Saturday, April 5, 2025

Tag: rich

Mnuchin flips tax-scam grift, hopes nobody notices

He and his cronies are on track to win twice – with tax cuts and stock payouts that benefit the wealthiest among us – while most Americans are destined to lose.

Patience and secrecy in the Kochs’ complex conspiracy

The Kochs have taken the long view with their ideological power grab.

A quiet conspiracy of billionaires

For decades, the Koch brothers have led a secret coup for the billionaire class.

Three more reasons for wealth-deprived Americans to take to the streets

The rest of America has been left behind, but their voices are getting louder.

The oligarchs’ ‘guaranteed basic income’ scam

The longer the elites keep us in darkness with their ideological tricks and empty moralism, the longer we refuse to mobilize to break their grip on power, the worse it will get.

A 2 percent financial wealth tax would provide a $12,000 annual...

It's not hard to envision the benefits in work opportunities, stress reduction, child care, entrepreneurial activity, and artistic pursuits for American households with an...

Forget the Dow Jones. How’s Doug Jones?

The stock market is owned by the rich. It tells you little about how ordinary Americans are doing.

Corporations are spending their tax cut – on themselves

Instead of creating jobs, big businesses are using their tax cut bonanza to hike stock value and CEO pay.

America is Disneyland

America is being eaten alive by corporate greed; and Disneyland has been taken over by Scrooge.

America’s richest 2% made more money in 2017 than the cost...

The richest 2-5%, those Americans with an average net worth of about $2.5 million, accumulated enough wealth in 2017 to pay for the safety net FOUR TIMES.

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China retaliates against Trump tariffs with sweeping countermeasures as global markets plummet

Beijing responds to Trump’s aggressive new tariffs with 34% duties on all U.S. goods, rare-earth export controls, and sanctions on U.S. firms, signaling a major escalation in the global trade war

Only 15 senators back effort to block arms to Israel as Gaza deaths surpass...

Despite an escalating humanitarian crisis in Gaza and allegations of war crimes, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly rejected resolutions to halt $8.8 billion in weapons sales to Israel, with only 15 senators supporting the effort.

Ending militarism in America

Taking on the MICIMATT(SH)!

The Homeless Garden Project is opening new doors to helping the unhoused

This one-year program provides transitional employment, job training, and housing resources for people experiencing homelessness.

10 organizing principles for defeating Trumpism 2.0

We need principles that build power now and for the long term.