Tag: mega rich
26 billionaires own as much as world’s 3.8 billion poorest people
“Inequality is not inevitable,” the report says, “it’s a political choice.”
Majority of Americans support a 70% tax rate for mega-rich
"I don't think it's surprising. What we see, overall, is that the vast majority of Americans know that income inequality is one of the biggest issues of our time."
Billionaires made more money in 2017 than any other year in...
Meanwhile, 18.5 million Americans live in extreme poverty and "5.3 million live in Third World conditions of absolute poverty."
Tax cuts for the rich help the rich, not you
Big money will pull out all the stops to sell you a tax plan that exclusively benefits the wealthy. Don’t buy it.
Kochs and Trump team up to cut billionaires’ taxes
Americans may be in for a long fall “health-wise” and “economy-wise.”
Billionaire donors plot a ‘renaissance of freedom’ – for the privileged
Who needs roads when you've got a private jet?
Seattle makes history – passes ‘tax the rich’ income tax
Kshama Sawant: “When we fight, we win.”
How not to make the budget balance on the backs of...
Limiting deductions and exclusions would be rational, fiscally responsible, and fair.
The absurd amount of entitlements that go to rich people
Wealthy Americans complain about ‘entitlements’ for the poor, but they keep collecting their own entitlements, to a degree that average Americans can only dream about.
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Teamsters launch largest strike against Amazon in US history to demand fair wages and...
Amazon workers launch historic nationwide strike, demanding better wages, safer conditions, and union recognition from the $2 trillion corporation.
Pregnant woman in labor cited under Kentucky anti-homelessness law
Pregnant homeless woman in labor ticketed under Kentucky’s anti-camping law, sparking national outrage over the criminalization of homelessness.
Elon Musk for Speaker of the House? Republicans float billionaire amid spending bill fight
Republicans propose Elon Musk as Speaker of the House after his role in sinking a spending bill, raising unprecedented ethical and governance concerns.
Israeli soldiers enforce kill zone in Gaza, targeting civilians and leaving bodies to rot
Israeli forces implement open-fire policies in Gaza’s Netzarim Corridor, targeting civilians and leaving corpses uncollected as a warning to others.
Syria’s new fundamentalist government: Women ‘biologically’ unsuited to politics, universities to be segregated
The comments provoked a firestorm of protest among Syrian women and, well, non-fundamentalists.