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>> RESEARCHERS AT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY AND THE UNIVERSITY OF
MEMPHIS LOOKED AT THE ISSUE OF REGRESSIVE TAXATION.
THESE ARE
BASICALLY FINES AND CITATIONS THAT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
COLLECT IN ORDER TO MAKE UP FOR LOST REVENUE.
THERE ARE CERTAIN
TYPES OF NEIGHBORHOODS THAT SUFFER THE MOST WHEN IT COMES TO
REGRESSIVE TAXES.
HERE IS WHAT THEY FOUND.
THEY MADE SURE TO
CONTROL FOR CERTAIN FACTORS INCLUDING CRIME RATES AND THE
CITY'S SIZE.
THEY DID FIND THAT HAVING AT LEAST ONE BLACK PERSON
ñ REDUCE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RATES AND FINDS.
>> NOTICE HOW WE ARE RACE BAITING BY CREATING FACTS THAT
HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FOR A LONG TIME.
THE RIGHT WING WILL SAY
WHY ARE YOU BRINGING UP FACTS?
FACTS ARE VERY ANNOYING.
WE WILL
BLAME YOU FOR POINTING OUT THE REALITY AND WE WILL CALL
THAT RACE ABATING.
>> THE RESEARCHERS HERE DID NOT GO INTO THIS LOOKING
SPECIFICALLY AT RACE.
THEY WANTED TO SEE HOW REGRESSIVE
TAXATION WORKS.
THEY NOTICE THAT NEIGHBORHOODS WITH A LARGER
BLACK DEMOGRAPHIC USUALLY SUFFER THE MOST FROM THESE TYPES OF
FINES.
YES I THINK RACIAL BIAS HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT BUT
BEING POWERLESS HAS A LOT TO DO WITH IT.
>> THE REASON I CIRCLED THE WAY I DID WAS THAT, NO MATTER WHAT
THE REASON IS, THE EFFECT IT HAS IS ONE THAT AFFECTS
AFRICAN-AMERICANS WORSE.
POINTING THAT OUT DOESN'T MEAN
EVERYONE IN THE COUNTRY IS A BAD PERSON, IT JUST MEANS IT IS A
REALITY FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS.
THE FACT THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO
DEAL WITH IT DOESN'T MAKE IT NOT TRUE.
THIS IS REALLY ABOUT
POWER.
THE SECOND PART OF THE STORY PROVES THAT AS WELL.
THE
REASON WHY THIS HAPPENS IS NOT BECAUSE WE GET TOGETHER AND A
GLOBAL RACIST CONSPIRACY, THEY USUALLY DO IT UNCONSCIOUSLY
BECAUSE THEY KNOW IF WE DO THIS WE WILL BE ABLE TO GET AWAY WITH
IT, BUT IF WE DO THAT WE WON'T BE ABLE TO GET AWAY WITH IT.
IF
WE START INCREASING FINES IN RICH AREAS, SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE
WILL BE POWERFUL IN THE COMMUNITY AND THEY WILL COMPLAIN
AND WILL MAKE A PROBLEM FOR US.
IF WE DO IT IN POOR
NEIGHBORHOODS, IT WILL NOT BE AS BIG OF A PROBLEM.
UNFORTUNATELY
AFRICAN-AMERICANS LIVE IN SOME CITIES THAT HAVE SOCIOECONOMIC
CONDITIONS.
SO THAT IS WHY IT AFFECTS AFRICAN-AMERICANS MORE.
THEY THINK IF THEY CAN'T FIGHT BACK, LET'S JUST MAKE MONEY THAT
WAY.
IF THEY HAVE TO INCREASED TAXES ON THE RICH, THEY WILL BE
WILL BE UPSET.
>>YES, IT IS EASY REVENUE AND THEY DON'T HAVE A LOBBYING GROUP
PROTECTING THEM.
BUT THEY ALSO DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO
FIGHT THESE CITATIONS IN COURT.
OFTENTIMES THEY WILL GET THE
FEES AND CITATIONS IN THE CITY GETS TO MAKE ITS MONEY WITHOUT
WORRYING ABOUT ANYONE FIGHTING BACK.
EVERYONE WHO IS NOT
WEALTHY IS IMPACTED BY THIS.
WE SEE REGRESSIVE TAXATION
EVERYWHERE.
WE SEE HERE IN LOS ANGELES.
IN 1978 IN CALIFORNIA
THEY PASSED A PROPOSITION THAT SEVERELY LIMITED THE REVENUE THE
STATE RAISED THROUGH PROPERTY TAXES.
IT ALSO LED TO A TWO
THIRDS MAJORITY IN THE STATE IN ORDER TO INCREASE TAXES.
SINCE
WE LOST REVENUE WHAT YOU THINK HAPPENED?
COPS PATROLLING THE
STREETS FOR PEOPLE WHO MAKE MINOR INFRACTIONS, THAT SHOT UP.
YES THERE IS A RACIAL COMPONENT, BUT WE ARE ALL AFFECTED BY THIS.
I WANTED TO QUICKLY MENTION THAT THE JUSTICE
DEPARTMENT LAST YEAR
ñ BACK IN 2015, THEY DID A STUDY ON ñ THIS IS NOT GOOD, AND I
WANT TO GIVE YOU A QUOTE FROM A COP.
THIS IS A NEW YORK CITY
COP.
>> THAT RIGHT THERE IS SO
TELLING.
WHEN PROGRESSIVES FIGHT
BACK AGAINST THIS STUFF, OR AFRICAN-AMERICANS FIGHT BACK,
THEY ARE FIGHTING FOR ALL POOR AND MIDDLE-CLASS PEOPLE.
ALL THE
PEOPLE THAT THE POWERFUL DECIDE I'M GOING TO GET MONEY FROM YOU
BECAUSE I CAN.
IT IS IMPERATIVE FOR ALL OF US TO FIGHT BACK
TOGETHER SO THEY DON'T CRUSH THE POWERLESS.
WHAT THIS IS, IN
EFFECT, IS WEALTH REDISTRIBUTION.
THEY ARE
DISTRIBUTING THE MONEY FROM THE POOR
AND MIDDLE CLASS TO THE
REST.
UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IS AND WHY IT IS HAPPENING SO WE
CAN ALL FIGHT BACK AGAINST THEM.

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