American billionaires have had a great time during the COVID-19 pandemic, collectively raising their wealth by around $1 trillion in 2021 alone. And the best part: none of these gains will ever be taxed unless the billionaires sell the assets themselves, something that rarely happens. Ana Kasparian discusses on The Young Turks. Watch LIVE weekdays 6-8 pm ET. http://youtube.com/theyoungturks/live Read more HERE: https://americansfortaxfairness.org/issue/americas-billionaires-got-1-trillion-richer-last-year/ “America’s nearly 750 billionaires collectively got $1 trillion richer in 2021, a tax-free 25% gain, according to calculations by Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF) based on Forbes data. Their wealth rose from $4.1 trillion to $5.1 trillion over the 12 months ended on Dec. 31. That wealth rise could fund half of the Democrats’ proposed 10-year, roughly $2 trillion Build Back Better plan of social and environmental investments. Go here for the full data set and see the top 15 billionaires table below. The number of U.S. billionaires rose from 659 to 736 during the year. Under current law, none of that gain will ever be taxed unless the underlying assets are sold—something the very rich generally don’t need to do to lead lives of luxury. But if the Billionaires Income Tax (BIT) proposed by Sen. Ron Wyden had been law last year, billionaires would owe up to $240 billion on their 2021 wealth gains, depending on how much of that wealth gain was derived from tradable assets such as stock.” *** The largest online progressive news show in the world. Hosted by Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian. LIVE weekdays 6-8 pm ET. Help support our mission and get perks. Membership protects TYT’s independence from corporate ownership and allows us to provide free live shows that speak truth to power for people around the world. See Perks: ▶ https://www.youtube.com/TheYoungTurks/join SUBSCRIBE on YOUTUBE: ☞ http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=theyoungturks FACEBOOK: ☞ http://www.facebook.com/TheYoungTurks TWITTER: ☞ http://www.twitter.com/TheYoungTurks INSTAGRAM: ☞ http://www.instagram.com/TheYoungTurks TWITCH: ☞ http://www.twitch.com/tyt 👕 Merch: http://shoptyt.com ❤ Donate: http://www.tyt.com/go 🔗 Website: https://www.tyt.com 📱App: http://www.tyt.com/app 📬 Newsletters: https://www.tyt.com/newsletters/ If you want to watch more videos from TYT, consider subscribing to other channels in our network: The Damage Report ▶ https://www.youtube.com/thedamagereport TYT Sports ▶ https://www.youtube.com/tytsports The Conversation ▶ https://www.youtube.com/tytconversation Rebel HQ ▶ https://www.youtube.com/rebelhq TYT Investigates ▶ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwNJt9PYyN1uyw2XhNIQMMA #TYT #TheYoungTurks #BreakingNews 220105__TA02Rich by The Young Turks
Michigan State Police and the Lansing Police Department are investigating the criminal complaint filed by the woman, who is now Chatfield’s sister-in-law. She said the encounters continued for more than a decade into 2021.
Chatfield — a pastor’s son whose website was emblazoned with the slogan “Faith, Family, Service” before it went offline in the past week — was the youngest Michigan House speaker in more than a century when legislative colleagues elected him to the powerful position at the age of 30 in 2018.
But behind the squeaky clean image, Chatfield took advantage of the girl’s vulnerabilities when she was a high school student and continued to sexually assault her throughout his political tenure in Lansing, including inside his Capitol office, Rebekah Chatfield, now 26, said in a series of interviews in recent weeks with Bridge Michigan.
“He destroyed me, and has controlled my life since I was 15-16, the past 10-11 years,” she said. “And I know the only way to get justice for this is to come forward and to file a criminal (complaint) against him.”
Rebekah Chatfield told Bridge she documented her allegations in a criminal complaint filed last month with police in Lansing, where she lives. The city declined to release the complaint to Bridge under the state’s public records law, saying Monday that disclosure would interfere with an “ongoing investigative proceeding.”
Lansing City Pulse first reported the existence of the police report Thursday evening.
Lansing Police “immediately” began investigating the complaint and are currently “coordinating with Michigan State Police for accusations in jurisdictions outside the city of Lansing,” city spokesperson Robert Merritt told Bridge. Shanon Banner, a spokesperson for the Michigan State Police, confirmed state investigators in northern Michigan are reviewing the complaint.
Lee Chatfield could not be reached for comment Thursday or Friday, directly or through family members. Calls to his cell phone prompted an automated message that “the wireless customer you are calling is not available.” An email sent to an account linked to his personal website bounced back, indicating the address no longer exists.
But in a statement Friday, Lee Chatfield’s lawyer characterized the interactions with “the woman who is now claiming she was raped” as a consensual affair when they were both adults. The lawyer also stated Chatfield had multiple extramarital affairs.
White women, are the protectorates and keepers of white supremacy
And this is what I mean when I say that white women need to stop pretending that their form of oppression is the be-all, end-all for all women(such as their rejection of femininity) including and not limited to being a stay-at-home mom.
This is slavery
Yeah that’s slavery. We never really got rid of it, it’s just been repackaged, shifted around some, maybe spray-painted a few times…
I came to this same conclusion at work, though in a different way.
I work at a frame shop, and a lot of our customers are elderly. I can’t tell you how many times someone will bring in a gorgeous painting, I’ll ask who the artist is, and they’ll reply,
“Oh, I painted this.”
“Really!” I say. “When did you start painting?”
“About three months ago. I picked it up after I retired.”
Many of them were never artists before retirement, but with the free time they take up new hobbies and are heckin great.
Dorothy Sayers explores this phenomenon in her book The Mind of the Maker. She posits that the human creator (artists, writers, etc) goes about a similar thought process to God, and so can understand him in a unique way. It makes sense that, being made in the image of the Creator, we all have an innate desire to create.
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