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On July 9 at 10 a.m., a green bus will roll into Schenley Plaza in Oakland as part of the Tax the Rich National Bus Tour. Run by grassroots coalition, Tax March, the tour is part of a call to, as stated, to make the wealthiest Americans pay higher taxes, but also as action against the “Republican tax scam,” referring to the tax cut bill passed by Republicans in 2017 and signed by President Donald Trump.
Tax March started in 2017 as a grassroots movement, involving nationwide marches, with the goal of getting Trump to release his tax returns. Now, it is an organization with a broader goal of fighting for economic equality and a more fair tax system. The Tax the Rich tour is specifically addressing the desired increase for higher taxes among the most wealthy Americans, as Trump is reportedly working on another tax break for the wealthy.
According to research conducted by Tax March, 75 percent of likely 2020 voters support higher taxes for the rich, with support from Democrats, Republicans, and independents.
The tour launched in Miami on June 26, the day of the first Democratic presidential debate, and will end in Detroit on July 30, the day of the second round of debates, stopping in more than 20 states in between.
“We want candidates to be talking about it, we want elected officials to be talking about it, and what’s more, we want them to be telling us what are they going to do?” says Tax March executive director Maura Quint. “How are they proposing that we go about taxing the rich and solving the inequality that exists in our tax system.”
The Pittsburgh stop will feature speakers, including state Rep. Sara Innamorato (D-Lawrenceville) and Rev. Sally Jo Snyder. The bus will have Tax March personnel to talk with and materials to learn more about the campaign. The bus also features lettering on the front that says “honk if you wanna tax the rich.” Quint says they get honked at “nonstop.”
Ultimately, Quint says, the goal of the tour is to raise awareness about economic inequality, empower voters to take action, and make sure politicians can hear them.
“When we talk to people across the country, there is this feeling that perhaps you need a special degree to talk about economic issues,” says Quint. “This is not something that needs to happen on some lofty hill. Instead, we actually have a voice and we want to raise it, and we want to make sure our elected leaders hear it.”
This article appears in Jul 3-9, 2019.
Russians. All arranged by the Russians to create discord.
Only weak people will get caught up in believing that they are poor when in fact, we are still one of the richest countries in the world and even our poor are in the top 10 of the most fortunate human beings on this planet.
Eat the poor.
Funny… all the jobs I ever had were working for “rich” people. Who do they think employs the vast majority of the public? Taxing the wealthy destroys the insensitive to become “rich”. NOTHING IS FREE, America is the only plot of land on planet earth that has socioeconomic ladder that you can even climb in which there are many factors but none can be mitigated equally. That is an implausibility. By the way, All of the private businesses I have worked for were run by people putting in way more time money and effort to provide their service and I can assure you they sign the front of way more checks than they do the back of them. The “rich” aren’t the problem and for one to assume this would be a blatant judgment steeped in ignorance of basic economics. But of course no hard questions from Pittsburgh City Paper. They love it when literally “the left wing propaganda bus” rolls into town to fawn over and push further. Meanwhile this bus is probably at least 50K, has another 3500 in the paint job, and now its driving around the country getting 6 mile to the gallon spewing nonsense. All of course paid for by “rich” people. 😉