Bio Public Citizen has been standing up to corporate power and holding government accountable for 50 years. We're people-powered and accept no corporate money.
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Sprout Social : Federal minimum wage:
2010: $7.25
2011: $7.25
2012: $7.25
2013: $7.25
2014: $7.25
2015: $7.25
2016: $7.25
2017: $7.25
2018: $7.25
2019: $7.25
2020: $7.25
2021: $7.25
2022: $7.25
If members of Congress were paid $7.25/hr, how long would it take them to raise the damn wage? 🤔
Twitter for iPhone : what stage of capitalism is this?
Twitter Web App : There have only been 43 days this year where there wasn’t a mass shooting in America.
43 days.
Twitter Web App : BREAKING: Uncovered IRS tax records of 26 U.S. billionaires show they paid an average tax rate of just 4.8% from 2013 to 2018, despite collectively gaining $500 billion in wealth
Effective tax rates
Buffett: 0.1%
Bezos: 1.1%
Zuckerberg: 1.1%
Koch: 1.3%
Bloomberg: 1.8%
Musk: 2.1%
Twitter for iPhone : what stage of capitalism is this?
TweetDeck : There's no question, Medicare for All isn't just good policy — it's incredibly popular.
And this comes just days after the Senate held a historic hearing on this legislation. Let's keep up this momentum!
twitter.com/Public_Citizen…
Twitter Web App : If you’re against funding baby formula, are you really pro-life?
Twitter Web App : “Biden is causing rising grocery prices!”
4 companies control 90% of the baby formula market.
4 companies control 85% of the beef market.
3 companies control 78% of the pasta market.
3 companies control 72% of the cereal market.
It's corporate greed.
Twitter Web App : BREAKING: USTR Ambassador Katherine Tai has asked Mexico to review whether workers at the Panasonic Automotive Systems de Mexico facility in Reynosa are being denied their rights.
This is the third use of the #USMCA ’s Rapid Response Mechanism.
Read here: bit.ly/3womily
Twitter Web App : every day, from here to there, monopolies are everywhere
Twitter Web App : “Biden is causing rising grocery prices!”
4 companies control 90% of the baby formula market.
4 companies control 85% of the beef market.
3 companies control 78% of the pasta market.
3 companies control 72% of the cereal market.
It's corporate greed.
Twitter Web App : US Oil and Gas companies are putting their investors over consumers.
They’ve announced plans to buy back more than $60B in stock since the start of 2021
More than $46B in buyback announcements have come just THIS YEAR
citizen.org/news/big-oil-r…
Twitter Web App : San Antonio’s electric utility has proposed scrapping important financial incentives that accelerate solar adoption. Ending the incentives would be a mistake, our office's climate justice organizer writes in today's Express-News.
Read it here: bit.ly/3sFCgVW
#txenergy
Twitter Web App : Boom. 100 municipalities officially on record in support of Medicare for All.
And this isn't just a coastal thing. St. Louis, Missouri and Denton, Texas now on the map!
So proud of my Medicare for All campaign colleagues carrying this important work forward!
