This Disney heiress is here to tell you exactly what the 1% did with Trump's tax cuts

[demmiblue]

Link to tweet

[gratuitous]

1. And the Republican response, as it always is

"Well, it's their own money! What the wealthy do with it is nobody else's business." This pat answer, of course, is directly at odds with what Republicans said the overrich were going to do, but that was then, and this is now. And the money's safely tucked away for the wealthy and it's too late to do anything about it now.

Republicans can come up with voter registration schemes and drawing district maps with near-surgical precision to maximize their voter strength far beyond their numbers, but figuring out how to tax the wealthy? You might as well try to build a perpetual motion machine! It's unpossible!

[BSdetect]

2. Wish we could have every repub voter watch this - several times so it sinks in partially at least

[iluvtennis]

5. +++ agree and the others who thought that $100/month before taxes was an increase :-(

[rwsanders]

29. I don't believe it would bother them a bit. I think they want to be lapdogs to the wealthy...

because they think that will keep them up above "those people" (whoever the 1% decides "those" is). The 1% want to be royalty, which is why I say bundle them and their money up, give them a tin crown, a title and a small plot in Europe somewhere and be done with them.
I'm not sure how to get rid of their sycophantic followers, but they worship the 1% and they want an a "royalty" here in the states.

[Shipwack]

33. A lot of them think that some day...

... they too will be wealthy, then they can also enjoy all the perks of low income taxes, low estate taxes, etc.

Yep, it will happen, any day now...

[badhair77]

3. I retweeted it but I wish more people would see it.

Thanks for posting.

[Cha]

28. I just Liked and Retweeted, too! It's Awesome

of Abigail Disney to make such a fact filled, detailed vid about the vicious LIES of trump's "tax cuts".

Link to tweet

[Miles Archer]

4. Kick & Rec n/t

[MelissaB]

6. Here is the link to share on facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/NowThisPolitics/videos/179111009681504/?hc_ref=ART_MA5m6c7TKt3bDEtHNQCnUNsOsTT8YpQt-9jgV3KB5njCDGNjZkKpS7n_VQxuLh4&__xts__[0]=68.ARCrRu61AHIPGIqTEB4RFguOH9K1rtvZP5nnAT7wZWr7aJrJARtkIdvgZUC3fzCBYNXwXvv2mmbUDkUu1IQweb_SXUatdleIzgRyedXXf3d-MpyLL-YKDxJU8UL_80lslz26tHALCKUDX5j6IydprsaT2ygn9QD-r8S2NQHkdrQFFj5SSxP-iQ&__tn__=FC-R

[delisen]

7. I respect and love this Disney heiress. n/t

[smirkymonkey]

8. Everyone needs to see this!

Thank you Abigail Disney!

[SixString]

9. DU Rec

[Calculating]

10. Everyone should watch stuff like this

We seriously need a candidate like Bernie in 2020 who's actually interested in addressing wealth inequality.

[DemocracyMouse]

18. I agree... but he, Robert Reich and Abigail Disney and many other Democrats are joining the process.

It's now becoming a centrist position of sorts. The only people economic inequality freaks out as an issue are the wealthiest Americans – and less wealthy Americans who still think it's a taboo subject.

People used to be afraid of mentioning cancer too.... The pendulum is swinging back to a traditional progressive tax rate. It's so traditional you'd think "conservatives" would like it! Reagan even once endorsed increasing taxes on the rich! (To pay for unnecessary military increases). But the protectors of the 1% are all radical nutjobs now. They were easy to fool. But the majority has caught on. Addressing inequality is now sober and centrist and necessary. (Got that news broadcasters?).

[BlancheSplanchnik]

20. That is good to hear!

Finally, once again, Liberal ideas make it into the public mainstream community. Sure is hard to believe the media is librul! :coff, gak:

[getagrip_already]

11. It's a little deceiving.. but accurate in the broad sense....

To say you are the 1% and receiving a huge tax cut is really way too broad a statement.

You get into the 1% with somewhere in the neighborhood of $400k in income (it changes every year). Now that is a lot of money, but if you earn even $500k in wages, you didn't get a huge tax cut UNLESS you also had a lot of that income come from capital gains or dividends or real estate profits.

The benefits were very targeted. They didn't go to wage earners as much as those who don't actually work for a living.

I'm not defending the "poor" end of the 1% bucket, just pointing out that it is even worse. The lions share went to the 0.1%.

[Caliman73]

25. I think that most people on DU understand that, but you can't be that nuanced...

when dealing with Americans with short attention spans. The thing is that taxation has always been a way of social control as well as paying for necessary public projects. When the corporate and individual tax rates were higher, the owners were forced to make a choice between giving that money to the government, or at least pouring some of it back into the company, charitable causes, or other civic minded endeavors.

[bobbieinok]

12. Thanks for posting. Is this running on tv in contested states?

[lunamagica]

13. K&R. She's a true Disney Princess

[lagomorph777]

14. OMG she is GOOD!

If you have a Tweeter, please re-tweet that!

How do we get MSNBC to play that on a loop? Or better yet, CNN to play it once?

[FakeNoose]

15. Dear friends - forgive me but this bears repeating

One of my favorite memes:



Also here's another favorite of mine:



We need to beat down these one-percenters every time they open their fuckin' mouths.
I'm so sick of these assholes, not one of them pays their fair share of taxes.
But! the middle class wage-slaves never get the option, our taxes are withheld from every paycheck.

[Martin Eden]

31. Not only a War Criminal, but a THIEF

Republicans cry CLASS WARFARE when anyone suggests increasing taxes on the rich, but the plain fact of the matter is the rich have been waging and winning class warfare for decades.

And millions of fools who are getting ripped off keep voting for these thieves.

[zentrum]

16. Wow. Need her to run for

...office!

[KentuckyWoman]

17. kick

[LittleGirl]

19. great post! Thanks! eom

[pangaia]

21. I don't do twitter. How can I share this?

[demmiblue]

22. It is posted on their website (and on Facebook).

https://nowthisnews.com/videos/politics/abigail-disney-the-wealthy-dont-need-another-tax-break

They do have a YouTube channel, but it hasn't been posted there yet.

[pangaia]

23. Thanks,

[demmiblue]

24. De nada!

[trof]

26. WOW!

[alfredo]

27. Preach on!

[argyl]

30. Super yachts. A recent Super Bowl had an ad from Maserati.

I'd gotten used to the Mercedes and BMW ads, but Maserati?

If it's profitable for them to spend money on a Super Bowl ad, that's a pretty good sign that the have/have not gap is about the size of the Grand Canyon.

Haven't even bothered to watch the last couple of Super Bowls. They do still advertise Chevys and Fords, don't they?

[BSdetect]

32. k&r