Robin Hood: Trading Tax Cuts for Vacations
Recent fun site # 2
National Priorities Project
This is what they gave me when I asked for the trade-offs for North Carolinians for the tax cuts to the rich:
$56.5 billion in tax cuts for the wealthiest 1% this year could be spent on the people of North Carolina instead. If that money were used to support state and local programs, the residents of North Carolina could have $1.6 billion, which could provide:
324,849 People with Health Care
33,469 Elementary School Teachers
212,100 Head Start Places for Children
723,386 Children with Health Care
14,883 Affordable Housing Units
33,469 Elementary School Teachers
340,910 Scholarships for University Students
30,381 Music and Arts Teachers
41,371 Public Safety Officers
1,247,614 Homes with Renewable Electricity
22,920 Port Container Inspectors
OR
give every person in the state a one week vacation in Brazil. First everyone would need passports of course.
OR
We buy some small island and designate it as part of NC. Just a suggestion
BECAUSE
my alternatives are about as meaningful to the poor as giving the rich -more- money.
National Priorities Project
This is what they gave me when I asked for the trade-offs for North Carolinians for the tax cuts to the rich:
$56.5 billion in tax cuts for the wealthiest 1% this year could be spent on the people of North Carolina instead. If that money were used to support state and local programs, the residents of North Carolina could have $1.6 billion, which could provide:
324,849 People with Health Care 33,469 Elementary School Teachers 212,100 Head Start Places for Children 723,386 Children with Health Care 14,883 Affordable Housing Units 33,469 Elementary School Teachers 340,910 Scholarships for University Students 30,381 Music and Arts Teachers 41,371 Public Safety Officers 1,247,614 Homes with Renewable Electricity 22,920 Port Container InspectorsOR
give every person in the state a one week vacation in Brazil. First everyone would need passports of course.
OR
We buy some small island and designate it as part of NC. Just a suggestion
BECAUSE
my alternatives are about as meaningful to the poor as giving the rich -more- money.
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