Scrolling through LinkedIn and had the pleasure of stumbling onto your insightful reflections again, Lisa. I’m excited for your new direction and to keep following your creations!
As usual, you are solace to my weary soul. I read through this once when it originally posted and again tonight. I read Braiding Sweetgrass a month ago. Life changing. I can currently have felt it is time to get back on my feet and try to do my part to create community. As you know, I am a CPA and have taken a dive right into tax season. For better or worse voting has followed a certain trend of taxpayer. The most vocal liberals tend to be those who are saving tens if not hundreds of thousands in taxes under the current, TCJA tax code. Some of my most vocal Trump supporters have seen their effective tax rate may be moved down .5 to 2% tops since 2018, real wages go down, many of their jobs eliminated, with the toxic and false message coming to them that it is the fault of the “others” that they have had these economic realities. I am apolitical, but obviously will vote and move towards whatever takes us away from the current evil. What happens when this pristine economy that is the envy of the world collapses? The sad reality is that the middle to upper class will most likely be fine or have to miss a vacation or two. Other families will be decimated. I also am reading a book called, “live to see the day” a book chronicling the lives of three lower income, Puerto Rican American families in Philadelphia. There are no bootstraps in the world strong enough to pull kids through that kind of poverty. Thanks for letting me ramble. It’s time to get a plan in place. It’s not OK that being born in one ZIP Code in Philly shaves off 17 years of life expectancy compared to one county over. Let’s change this!!!
Thank you Jessica, your contribution here is immense! I learn from you everytime you share insight into the blackbox of tax codes in a system that's designed to reinforce everyone's socioeconomic status. Economic mobility is fast becoming a myth. Love that you're reading Robin's work too, I think it's so inspiring and gives us a roadmap to the better world that our hearts know is possible.
Scrolling through LinkedIn and had the pleasure of stumbling onto your insightful reflections again, Lisa. I’m excited for your new direction and to keep following your creations!
Thank you Lexi, your support of my writing means a lot!
As usual, you are solace to my weary soul. I read through this once when it originally posted and again tonight. I read Braiding Sweetgrass a month ago. Life changing. I can currently have felt it is time to get back on my feet and try to do my part to create community. As you know, I am a CPA and have taken a dive right into tax season. For better or worse voting has followed a certain trend of taxpayer. The most vocal liberals tend to be those who are saving tens if not hundreds of thousands in taxes under the current, TCJA tax code. Some of my most vocal Trump supporters have seen their effective tax rate may be moved down .5 to 2% tops since 2018, real wages go down, many of their jobs eliminated, with the toxic and false message coming to them that it is the fault of the “others” that they have had these economic realities. I am apolitical, but obviously will vote and move towards whatever takes us away from the current evil. What happens when this pristine economy that is the envy of the world collapses? The sad reality is that the middle to upper class will most likely be fine or have to miss a vacation or two. Other families will be decimated. I also am reading a book called, “live to see the day” a book chronicling the lives of three lower income, Puerto Rican American families in Philadelphia. There are no bootstraps in the world strong enough to pull kids through that kind of poverty. Thanks for letting me ramble. It’s time to get a plan in place. It’s not OK that being born in one ZIP Code in Philly shaves off 17 years of life expectancy compared to one county over. Let’s change this!!!
Thank you Jessica, your contribution here is immense! I learn from you everytime you share insight into the blackbox of tax codes in a system that's designed to reinforce everyone's socioeconomic status. Economic mobility is fast becoming a myth. Love that you're reading Robin's work too, I think it's so inspiring and gives us a roadmap to the better world that our hearts know is possible.