqkjO
— Economic Policy Institute (@EconomicPolicy) December 21, 2022

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September 14, 2024 by V Leigh

We have got to take on the greed of the billionaire class, and say: “You know what guys? When we have 600,000 people sleeping out on the streets — yes, you are going to start paying your fair share in taxes.”

We have got to take on the greed of the billionaire class, and say:

“You know what guys? When we have 600,000 people sleeping out on the streets — yes, you are going to start paying your fair share in taxes.” pic.twitter.com/mDzOQLtyuj
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) September 8, 2024

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CEOs can write off the entire cost of their private jets, but you can’t write off the cost of the car you use to drive to work.

This is what it looks like when billionaires and corporations are allowed to fund the election campaigns of the politicians who write our tax laws.
— Melanie D’Arrigo (@DarrigoMelanie) September 8, 2024

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Economic inequality in USA is worse today than before the Great Depression & I think often about this warning:
“We have yet to understand, that if I’m starving—you are in danger. People think that my danger makes them safe—they’re in trouble”—James Baldwinhttps://t.co/W86iZdvmWY
— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) September 3, 2024

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August 1, 2024 by V Leigh

Capitalism is a failed economic system.

Capitalism is a failed economic system. pic.twitter.com/cTh8KM1fKM
— Alan MacLeod (@AlanRMacLeod) July 10, 2024

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— holly (@girlziplocked) July 11, 2024

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Texas doesn’t have funding for mental health professionals but their politicians found time to pass a law making sure the police get more funding each year. https://t.co/eSEaPlcxMs
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) July 21, 2024

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— 🌹 🔥 🍉Dark Warlord 🍉🔥 🌹 (@drkwarlord) July 21, 2024

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You can be HIV free, for ~$90,000 per year.

They plan to charge $42,250 for this miraculous HIV drug that could be sold for $40 a year, which would still provide 30% profit.

We have wealth care, not health care in this country. https://t.co/XmzeYKoY1E
— Dr. Victoria Dooley (@DrDooleyMD) July 24, 2024

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Federal minimum wage in:

2009: $7.25
2010: $7.25
2011: $7.25
2012: $7.25
2013: $7.25
2014: $7.25
2015: $7.25
2016: $7.25
2017: $7.25
2018: $7.25
2019: $7.25
2020: $7.25
2021: $7.25
2022: $7.25
2023: $7.25
2024: $7.25

Folks, it’s time to raise the damn wage already.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) July 24, 2024

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Homelessness is a failure of government, no one should be without a home in the richest country on earth.

An economy that “prospers” while people are unhoused is not truly great.

Criminalizing people for being unable to afford or hold housing is despicable. https://t.co/VS8TBB9NkG
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) July 25, 2024

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Important story: Homelessness in the USA was the highest ever on record in 2023.

In 2024, homeless shelters and services are seeing an uptick in people WITH JOBS who are living in cars, etc.

Low-wage workers can’t afford rent. pic.twitter.com/le3SzFHAGg
— Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) July 29, 2024

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July 15, 2024 by V Leigh

Medical Debt

In America, 1 in 4 cancer patients declared bankruptcy or lost their homes to eviction or foreclosure in 2022, while 42% deplete their life savings within 2 years.

This is insane and unspeakable. Getting cancer should not cause bankruptcy. We must cancel medical debt.
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) July 5, 2024

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I had a suicidal patient brought in against her will. She was suicidal because of financial issues. She asked me if she would get a bill for her forced hospitalization, which is the case. She will likely be billed thousands of dollars. That’s American healthcare for you.
— cabral (@doctor_cabral) July 11, 2024

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US healthcare is so bad you can die in the waiting room #HealthcareForProfit #CapitalismKills

Probe reveals Vallejo man died at Kaiser ER after long wait https://t.co/KdbDYyeBS4 via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) July 12, 2024

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July 7, 2024 by V Leigh

It is absolutely disgusting that in the wealthiest nation in the world, our government would rather criminalize homelessness instead of providing everyone with dignified housing.

If it’s hot outside, increase the price of water.

If there’s a pandemic, increase the price of the vaccine.

If there’s housing crisis, increase the price of homes.

If there’s a healthcare crisis, increase the price of seeing a doctor.

Corporate greed should be a crime. https://t.co/kY8yYMsRg9
— Melanie D’Arrigo (@DarrigoMelanie) June 25, 2024

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The term “unskilled labor” is used by the ruling class to justify poverty wages.
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) June 21, 2024

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It is absolutely disgusting that in the wealthiest nation in the world, our government would rather criminalize homelessness instead of providing everyone with dignified housing.
— Congressman Jamaal Bowman (@RepBowman) June 28, 2024

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June 22, 2024 by V Leigh

In late capitalism, even the waves give you cancer. We’re fucked. For humanity to survive, capitalism must die.

“Mistake” is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. pic.twitter.com/BsmE3azD5A
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) May 29, 2024

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Yes….go…go find them….yes…please…take a bunch of your buddies too….please….yea yes….go go….all of you…yes…. https://t.co/UzD5vbxoGq
— Gareth Reynolds (@reynoldsgareth) May 28, 2024

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Wall Street tycoon Stephen Schwarzman endorsed Trump yesterday.

He joins a growing list of billionaires who once condemned the former president but are now flocking to his campaign.

