Tag: super rich
“It’s going to be a billionaire Thanksgiving.” Wealth of US richest...
“The increases in billionaire wealth continue to defy gravity in the real economy where millions have lost their jobs, health, and livelihoods.”
No, we’re not all in this together. How the super-rich are...
There are at least three good reasons why wealthy Americans should be doing a LOT MORE to give something back to the nation that made them rich.
Time to rein in the super rich
The voice of the people needs to be heard. Not through violence but consistent demand en mass.
Are America’s rich getting tired of winning?
European social scientists see poverty as “social exclusion,” the incapacity to lead the life that most of society considers minimally decent.
Papers owned by oligarchs unsurprisingly oppose a wealth tax
It’s true that judges, particularly those appointed by politicians backed by the wealthy, might put barriers in the way of a wealth tax
Graphic: Yes, the richest Americans really do pay less in taxes
"Will we tolerate it? Or will we take back our democracy from the oligarchs who run this country?"
While poorest scapegoated, analysis of 25 world’s wealthiest families a reminder...
"It's funny that the real truth about income inequality is not coming from the south like some would like you to believe—the sucking sound draining the middle-class is the 1 percent... Just saying."
Can inequality be hardwired into our DNA?
We need more than a moratorium on making inheritable edits in our genetic code. We need a moratorium on people getting rich off of editing our genes.
On the (Empire’s) Waterfront
Remember the famous taxicab scene from the great film On the Waterfront? Ex-boxer Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando) telling his older brother Charlie...
Dead end Amerika
We who ‘know better’ should teach our young that Socialism is not totalitarianism, or fascism. Rather, it can be a solution to this terrible and deadly income polarization our nation has been operating under.
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You deserve our hatred Elon. Your budget cuts are killing people.
Could Elon and his savage cuts to USAID. cause a subsequent resurgence of drug resistant TB?
Since 1975, $79 trillion has been redistributed from the bottom 90% to the top...
Has this massive redistribution, driven by policies favoring corporations and the wealthy, reshaped the American economy?
The CDC buried a measles forecast that stressed the need for vaccinations
The agency would have emphasized the importance of vaccinating people against the highly contagious and potentially deadly disease that has spread to 19 states, the records show.
How worker-owned news outlets are changing the media industry
For growing numbers of media companies, employee ownership offers journalistic freedom and job stability.
Make America Worse – the corrosive blueprint driving Muskrat-Trump’s high-risk demolition derby
Where’s the great Trump hustle, what he does best, that promises the moon while taking away the earth? The battle is now how much scorched earth Trump inflicts without any positive deliverables to offset the pain.