Saturday, December 28, 2024

Tag: taxes

Hypocrisy abounds as PPP loans to 1% forgiven, while Biden seeks...

Word has leaked out that the Biden administration is about to enter negotiations with Big Pharma, for the express intent of shifting the cost of COVID vaccines and lifesaving antiviral medications, to the patient. 

Ten ways billionaires avoid taxes on an epic scale

After a year of reporting on the tax machinations of the ultrawealthy, ProPublica spotlights the top tax-avoidance techniques that provide massive benefits to billionaires.

‘Tax the Rich,’ say millionaire activists protesting at Davos amid record...

"Any millionaire who has sense enough to see that our current economic model is failing will support these protests."

Still another reason for taxing the rich

America’s wealthiest, new ProPublica data suggest, may be even richer than we thought.

Rep. Jamaal Brown introduces legislation that will propose income tax reform...

The introduced tax code for the nearly 700 billionaires would raise $1 trillion over ten years, according to a press release.

About that $900 you gave Pentagon contractors

This tax season, I’d rather fund green jobs and disease control than jets that spontaneously combust. Wouldn’t you?

America’s top 15 earners and what they reveal about the US...

A new report reveals that the very richest pay lower rates than the merely rich.

‘Too distraught’

My confessions of a failed tax resister.

Taking aim at billionaire tax avoiders, Biden proposes minimum tax for...

After ProPublica's Secret IRS Files showed how the richest avoid taxes — often by minimizing income and relying on their wealth — the Biden administration unveiled a plan that could raise hundreds of billions in tax revenues. Its fate is uncertain.

Sanders introduces legislation to impose a 95 percent windfall tax on...

"The time has come for Congress to work for working families and demand that large, profitable corporations make a little bit less money and pay their fair share of taxes.”

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Energy prices drop below zero in UK thanks to record wind-generated electricity

The record output provided more than 68 percent of the country’s power.

New study finds Smartwatch wristbands contain high levels of PFAS

Researchers found elevated level of PFAS in mostly fluorinated synthetic rubber wristbands.

Across the Middle East, the BDS movement is thriving

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, or BDS, has gained momentum, encouraging individuals to use their purchasing power as an effective tool for change.

Israelis invade Syria: Who will stop Israel?

Israel's latest land-grab in Syria, and the UN and the rest of the world's inability to stop Israel from ignoring and violating the UN Charter, the Geneva Conventions and the Genocide Convention.

Luigi Mangione and Daniel Penny display the scale of acceptance for vigilante violence

The contrast in how Penny and Mangione have been covered in the media and treated by the elite show that vigilante violence actually is acceptable in America when carried out against those with little to no agency.