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Sarah Pray

@Sarah__Pray

Making trouble in real life, but rather nice online. DC advocate focused on economic justice, at home and abroad.

 Washington, D.C.
Joined June 2012
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As voting begins today, the world needs to know what Silicon Valley billionaires are doing to sabotage the billionaire tax now on the ballot in California. This is shocking. 🧵
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Rather than paying their fair share of taxes, Sergey Brin @peterthiel and @patrickc prefer to spend tens of millions to manipulate the vote. Stupefying levels of greed and lack of civil-mindedness.
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A one-time 5% wealth tax would bring Silicon Valley’s billionaires’ wealth back to where it was just 31 days ago, on September 7. When it was "just" 178% higher than on January 1, 2023. They’d rather let 3 million people lose their health insurance than let that happen.
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Sarah Pray retweeted
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Tax War Room@TaxWarRoomOct 6
Meta paid just 3.5% of its 2025 profits in federal corporate income taxes. Part of the trick: claiming a research tax credit on equipment for its AI data centers. A break meant for innovation, turned into a subsidy for business as usual. Read more here: itep.org/meta-tax-breaks-tru…
Meta’s Federal Tax Rate Hits an All-Time Low Due to Breaks Expanded by Trump Tax Law

Meta’s Federal Tax Rate Hits an All-Time Low Due to Breaks Expanded by Trump Tax Law

The company paid an effective federal income tax rate of just over 3.5% in 2025, the lowest it has recorded since the company went public as Facebook in 2012.

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I am VERY happy to raise taxes on the Forbes 400 but their entire stock of wealth--$4T in the chart above--is less than the cost of reversing the SNAP/Medicaid cuts in H.R. 1, reinstating premium tax credit enhancements, and eliminating Trump tariffs. Gonna need a bigger boat!
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NEW: How exactly should we tax the rich? We lay out 3 specific ways to target and reduce the wealth gap in society, including taxing billionaires’ SuperPAC contributions.
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Gen Z believes in the billionaire tax thehill.com/homenews/campaig…
Gen Z believes in the billionaire tax

Gen Z believes in the billionaire tax

More than two-thirds of Generation Z thinks wealthy Americans should pay up. A new CBS/YouGov poll released Sunday found that 69 percent of respondents under 30 favor candidates who support raising…

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Extremely wise words: "Americans haven’t stopped believing in democracy. They’re wondering whether our democracy is strong enough to stand up to wealth and power." thehill.com/opinion/finance/…
Want people to believe in democracy? Tax a billionaire

Want people to believe in democracy? Tax a billionaire

The affordability crisis has eaten through American optimism and given way to many questions — namely, why should being wealthy entitle you to a different set of rules?  

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Americans who have lost the most faith in democracy are the ones who see the connection between taxes and democracy the clearest. Want people to believe in democracy and the power of govt? Tax a billionaire! thehill.com/opinion/finance/…
Want people to believe in democracy? Tax a billionaire

Want people to believe in democracy? Tax a billionaire

The affordability crisis has eaten through American optimism and given way to many questions — namely, why should being wealthy entitle you to a different set of rules?  

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Please join us on September 22 for "From Hidden Wealth to Public Trust – Reclaiming Our Democracy," an in-person and virtual discussion featuring @cjcmichel, Venessa Williamson, @Sarah__Pray, and @ZorkaMilin Read more about the event and RSVP here: thefactcoalition.org/democra…
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The latest from us at Better Taxes, including some fresh poll data: Want people to believe in democracy? Tax a billionaire thehill.com/opinion/finance/…
Want people to believe in democracy? Tax a billionaire

Want people to believe in democracy? Tax a billionaire

The affordability crisis has eaten through American optimism and given way to many questions — namely, why should being wealthy entitle you to a different set of rules?  

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Bret Baier (@BretBaier) profile pictureBret Baier
@BretBaierFeb 24
.@POTUS on SOTU from WH He will call for a new form of corporate and personal tax cuts in his speech tonight. (No specifics on the details)
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The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023. The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets. Learn more from @David_J_Bier. ow.ly/Ce9W50Y8kAi
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Replying to @Brendan_Duke @BudgetModel @The_Budget_Lab
Looking at the megabill's cuts to health care--which help finance its tax cuts--roughly 15 million people will lose health insurance because of its direct cuts or failure to extend the enhancements to the Affordable Care Act's premium tax credits.
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@nxthompsonJan 28
The ending to @AdamSerwer's extraordinary dispatch from Minnesota. theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0…
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Republicans would rather shut down the government than help millions of Americans afford health care. This article tells some of their stories, and is a good reminder of what’s at stake. usatoday.com/story/news/poli…
These people have found their health care at the center of a shutdown showdown

These people have found their health care at the center of a shutdown showdown

Small business owners, self-employed people and early retirees are among the 24 million Americans who could lose the tax credit

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Two out of the three top motivating issues to vote for Democrats? Better taxes.
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I’m becoming increasingly amenable to the argument that the 2028 Dem nominee should be someone from the left side of the party (though not super far left) running on a message of progressive economic populism & radically expanded healthcare access Not necessarily further center
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Senator Hawley literally had the power to stop these cuts from happening in the first place. Not only did he vote for them, but had he voted "No," the bill would have failed.
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@Vu_Reports15 Jul 2025
Interesting — less than 2 weeks after Sen. Hawley voted for the reconciliation bill that would enact cuts to provider tax in 2028 + limit SDPs, he introduces a bill that would repeal those provisions and plus up the rural hospital fund
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Feel like *before the bill cutting Medicaid passed* was the best time to prevent the cuts to Medicaid from going into effect.
Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) profile pictureSahil Kapur
@sahilkapur15 Jul 2025
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., introduces a new bill to repeal some of the Medicaid cuts in Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill, which he voted for. "Now is the time to prevent any future cuts to Medicaid from going into effect," Hawley says. Full text 👇
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