Andrea Junker Jul 10, 2024
When Democrats like George Clooney are calling for President Biden to drop out of the presidential race while masses of ordinary people are cheering Joe on, the obvious cause is Biden’s plan to make wealthy Americans pay their fair share. Sometimes it really is that simple.
Show threadNicole Parsons

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Anti-tax billionaires

Jeffrey Yass - buying an anti-democracy movement to convert all public functions into private profit.
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/school-choice-billionaires-2024-election-20240321.html
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/01/16/greg-abbott-jeff-yass-camapaign-donation/

Charles Koch - bought a Supreme Court to disable the EPA
A $5 billion dollar trust fund isn't a "charity", it's a tax evasion scheme combined with fascist threat funding.
https://popular.info/p/charles-kochs-5-billion-tax-loophole

Barre Seid - bought the overturn of Roe vs Wade with $1.6 billion in Irish tax evasion
https://www.propublica.org/article/dark-money-leonard-leo-barre-seid

The war on public schools is the stealth issue of the 2024 campaign | Will Bunch

Billionaires like Pennsylvania's Jeff Yass are accelerating the buying of politicians for "school choice," despite mounting evidence it doesn't work.

https://www.inquirer.com
Jul 10, 2024 at 7:23pmWeb
Show threadNicole ParsonsJul 10, 2024

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Anti-tax billionaires are uncoincidentally the same folks who funded Jan 6
https://www.propublica.org/article/secret-irs-files-reveal-how-much-the-ultrawealthy-gained-by-shaping-trumps-big-beautiful-tax-cut

Uihlein
https://fortune.com/2021/08/11/billionaires-taxes-2017-trump-tax-change-mike-bloomberg-dick-liz-uihlein-taxes/
https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2020/12/09/who-funds-the-federalist-finally-we-know/
https://whowhatwhy.org/elections/from-the-shadows-top-gop-donor-benefits-from-his-investments

Diane Hendricks
https://upnorthnewswi.com/2022/06/08/wisconsin-billionaires-who-got-a-monster-tax-break-from-ron-johnson-are-now-spending-millions-to-get-him-re-elected/

Ken Griffin
https://www.propublica.org/article/ken-griffin-illinois-graduated-income-tax
https://www.centerforilpolitics.org/articles/griffin-and-uihlein-the-billionaires-who-bankroll-illinois-republicans

https://americansfortaxfairness.org/billionaires-2-2-trillion-richer-since-2017-trump-gop-tax-law/

https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-gop-tax-cuts

https://readsludge.com/2024/04/11/billionaires-fund-the-gops-senate-takeover-attempt-with-tax-cuts-at-stake/

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/texas-proposition-3-wealth-tax/

Secret IRS Files Reveal How Much the Ultrawealthy Gained by Shaping Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Tax Cut”

Billionaire business owners deployed lobbyists to make sure Trump’s 2017 tax bill was tailored to their benefit. Confidential IRS records show the windfall that followed.

ProPublica
Show threadUrzlJul 10, 2024

@Npars01 @Strandjunker And of course saw zero consequences.

Same as we handled the Business Plot back when.

Show threadNicole ParsonsJul 10, 2024

@gooba42 @Strandjunker

The purchase of a Supreme Court just condemned the planet to fry.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2024/07/03/this-years-big-winner-at-the-supreme-court-billionaires/

https://www.laprogressive.com/democracy/billionaires-and-democracy-cannot-co-exist

https://slate.com/business/2024/07/chevron-deference-federal-agencies-expert-regulators-epa-osha-ftc-atf-fda.html

https://www.vice.com/en/article/epx357/koch-brothers-epa-supreme-court-climate-change

This Year’s Big Winner At The Supreme Court? Billionaires

Forget giving to politicians—America’s savviest donors are spending to influence the Supreme Court, and reaping returns.

Forbes