Is There a Tax Cut for the Millionaires?

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The tax cut that we did was cut funding for things that could have helped us at least be in front of this epidemic. Instead of constantly reacting to it kicking our asses. So the economics of the industry is behind all this trainwreck. Get that in totally. That's what the state's prior yes, you're the trump tax cut, and mish mc conall wrote it, let's be realistic. But like that, the tax cuts that we did were cut funding forthings that could have help us at least being in front of these epidemics. And they had people in bajing, like watching, like, emerging viruses there,. Because there's some history, some of our

Paris Marx is joined by Rob Larson to discuss how tech billionaires use philanthropy to massage their images, how they're creating a world that leaves nearly everyone else worse off, and how we need to respond with an online socialism to bring tech platforms under worker control.

Rob Larson is the author of “Bit Tyrants: The Political Economy of Silicon Valley” and an economics professor at Tacoma Community College. He also recently wrote about how billionaire-funded philanthropy is a public-relations scam for Jacobin and how the tech platforms are on their best behavior during COVID-19 for Current Affairs. Follow Rob on Twitter as @IronicProfessor.

Tech Won't Save Us offers a critical perspective on tech, its worldview, and wider society with the goal of inspiring people to demand better tech and a better world. Follow the podcast (@techwontsaveus) and host Paris Marx (@parismarx) on Twitter.

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