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Robin Hood Tax

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The Robin Hood Tax is a tiny tax of 0.5% on Wall Street financial transactions that would generate $300 Billion annually to fund human needs!

United States Katılım Aralık 2009
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Rashida Tlaib@RashidaTlaib·
Gary Cohen, former CEO Goldman Sachs addressing new members of Congress today: "You guys are way over your head, you don't know how the game is played." No Gary, YOU don't know what's coming - a revolutionary Congress that puts people over profits.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez@AOC

Right now Freshman members of Congress are at a “Bipartisan” orientation w/ briefings on issues. Invited panelists offer insights to inform new Congressmembers‘ views as they prepare to legislate. # of Corporate CEOs we’ve listened to here: 4 # of Labor leaders: 0

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Our “bipartisan” Congressional orientation is cohosted by a corporate lobbyist group. Other members have quietly expressed to me their concern that this wasn’t told to us in advance. Lobbyists are here. Goldman Sachs is here. Where‘s labor? Activists?Frontline community leaders?
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Democracy Now!@democracynow·
Medicare for All: As Healthcare Costs Soar, Momentum Grows to Guarantee Healthcare for All Americans ow.ly/80cQ30mOFbe
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Corporations don’t need tax breaks. 👉🏼14,700 jobs are being cut by General Motors despite making billions in profit. 👉🏼Over the past decade, the company has received billions in tax breaks and subsidies from both Canada and the U.S. apnews.com/20471d6fbcac42…
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Fred@WaywardWinifred·
"The reality is, these idyllic images of Thanksgiving are increasingly out of touch with the lived reality of so many Americans, who are working harder than ever and struggling more than ever to afford life’s basic needs." @JosephNSanberg thenation.com/article/thanks…
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TUESDAY, NOV 13th: Join Bernie Sanders, Our Revolution President Nina Turner, National Nurses United Executive Director Bonnie Castillo, and Rep. Pramila Jayapal for a post midterms national strategy call to win #MedicareForAll Register for the call: medicare4all.org/event/nov13cal…
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“In the Midwest, where workers have suffered from decades of deindustrialization, corporate outsourcing, the AFL-CIO says it has convinced thousands of union workers who backed Donald Trump in 2016 to turn out for progressive Democrats on Tuesday.” commondreams.org/news/2018/11/0…
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There are millions of retired people in this country living on inadequate social security income. Many require additional support from other federal programs like meals on wheels. Trump and his cronies want to kill our parents - we will stop him tomorrow. thehill.com/homenews/campa…
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OBSCENE INEQUALITY: "The top three wealthiest billionaires in the US – Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett – now have as much wealth as the bottom half of the US population combined." theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
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Water affordability is a national problem. Federal policies that adequately fund PUBLIC WATER are critical in addressing the interrelated infrastructure and water affordability crisis. Read @foodandwater op-ed about the water crisis. nytimes.com/2018/10/29/opi…
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