Joelene
@mamabuch.bsky.social
In 2022 undocumented workers paid $96.7B in federal,state and local taxes,contributed $25.7B in Social Security taxes,$6.4B in Medicare taxes and $1.8B in unemployment insurance taxes, although they are not eligible to collect retirement benefits without their immigration status changing.
January 29, 2025 at 10:58 PM
In 2022 undocumented workers paid $96.7B in federal,state and local taxes,contributed $25.7B in Social Security taxes,$6.4B in Medicare taxes and $1.8B in unemployment insurance taxes, although they are not eligible to collect retirement benefits without their immigration status changing.
January 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Elon Musk stopped paying into Social Security 4 minutes into the year. That’s how long it took him to make $168,600 and reach the cap on contributions. Raise the cap. Tax billionaires.
January 16, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Elon Musk stopped paying into Social Security 4 minutes into the year. That’s how long it took him to make $168,600 and reach the cap on contributions. Raise the cap. Tax billionaires.
Celebrated 75th Birthday with my family in Vegas.
January 14, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Celebrated 75th Birthday with my family in Vegas.
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Trump’s tax cuts expire at the end of 2025 — Republicans will have the opportunity to make the richest Americans pay their fair share while preserving lower tax rates for everyone else.
(They probably won’t, though.)
cc: @brendanvduke.bsky.social
(They probably won’t, though.)
cc: @brendanvduke.bsky.social
January 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Trump’s tax cuts expire at the end of 2025 — Republicans will have the opportunity to make the richest Americans pay their fair share while preserving lower tax rates for everyone else.
(They probably won’t, though.)
cc: @brendanvduke.bsky.social
(They probably won’t, though.)
cc: @brendanvduke.bsky.social
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📌NYT REPORTING: "Other defendants (for the same offense) received prison time or were sentenced to probation, conditional discharges, community service or fines. NO OTHER DEFENDANT in the cases examined received an unconditional discharge."
📌Our justice system in America is a sick, perverted joke.
📌Our justice system in America is a sick, perverted joke.
January 10, 2025 at 3:50 PM
📌NYT REPORTING: "Other defendants (for the same offense) received prison time or were sentenced to probation, conditional discharges, community service or fines. NO OTHER DEFENDANT in the cases examined received an unconditional discharge."
📌Our justice system in America is a sick, perverted joke.
📌Our justice system in America is a sick, perverted joke.
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The DNC will choose a new chair Feb 1. But the names of the members who will vote is secret, even to *other members.*
Until today. We are publishing a list of all 448 voting members of the DNC, to show how power is concentrated & flows inside the national party. Micah Sifry has the story.
Until today. We are publishing a list of all 448 voting members of the DNC, to show how power is concentrated & flows inside the national party. Micah Sifry has the story.
Opening the DNC’s Black Box
Why we’re publishing a previously undisclosed list of all 448 members of the Democratic National Committee
prospect.org
January 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The DNC will choose a new chair Feb 1. But the names of the members who will vote is secret, even to *other members.*
Until today. We are publishing a list of all 448 voting members of the DNC, to show how power is concentrated & flows inside the national party. Micah Sifry has the story.
Until today. We are publishing a list of all 448 voting members of the DNC, to show how power is concentrated & flows inside the national party. Micah Sifry has the story.
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In the face of a devastating natural disaster, right-wing media decided to lay the blame on the "diversity" in the LA Fire Department rather than, for example, climate change.
As Los Angeles burns, we're seeing a conflagration of lies and disinformation
Bad-faith actors, including Donald Trump, are blaming the outcome on "diversity" in the fire department and a nonexistent “water declaration resolution."
www.motherjones.com
January 9, 2025 at 1:01 AM
In the face of a devastating natural disaster, right-wing media decided to lay the blame on the "diversity" in the LA Fire Department rather than, for example, climate change.