Here is my plea, fwiw.
The million person march on Washington, DC needs to happen NOW. While the budget is being debated.
The money is on the table and the billionaires are taking it.
At the expense of our elderly, sick, disabled, working class, and middle class.
The good jobs of the future in technology are moving to China. Yesterday was a great day for China as R&D investment was slashed by the House bill. Couldn’t Jeffries find 1-2 more votes?? The ROI on science investment is far higher than any other investment by Congress. 60% of the jobs created after WWII have emanated from Federal R&D spending to NIH, NASA, NSF, small business, DOE, DOD, etc. We’re killing pump that primes innovation and job creation!!!
Trump’s deficit spending (25% of the nation’s total debt during Trump 1.0) will bankrupt America, just like during COVID and most of Trump's “business” ventures until he leveraged political office for grifting. Trillions are being lost.
And, YES, I have a PLAN that will shrink the deficit, create jobs, and lead to PROSPERITY again.
1. Investment in R&D: Increase NIH, NASA, NSF, DOE investment by 50%. Migrate 50% of INTERNAL NIH lab support to academia and small business/startups/pipeline. My laboratory has made new discoveries regarding spaceflight that are being translated into new therapeutics for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, aging, and metabolic disease.
2. Double taxes on hedge fund managers, crypto. Market manipulation, insider trading, emoluments, grifting need to stop. We also need to balance the budget and making hedge fund managers who win whether the market goes up or down need to pay their fair share.
3. Cut the tax breaks for the top 1% and billionaires on the 2017 tax bill by 50% Have a minimum tax for billionaires.
4. Restore PERSONAL EXEMPTIONS! My middle class taxes INCREASED 30%+ (I have the receipts!) due to the 2017 tax bill so Katy Perry could go to space!
5. Freeze the Standard Deduction (savings). The 2017 tax code punishes home ownership for the working and middle class and rewards rental property and real estate owners in red states (ex. Florida). I wonder who that could be?
6. Restore tax exemptions for truckers and our essential workers! Remove taxes on Social Security benefits. We're taxing a tax!
7. Restore the IG for the Pentagon and flush out 10% savings while modernizing our military. Ya’ll need to talk to Bob Gates and former generals, admirals. Support NATO and Ukraine!
8. Propose saving SS, Medicare, ACA, Medicaid through consolidation of Medicare, Medicaid and ACA into one plan with multiple layers for age, family situation, etc. This will save trillions over 10 years. Include a PUBLIC OPTION that competes with private sector insurance.
9. To create jobs and revolutionize energy - we need a Hu(man) on the Moon project to develop and utilize for power plants FUSION technology. Powerful magnets that use SUPERCONDUCTOR technology have been developed that will safely superheat hydrogen to make helium and use the power of the Sun to provide energy to the people. A massive wave of high tech American jobs will be created.
10. Codify the Congress’ constitutional responsibility to set tariffs and halt the Insanity!
Let’s GO! We can’t wait for the next election. There may not be another one given the nation’s rapid slide into FASCISM.
