Ro Khanna

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@BudgetBen @jmhorp @ne0liberal @lilybatch Look forward to working together — PolitiTweet.org

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With up to $1 trillion per year over the next decade, we can make critical & productive investments in clean energy, job creation, and our nation’s infrastructure. Proud to be an original sponsor of the THRIVE Act with @EdMarkey & @debdingell. https://t.co/9rUFFtcM0Y — PolitiTweet.org

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With $1 trillion per year over the next decade, we can make critical investments in clean energy, job creation, and our nation’s infrastructure. Now is the time to be bold. Proud to be an original sponsor of the THRIVE Act with @EdMarkey & @debdingell. https://t.co/9rUFFtcM0Y — PolitiTweet.org

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@BudgetBen @jmhorp @ne0liberal @lilybatch But wouldn’t that be about 8 percent (social security plus Medicare tax on their entire amount?). Just trying to understand as I think saying they should pay same as W2 compelling — PolitiTweet.org

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@BudgetBen @jmhorp @ne0liberal @lilybatch Interesting! What would be the equivalent of the payroll tax be for a high earner who makes more than 400k. That seems a very reasonable thing to say. Inherited wealth shouldn’t have step up in basis (cap gains exemption) and should pay payroll tax like a W2 worker... — PolitiTweet.org

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@ne0liberal @BudgetBen @jmhorp I also wonder if there are ways to structure a carbon tax that aren’t hitting the working class or middle class but more on polluters. Think yellow vest in France... — PolitiTweet.org

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@BudgetBen @jmhorp @ne0liberal So right now people pay 40 percent? But you’d say they should pay for example 37 percent plus 20 percent surtax so about 60 percent if in highest income bracket... — PolitiTweet.org

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@HeavyGrenadier @besttrousers @jmhorp @ne0liberal Isn’t it solving an externality of speculative trading that isn’t going to productive investments or efficient allocation of capital and a drain on the time and talent of our society? — PolitiTweet.org

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@BudgetBen @jmhorp @ne0liberal I like the elimination of step up basis. Explain to me simply how the progressive inheritance tax works or other simple reforms on estate tax. — PolitiTweet.org

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@BudgetBen @jmhorp @ne0liberal Fascinating. So you’d eliminate step up in basis and tax the cap gains accumulation on estates? What else simply put in ways I can explain to folks... — PolitiTweet.org

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@besttrousers @jmhorp @ne0liberal How much do you think they both could raise over 10 years? — PolitiTweet.org

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@BudgetBen @jmhorp @ne0liberal Also, let’s say you start a company. Get $100 million financing at $1 billion valuation. Now you have to pay wealth tax with no liquidity. You could easily either get financing on assets to do so by giving a bank a small stock grant. So it’s not an insolvable issue. — PolitiTweet.org

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@BudgetBen @jmhorp @ne0liberal On wealth tax, 90 percent American wealth is here. We’re best place to invest. People saying they will leave are same ones who threatened to leave if Trump were elected. They won’t. I much rather bet on America than anywhere else in world... — PolitiTweet.org

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@ne0liberal Bracketing funding for M4A, why couldn’t we get free public college, pre-school, childcare and many other progressive policies through what I proposed. We are a much more dynamic and entrepreneurial nation with far more wealth generation (in my district!) giving us more options.. — PolitiTweet.org

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@jmhorp @ne0liberal But would the US have more optionality on how to fund given we have far more billionaires and wealth than they do. We literally are leading the digital revolution. Those countries don’t have the richest people in the world. Thoughts? — PolitiTweet.org

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@jmhorp @ne0liberal What about a wealth tax? What about a financial transaction tax? What about higher estate tax? What about reasonable defense cut? What about IRS audit and bank disclosures of business income? Genuine thoughts? — PolitiTweet.org

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@jmhorp @ne0liberal The question is who should bear additional taxes. If globalization and tech revolution have created huge winners and many losers, it seems reasonable that the huge winners should pay more. We’re a low tax nation compared to OECD. Our big winners can do more. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ne0liberal Many other options for taxing the super rich that would not fall also on the working and middle class. — PolitiTweet.org

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For far too long, our communities have been seen as other, and experiences with racism have been ignored. We must continue to speak out against violence and hatred towards members of the AAPI community. https://t.co/OIV9qnxGdI — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TeamCavuto: .@RoKhanna to Neil: I'm completely opposed to a mileage or gas tax https://t.co/9Qzn0EiudZ — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @TaylorInSEOhio: It's not everyday that a Congressman is tweeting about your work and town. Thank you @RoKhanna for the good words and f… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @RoKhanna: .@JayCarney Amazon raised the wage to $15 b/c of @BernieSanders & my Stop Bezos Act campaign as Bezos tweeted. Every American… — PolitiTweet.org

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.@JayCarney Amazon raised the wage to $15 b/c of @BernieSanders & my Stop Bezos Act campaign as Bezos tweeted. Every American can take a tour of Amazon warehouses by reading @AlecMacGillis Fulfillment. Your former boss @BarackObama would stand with the workers in a heartbeat! — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @calpba: Thank you for your support on AB 1177 Congressman @RoKhanna! The racial wealth gap has only grown for decades, and this bill #A… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @OurRevolution: "At a time when all of the experts are telling us that we need to be developing renewable energy and moving towards ener… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DerrickNAACP: George Floyd is not on trial. Derek Chauvin is on trial, to tell his side of the story. A luxury that was not afforded to… — PolitiTweet.org

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Let’s call it what it is: an effort to suppress the Black, Brown, and young people vote. Outrageous and unacceptable. We must abolish the filibuster and pass #HR1. https://t.co/lAC6jZgmux — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ninaturner: Amazon workers have the right to a union. RT if you agree ✊🏾✊🏻✊🏿✊🏽✊ — PolitiTweet.org

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Amazon made nearly $15 billion in profits last year. Yet they cut hazard pay—in the middle of a global pandemic. It’s time Amazon finally put people over profits. It’s time for a union. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @womensmarch: Jeff Bezos has fought tooth and nail to stop the unionization effort in Bessemer. We’re in solidarity with this Black wome… — PolitiTweet.org