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The USA prides itself as being the richest nation on earth, yet we have the lowest ratings among industrial nations on what matters most to the citizenry. No universal health system, no national day care for our children, no federally mandated paid leave for mothers or fathers with newborn children ... All free and paid by taxes in other countries. Those taxes surprisingly are no greater than those currently paid by U.S. citizens. One big difference is the massive inequity in our tax system, favoring the rich and corporations. TrumpƵs 2017 tax law, his only legislative Ƶachievement,Ƶ broadened the divide between the rich and the poor. (Trump paid $750 in federal taxes in 2016!). Today, the U.S. gap is now close to the top, closing in on South Africa, China, India and Brazil. And the disparity has increased dramatically in the last 50 years. The rich richer, the poor poorer.

Simply put, it is time for the rich to pay their dues in the country that made them wealthy. Not a ƵcommunistƵ or ƵsocialistƵ idea, as some GOP politicians claim, but a question of equity and of responsibility and caring for their constituents.