This week I am joined again by Karen to talk about Texas, revisit our weekly segment of Ted Cruz bashing, talk about the Covid relief bill and the minimum wage. Listen fully for some unprofessional and not legally binding tax advice, and we might even end on a positive note this week.
ERCOT overcharged power buyers by $16 billion amid calamity, monitor says
https://www.statesman.com/story/business/2021/03/04/ercot-pricing-error-spurred-16-b-grid-overcharges-monitor-says/4582419001/
Utility commission refuses to reverse $16 billion in ERCOT overcharges
https://www.statesman.com/story/business/2021/03/05/texas-utility-commission-refuses-reverse-16-billion-ercot-overcharges/4593536001/
Thousands of cars form lines to collect food in Texas
https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/15/us/dallas-texas-food-bank-coronavirus/index.html
Food Insecurity In The U.S. By The Numbers
https://www.npr.org/2020/09/27/912486921/food-insecurity-in-the-u-s-by-the-numbers
The 8 Senate Democrats who voted against raising the minimum wage are collectively worth over $43 million
https://www.businessinsider.com/8-democrats-voted-against-raising-minimum-wage-worth-43-million-2021-3
We did the math to calculate how much money Jeff Bezos makes in a year, month, week, day, hour, minute, and second
https://www.businessinsider.com/what-amazon-ceo-jeff-bezos-makes-every-day-hour-minute-2018-10
U.S. Workers Have Lost $1.3 Trillion in Income So Far
https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/hr-topics/talent-acquisition/pages/us-workers-lost-trillion-income-covid-coronavirus.aspx
Billionaires add $1tn to net worth during pandemic as their workers struggle
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/15/billionaires-net-worth-coronavirus-pandemic-jeff-bezos-elon-musk
Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders propose 3% wealth tax on billionaires
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/01/elizabeth-warren-bernie-sanders-propose-3percent-wealth-tax-on-billionaires.html
Warren's wealth tax would cost 100 richest Americans $78 billion
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/541038-warrens-wealth-tax-would-cost-100-richest-americans-78-billion
