Barbara Lee @BarbaraLeeForCA : Under the Wall Street Speculation Act

[BeckyDem]

Link to tweet

( There is not one Republican who works to look out for the people of the United States, not one. )

[WarGamer]

1. Great start... it's a small Financial Transaction Tax on every purchase/sale

But where is the wealth tax?

My favorite example.

Elon Musk gets to HOARD hundreds of billions of dollars in wealth and he can pay ZERO taxes a year.

If Musk exercised some options in 2022 and pocketed let's say a billion dollars... he paid taxes on that Billion BUT...

In 2023, he can just live off of that Billion and pay NOTHING.

He can also BORROW against his portfolio and pay ZERO taxes on that money.

Top 5 most wealthy man in the world and he only pays taxes on the portion of his fortune that he turns into cash.

Wealth Tax Now.

[usonian]

2. Barbara Lee. Right on the gulf war. Right on taxes.

Right on!

Wikipedia:

The only representative to vote against the Authorization in 2001 was Barbara Lee, who has consistently criticized it since for being a blank check giving the government unlimited powers to wage war without debate.

Business Insider has reported that the AUMF has been used to allow military deployment in Afghanistan, the Philippines, Georgia, Yemen, Djibouti, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Iraq, and Somalia.

[usonian]

3. Right on war. Right on taxing the rich.

Right on!


The only representative to vote against the Authorization in 2001 was Barbara Lee, who has consistently criticized it since for being a blank check giving the government unlimited powers to wage war without debate.

Business Insider has reported that the AUMF has been used to allow military deployment in Afghanistan, the Philippines, Georgia, Yemen, Djibouti, Kenya, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Iraq, and Somalia.