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Tariffs (regressive taxes), low minimum wages, high medical and student loan debts. Republicans like them all. All wealth to the top. Loaned back to us to enslave us. Healthcare Insights: How Medical Debt Is Crushing 100 Million Americans.
See Wikipedia: List of countries by household debt. All those stolen wages went to the billionaire club that loaned it back to us. The US federal government debt surpassed $40 trillion on August 18, 2026.
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The poor and the middle class pay the taxes that the wealthy should be paying instead. Wages are not keeping up because the US federal minimum wage (at $7.25 an hour since 2009) has not been raised. 20 Republican states use the federal minimum wage. It acts as a floor for wages above it. So middle class wages don't rise enough. See Wikipedia: Fight for $15.


