Dave Johnson on Nostr: Every time a "conservative" says there is "no money" to make people's lives better ...
Every time a "conservative" says there is "no money" to make people's lives better the proper response is to thank them for calling for restoring pre-Reagan/Thatcher tax rates!
(Yes MMT, but we do need those high top tax rates to fight inequality and outsized political influence.)
#MMT #inequality #taxes
Published at
2024-02-17 07:47:44Event JSON
{
"id": "ea2c219d4da5399f814f311d0a5b03fb3a897b97dd89fbc78eb4dd02aed5a82e",
"pubkey": "f69fb14a1efb822723de9aa1f69f3a71e6325ecd73d27188c9ee8ad9c402647a",
"created_at": 1708156064,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"t",
"mmt"
],
[
"t",
"inequality"
],
[
"t",
"taxes"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://mastodon.cloud/users/dcjohnson/statuses/111945715852482907",
"activitypub"
]
],
"content": "Every time a \"conservative\" says there is \"no money\" to make people's lives better the proper response is to thank them for calling for restoring pre-Reagan/Thatcher tax rates!\n\n(Yes MMT, but we do need those high top tax rates to fight inequality and outsized political influence.)\n\n#MMT #inequality #taxes",
"sig": "de17750a1c5dc363f85c2361077a6888fdcd565d2a6b15734d3dd9507f96f3ec9b152c784aaf4ce22b77d05126a39f863c719cc2be88e0a9bd5e592a0470052c"
}