Never underestimate how quickly billionaires will sell out our democracy for tax cuts.
— Robert Reich (@RBReich) May 25, 2024

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“The greater the share of Black population there is in a church community, the less likely White Evangelical pastors are to mention issues of poverty or racial justice, and when they do mention it, they avoid blaming systems for racialized economic inequality.” https://t.co/oOnhZszGhU
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) February 15, 2023

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In late capitalism, even the waves give you cancer. We’re fucked.

For humanity to survive, capitalism must die. pic.twitter.com/wBZDVfSiGW
— Eli Meyerhoff 🍉 (@EliMeye) April 20, 2024

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Capitalism is a fucking disease that infects, destroys, & rewrites the DNA of everything we love, including childhood… “The camper will get the chance to learn how to be a Chick-fil-A worker by taking orders, delivering orders,… being a hostess” (https://t.co/VpDsil7wJ9) pic.twitter.com/0X6C0k66ML
— Maximillian Alvarez (@maximillian_alv) June 8, 2024

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NEW: GOP Rep Mo Brooks says prime committee chairmanships cost a minimum of $1 million and are paid by special interest groups as “a quid pro quo” for favored legislation#ALsen pic.twitter.com/SswSObhpf7
— Lauren Windsor (@lawindsor) April 15, 2022

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Florida jury finds Chiquita Brands liable for Colombia deaths, must pay $38.3M to family members https://t.co/qcwYdVL8ZV
— The Associated Press (@AP) June 12, 2024

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May 25, 2024 by V Leigh

Massachusetts taxed the rich. Now they have an extra $1.8 billion to spend. In November 2022 voters approved a 4% tax on incomes over $1 million. The state can now use that money on free public school meals, free community college, and public transit.

Massachusetts taxed the rich. Now they have an extra $1.8 billion to spend.

In November 2022 voters approved a 4% tax on incomes over $1 million.

The state can now use that money on free public school meals, free community college, and public transit. pic.twitter.com/8CUcLUrYsc
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) May 21, 2024

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— alex james kane (@alexjkane) May 22, 2024

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You literally need to win a lottery to be added to a *waitlist* for housing assistance. It’s been 15 years since you could even enter your name into the lottery.

We live in a permanent housing crisis. https://t.co/SwsF3qVjIX
— Bench Ansfield (@benchansfield) May 21, 2024

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So you agree, inflation is just a made up thing for companies to increase profits without doing any actual work. https://t.co/07VQuVod3g pic.twitter.com/rWmkcNLsNI
— Gay and Tired (@GayChemist) May 20, 2024

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A hedge fund bought the company, sold off all the land Red Lobster restaurants are located on, leased the land back to Red Lobster, and jacked the rent. Just so you know what is really going on here https://t.co/kHlbBfRWwN
— Michael McDonald (@ElectProject) May 20, 2024

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One of the ten biggest companies on Earth. And over half of its warehouse workers have trouble putting food on their plates. This is why we need a massive overhaul. https://t.co/RAj3d2nAqs
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) May 15, 2024

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“we don’t get rights until we mess up a white mans money” boom. and there it is. https://t.co/1RWltIrHCF
— darkie malarkey (@sailorfemme) May 15, 2024

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May 3, 2024 by V Leigh

this political cartoon, originally published during the Gilded Age, has only gotten more relevant

this political cartoon, originally published during the Gilded Age, has only gotten more relevant pic.twitter.com/iOXvWLpb70
— Gritty is the Way (@Gritty20202) April 4, 2024

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House Republicans have voted against a Biden admin rule capping credit card fees at $8 a month.

Chairman Andy Barr said “the vast majority of Americans” want high fees.

Completely out of touch. Nobody supports these junk fees. pic.twitter.com/pAFJQIbSJw
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) April 18, 2024

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Telling generations of young people that there isn’t enough money for free college or free healthcare and then spending billions to commit the gravest assault on Gaza really does elicit a very particular type of rage. https://t.co/HKAa7Yqq4Z
— The Debt Collective 🟥 (@StrikeDebt) April 21, 2024

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CEO learns that nothing runs without labor. pic.twitter.com/IJf3KiPCP8
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) April 23, 2024

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Capitalism is built on the meritocratic idea that everyone gets what they deserve in the marketplace. This May Day, let’s reject that idea — wealth creation is a fundamentally social process, and the rich have no right to hoard all the resources and power.https://t.co/DIaGX8pxnd
— Jacobin (@jacobin) May 1, 2024

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The union of Southwest Airlines flight attendants has ratified a new contract that includes a 22.3% raise starting tomorrow and $364 million in back pay.

They’re now the highest paid attendants in the industry.

This deal will change thousands of lives. pic.twitter.com/6BIu3YLvHu
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) April 30, 2024

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THE ONLY MINORITY DESTROYING THIS COUNTRY ARE THE BILLIONAIRES.

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I do not want to talk about hope. I want to talk about being resolute and lining up resources, the way people generations ago laid up supplies for winter.

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No bank executives arrested for laundering $670,000,000 in drug cartel money.

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We have got to take on the greed of the billionaire class, and say: “You know what guys? When we have 600,000 people sleeping out on the streets — yes, you are going to start paying your fair share in taxes.”

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Capitalism is a failed economic system.

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Medical Debt

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It is absolutely disgusting that in the wealthiest nation in the world, our government would rather criminalize homelessness instead of providing everyone with dignified housing.

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In late capitalism, even the waves give you cancer. We’re fucked. For humanity to survive, capitalism must die.

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Massachusetts taxed the rich. Now they have an extra $1.8 billion to spend. In November 2022 voters approved a 4% tax on incomes over $1 million. The state can now use that money on free public school meals, free community college, and public transit.

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