📣 We are still accepting nominations for our 2024 Annual Awards! Do you know an incarcerated person, volunteer, or correctional employee who shows #loveabovebars ? Nominate them today: bit.ly/49YQmW6

More here from our former Appeal colleague Joshua Vaughn, who has done more reporting on this issue in Pennsylvania than anyone else! twitter.com/SenatorMuth/st…

Pepsi replaced its 32oz Gatorade bottle with a 28oz for the same price.

Nabisco shrunk the family size box of Wheat Thins by 12%.

General Mills shrunk the family size box of Cocoa Puffs by 6%.

Frito-Lay shrunk the size of a bag of Doritos by 5%.

Shrinkflation is everywhere.

Super Bowl staples like chips, dip, & soda cost more this year.

Companies were forced to charge more because of inflation, right?

Well, giant snack-maker PepsiCo, hiked prices by double digits for several quarters in a row and boosted its profits.

Two words: Price gouging.

The effective federal corporate income tax rate:

1950: 50%
1990: 25%
2020: 13%

Stop asking 'but how we will pay for it?' Restore the corporate tax rate.

That is how we will pay for it.

In reality, if you remove Black men from America’s firearm homicide totals, the firearm homicide rate for white men alone would be several times higher than the firearm homicide rate of the 27 nations in the European Union. I hope this helps.

Wow!

#snowflakes

Amazing what happens when you start to tax the rich

Great news air-breathers: the Biden Administration finalized new limits on soot pollution that will save live and let kids with asthma breath easier.

Like Senator Art Haywood and Rep. Chris Rabb, I'm thrilled about the news. Hear what others think: environmentamerica.org/pennsylvania/c…

“The EPA’s new standard can facilitate that by bringing about cleaner air, which will save an estimated 4,500 lives and avoid over 700,000 asthma attacks every year!” - Rep. Chris Rabb #ActOnSoot

Legislators from IL, MD, PA, VA, and WV are calling for transparency of utility votes in PJM Interconnection. Decisions made by PJM impact the #cleanenergy transition and the cost of electricity.
Read more: ncelenviro.org/articles/legis…

Maybe you thought US learned its lesson about ramming highways thru cities. Maybe you thought we were starting to get serious about climate change. Then you haven’t looked at PennDot’s study for rebuilding I-95 in Philly. I did & here’s my column: bit.ly/47KwHHH

Give ‘em hell, Congresswoman!

According to the NationalWealthCenter, #Philly hasn't seen at least 6 inches of #snow in a single day for 1,129 days. 🌨️❄️

Be safe out there, people!

PA is #4 on this list borne of #structuralinequality .

Remaining on this infamous list is both a policy choice & a political choice. Neither is acceptable.

The best & fastest way to dissolve this list? Make our richest citizens pay their fair share!

#FairShareTaxPlan

“Our only hope today lies in our ability to recapture the revolutionary spirit and go out into a sometimes hostile world declaring eternal hostility to poverty, racism, and militarism.” #MLK Day #MLK 95 #MLK

My #fairsharetaxplan bill would increase PA #tax revenues by over $6 billion per year by simply making the rich pay their fair share — while 85% of #tax payers would pay no more in #tax es or even LESS than what they’ve paid in prior years.

#tax policy

Uber doesn’t want you to know how much money they’re taking on every ride.

Sometimes the company takes over half the money you send in.

That leaves drivers struggling to pay their bills – struggling to survive.