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Inequality Media
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Inequality Media
@InequalityMedia
We are a non-profit organization founded by @RBReich to inform and engage the public about the realities and impacts of inequality.
- Mass shootings in the US: 2014: 273 2015: 336 2016: 383 2017: 348 2018: 336 2019: 417 2020: 610 2021: 690 2022: 647 In the first 13 weeks of 2023: 129 We do not have to live like this. No other country on the planet does.
- Replying to @elonmuskMyth: The left has gotten more extreme. Truth: The left has barely moved. The right has moved far, far rightward.
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- Kroger's senior director for pricing admitted during the company's antitrust trial that Kroger raised prices on essentials like eggs and milk well above inflation. They used inflation as an excuse to line their pockets. Tell us again that corporations aren't price gouging.
- NEW: Air travel used to be fun — so what happened to make it such a nightmare today? @RBReich reveals the five things that ruined flying.
- Instead of spending billions on extravagant stadiums, we should be investing taxpayer money in things that improve the lives of everyone — not just the bottom lines of wealthy sports team owners.
- If we want to ensure Social Security’s long term future, and that working people can retire with dignity, we must make the wealthy pay their fair share.
- Corporations are using inflation as cover to raise prices and rake in record profits. But don’t just take our word for it.
00:00 - Have you filed your taxes? Bet you paid a higher rate than these guys. Never forget that the most egregious looting happens at the very top. (Note: ProPublica calculated the "true tax rate" as a % of wealth growth.)
00:00 - Norfolk Southern's toxic train wreck in East Palestine, OH is the latest example of corporate greed leaving innocent people to pay the price.
- NEW: Social Security is in trouble, and not for the reasons you think. @RBReich explains how the rich not paying their fair share in taxes is endangering one of America's most successful social programs.
- President Biden will call for quadrupling the tax on stock buybacks in tonight's State of the Union. Since the Reagan era, corporations have spent more and more of their income on buybacks — which enrich executives — instead of increasing workers' wages.
- Have you ever had to pay a surprise fee when: - Withdrawing money from your bank? - Buying plane or concert tickets? - Staying at a hotel? - Renting a car? It's time for Congress to ban these junk fees for good.
