New reading material. #TaxTheRich by #MorrisPearl #EricaPayne and #ThePatrioticMillionaires; #PovertyByAmerica by #MatthewDesmond

#MatthewDesmond (Princeton University) in the #DailyShow:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoLN0YoErK0

You get the impression that #poverty is made and continued by design in the #USA. And there is almost no incentive for the #billionaires to end poverty at all, although they could very easily by just stopping #taxfraud or collecting the taxes that are already due today.

#Money flows to the super #rich (which pay less #taxes!) instead to the people in need.

The #AmericanDream is an illusion.

What a shit country. What a shit system.

I just finished listening to Poverty By America by Matthew Desmond.

A damning explanation of how I benefit from the deep poverty of my fellow man.

https://matthewdesmondbooks.com/

Lays out why poverty persists in the face of rising spending on means-tested programs.

https://youtu.be/WCyCfNnXGOE?feature=shared

NPR - #Princeton #sociologist #MatthewDesmond - if the top 1% of Americans paid the #taxes they #owed, it would raise $175 billion each year. "That is just about enough to pull everyone out of #poverty," the author says. https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/03/21/1164275807/poverty-by-america-matthew-desmond-inequality #PovertyinAmerica #Billionaires #FinancialSystem #TaxCode #IRS #Congress #regulations #economy #wealthy do not pay taxes

A new look at #poverty and it is not nice!

“The new book by the sociologist and author of “Evicted” examines the persistence of want in the wealthy United States, finding that keeping some citizens poor serves the interests of many.”

#matthewdesmond
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/13/books/review/poverty-by-america-matthew-desmond.html

How America Manufactures Poverty

The sociologist Matthew Desmond identifies specific practices and policies that consign tens of millions to destitution.

#BookReview #MatthewDesmond #UnitedStates #poverty #welfare #capitalism #economy #inequality #labour #labor #policy #books #bookstodon

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/03/20/matthew-desmond-poverty-by-america-book-review