"... if the ultra-wealthy paid the same percentage as the rest of us? Social Security would be fully funded for the next 75 years—with room to boost benefits."
This is what hope looked like in Grand Rapids, Michigan on April 5, 2025. My children didn't want me to attend - the memory of the riot that ensued after George Floyd was murdered still fresh in their minds. Numerous articles about how to prepare for a protest - know your constitutional rights, write your emergency contacts on your arm, be unidentifiable in dark clothes, masks and hats, have an escape plan, etc. Writers reminding us of past civil rights movements when people bravely, peacefully protested knowing they could be physically beaten or even die standing up for what they knew was right.
I told my family that this was a planned peaceful protest. That I didn't need an escape plan or to write phone numbers on my arm. I was insistent that we needed to be on the right side of this movement! I made some posters and what did we encounter at this protest in downtown Grand Rapids?
Furious people full of hate for the new Führer tRump and his Musk Rat regime - yes. But we were smiling, greeting each other, shaking hands, lots of hugs, laughing at each other's creative posters. There were families, neighbors, children playing, determined seniors, defiant veterans and so many different skin colors!
I know it's not want he planned for but thanks to the trump, for he has united us like we have never been before. Hope to see you all at the next protest!
I signed up for this substack because it seemed to promise a communal space where the Trump opposition could connect and maybe organize and MAYBE even do something (anything)
So far though I'm not seeing anything like that. Am I missing something?
(What I have seen: a lot of links asking me to donate to exactly the people who got us into this mess in the first place... sigh)
Yes, all you say today is true. But the name of this Substack is "How We Fight Back." There were no calls to action in your post, no suggested actions for "How We Fight Back." Give us a way to fight back!
It’s not the percentage of withholding that needs to change. It’s the cap on income that FICA taxes are paid on.
In 2025, income over $176,100 isn’t taxed. If all income was subject, the Trust Funds would be secure.
Yep. 100%:
"... if the ultra-wealthy paid the same percentage as the rest of us? Social Security would be fully funded for the next 75 years—with room to boost benefits."
It’s OUR MONEY. Taken out of OUR paychecks. For OUR retirement. OUR employers pay in too for US.
It’s OURS.
This is what hope looked like in Grand Rapids, Michigan on April 5, 2025. My children didn't want me to attend - the memory of the riot that ensued after George Floyd was murdered still fresh in their minds. Numerous articles about how to prepare for a protest - know your constitutional rights, write your emergency contacts on your arm, be unidentifiable in dark clothes, masks and hats, have an escape plan, etc. Writers reminding us of past civil rights movements when people bravely, peacefully protested knowing they could be physically beaten or even die standing up for what they knew was right.
I told my family that this was a planned peaceful protest. That I didn't need an escape plan or to write phone numbers on my arm. I was insistent that we needed to be on the right side of this movement! I made some posters and what did we encounter at this protest in downtown Grand Rapids?
Furious people full of hate for the new Führer tRump and his Musk Rat regime - yes. But we were smiling, greeting each other, shaking hands, lots of hugs, laughing at each other's creative posters. There were families, neighbors, children playing, determined seniors, defiant veterans and so many different skin colors!
I know it's not want he planned for but thanks to the trump, for he has united us like we have never been before. Hope to see you all at the next protest!
I signed up for this substack because it seemed to promise a communal space where the Trump opposition could connect and maybe organize and MAYBE even do something (anything)
So far though I'm not seeing anything like that. Am I missing something?
(What I have seen: a lot of links asking me to donate to exactly the people who got us into this mess in the first place... sigh)
Same here. See my comment above! Asking us to donate-- not fighting back.
Don't touch it Musk! I am not fraudster.
I paid those taxes for over 40 years.
I earned that benefit.
Yes, all you say today is true. But the name of this Substack is "How We Fight Back." There were no calls to action in your post, no suggested actions for "How We Fight Back." Give us a way to fight back!
Yes! I’ve been thinking this for years 👍🏼!!