Heather McGhee on “The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together”

Watch Heather McGhee discuss the misconception that progress towards racial equality is a zero-sum game.
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So, my own thinking on the subject of "opportunity" and "human worth" has to start with the way our Federal taxes are collected and the fact that all working class people are still being manipulated and kept in bondage by corporations and government. Our society is being held hostage by the "tie" of medical care to a job. A person should have medical care, education, and social security and pay for it when they "spend" their money, not when they "earn" it. So, the Federal Government should enact a "national consumption tax" of 2 cents on each dollar spent for "Medicare for all", another 2 cents for Social Security and another 2 cents for Education through 14 years. Now this doesn't require anyone to file a tax return, it is free and automatic according to your age and the number of years you have been paying into the "system". A person that "buys and sells" for their occupation may "spend" more than the average person and could "file" for reimbursement after some "high" value is reached each year. Now, after this "new system" is in place for several years it can be adjusted simply to create the proper balance in the economy and made to run smoothly with the average person having healthcare, free education, and Social Security at retirement. Another 2 cents could be collected to "pay the national debt". In 2021, Americans spent 5.2 Trillion dollars on "stuff". One man spent $1.5 million on a "non-fungible token" of a basketball dunk. He should have been required to pay a "tax" on that purchase which benefits all people. Now that this new tax is in place, the U.S. should ask Mexico to become the 51st State of the U.S. and begin collecting the "NCT" tax from Mexico. This act should then encourage all of the Latino population to "go home" where they will have the same "medical care", education and social security as in the U.S. (If that is the reason for the border wall). The U.S. should "welcome" immigrants and provide work for them "growing food for the world". Irrigate the deserts and grow food. Another country, Ukraine, ask them if they will become the 52nd State.