Pat McCutcheon

OMG Tim Cook 🤮. Clearly no backbone. All you Apple 🍏 fans need to do a gut check.

#savedemocracy #taxwealthnotwork #taxtherich

7 Nobel Prize-winning economists are demanding a wealth tax in France.

Their proposed solution is simple: a 2% minimum tax on fortunes over €100 million to ensure the ultra-wealthy pay their fair share.

The world's leading economic experts agree. It's time for a #wealthtax.

YouTube video by Movieclips Blame Canada - South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut (3/9) Movie CLIP (1999) HD

Love this South Park segment from 13 years ago 😀. Comic spoof......meet reality 🙄.
#elbowsup #not51

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‘Self-termination is most likely’: the history and future of societal collapse An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished

Today's Guardian carries an article that speaks to this very well. We are being ruled by the 'Dark Triad' narcissism, psychopathy and Machiavellianism. Please read.
#taxtherich #taxwealthnotwork

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We find ourselves in a period defined by rapid growth in inequality, the climate crisis and geopolitical tension. This is not by accident. The powerful elite, in their conquest to acquire more wealth, are driving society to collapse. It will not end well. 🧵

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#toxicdrugcrisis #endhomelessness #housingfirst

Over the years I have read a lot material on the toxic drug crisis and the homelessness crisis. Over that time I have never read content as powerful as the post below. It was written by someone in Powell River, BC and it relates to the battle going on in the community to open an OPS. See 🧵 below.

Don't tell me this isn't happening!

Billionaires make billions ...

Meanwhile employees fight for a livable wage and medicaid ....

"How does a CEO of a company take an eight-figure bonus and none of your employees have dental insurance, they can't even go out and get a filling"!

Inequality doesn't just threaten our economy. It threatens the stability of our society and our democracies.

Thank-you for this concise summary on how Canada is complicit in Israel's genocide. Canada needs to find its backbone and stand up against this slaughter. Shame on Canadian MPs for turning away.
#gazegenocide

Great analogy @patmillscanada.bsky.social . Our Canadian foundation is definitely ROTTEN.
#taxwealthnotwork #taxtherich

THIS IS WHAT A RIGGED ECONOMY LOOKS LIKE:

CEOs made *285 times* MORE than their workers last year.

They will also pocket hundreds of thousands in tax cuts thanks to Trump.

We need a tax system that values workers, not just yachts and stock options.
aflcio.org/paywatch

Text: Politicians are talking about building a new crude oil pipeline in BC. Here's why that's a bad idea. Image: Green background with a black pipe spilling black liquid into a wavy black sea. Images of Prime Minister Carney, Premier Smith and Premier Eby are near the pipe.

Politicians are talking about building a new crude oil pipeline in BC. Here's why that's a bad idea. 🧵

#bcpoli

Brilliant article below that describes how most millionaires are unlikely to move if their local governments begin taxing them more. Those that do move, we are probably better off without them.
#taxwealthnotwork #taxtherich

YouTube video by Iain De Jong Do People CHOOSE Homelesness?

People do NOT choose homelessness. Thank you Iain De Jong for this great explainer video.
#endhomelessness #housingfirst

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Looks like there is a Green party leadership race in the UK as well. You might want to steal some of @zackpolanski.bsky.social material 😃.

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What do we get for our low taxes and supposed affordability measures? A less healthy, fractured country Instead of addressing the shortage in access to primary and acute health care, expanding universal pharmacare, bolstering public education and supporting our youngest citizens with early learning, Can...

"Recent polling shows Canadians are overwhelmingly supportive of a wealth tax. Many doctors have supported higher taxes on high income earners before. Now, a new group of Canadians called ”Patriotic Millionaires” are calling for higher taxes on the wealthy."

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David Suzuki warns Carney of pipeline and growth 'madness' | CBC Radio "We have fundamentally failed to shift the narrative" on climate change, says renowned environmentalist David Suzuki, and the political and economic systems that leave us chasing perpetual growth are ...

So, how we doing when it comes to dealing with the climate crisis. Turns out, not so good 😥. David Suzuki does a good job summarizing how things are likely to unfold in the years ahead. Future generations....... you deal with it. #climatecrisis

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"We have an economy in which work doesn’t pay – the income of people who work for a living is taxed at higher rates than that of those who earn money from simply having money." This needs to change if we are ever going to tackle wealth inequality.
#taxwealthnotwork #taxtherich

I expect better from our Canadian leadership. The continued slaughter of innocent Palestinians at the hands of Israeli soldiers is genocide. It cannot be defined any other way. Find your backbone Carney and stand against this atrocity.
#gaza #genocide #savepalestine

Come on Canada. We need to be building strong social programs that lift Canadians out of crisis. Billions can be raised by overhauling the tax code and by creating a sovereign wealth fund. Get it done. We don't need to be the stupid country 😕.

Norway, a country of approx 5 million people, has a sovereign wealth fund worth $1.7 trillion. Their wealth fund contributes approx $50 billion/yr towards their annual budget. Not bad for a tiny country. Canada should have built up a sovereign wealth fund a long time ago 🤦🏻‍♂️. 🧵

How about if we tackle the problem of accelerating wealth inequality in Canada by overhauling the tax code. We could raise billions in this country if we taxed higher income more, removed the capital gains exemption and applied a wealth tax. #taxwealthnotwork #taxtherich 🧵

Let's try the same strategy that hasn't worked for the past 40 years 😕🤦🏻‍♂️. Isn't there a saying, "Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results is the definition of insanity".

How about if we fund our social programs properly so people can reach their potential.

China is going all-in on the renewable electric economy. The United States and Canada are going all-in on the fossil fuel economy. My money is on China 🤷🏻‍♂️.

YouTube video by Energi Media 100% Renewable Canada: Mark Jacobson’s Wind, Water, Solar Master Plan

#climatecrisis

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Also, heat pumps are twice as efficient as gas furnaces. The net result is we need far less energy to power an electric economy than a fossil fuel economy.  Of course Jevon's paradox comes into play. Seldom do we reap 100% of the efficiency gain due to tech breakthroughs. 🧵

The video below dives into the rarely discussed fact that the electric economy is significantly more efficient than the fossil fuel economy and therefore, less energy overall is required to power it. For example, ICE vehicles are only 24-35% efficient while EVs are over 90% efficient. 🧵

The combination of the climate crisis and the transition to renewables assures the destruction of the oil and gas industry within the next 10-20 years. Any capital investment in this industry will never pay for itself.
#climatecrisis

Energy sovereignty means breaking away from fossil fuels - fast. Many countries that are highly dependent on oil & gas imports recognize this and are moving rapidly to domestically generated renewable energy.

Continuing to build out fossil fuel infrastructure in Canada is insane.