Tag: wealth equality
Can Brazil convince the world to tax billionaire wealth?
The ambitious goal: To shove the case for taxing the wealth of our world’s wealthiest onto the world’s political stage.
Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and you. Which one pays taxes?
Leaked IRS data shows just how little billionaires pay in taxes.
New Analysis reveals how little the top .001% pay in taxes
“Looks like the biggest tax story of the year, if not the decade.”
A third of U.S. billionaire wealth gains since 1990 have come...
U.S. billionaire pandemic profit balloons to $4.56 trillion, a 55 percent increase.
Tax evasion and the 1%
“The richest 1% of U.S. households don’t report 21% of their income.”
The year of cheating the poor
The poorest among us are being cheated. They're being cheated out of the opportunity to share in the great prosperity to which they and their parents and grandparents all contributed.
‘Yes, exactly,’ say progressives after Pence warns democrats will ‘make rich...
“You have to be all sorts of twisted to think ‘making poor people more comfortable’ is a bad thing.”
“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.”
It’s futile… We’re FEUDAL!!
If the economy crashes those FAT CATS can live off of their savings and bonuses for years... while YOU start selling apples on street corners!
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143 million Americans may be exposed to toxic ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water
Millions of Americans face exposure to toxic PFAS chemicals in drinking water, with new EPA data revealing the extent of contamination and fears of regulatory rollbacks under a Trump administration.
House passes bill granting Treasury power to shut down nonprofits without evidence, sparking free...
Legislation dubbed the “nonprofit killer” faces backlash over potential threats to free speech and civil liberties.
Sierra Club sounds alarm, nominee Lee Zeldin ‘unqualified’ to head EPA
“The best-case scenario is that the EPA will lose four years in the fight for the planet. The worst-case scenario should send a shudder down your spine.”
David Huitema confirmed as ethics Czar amid fears of Trump’s return and conflict of...
As Trump’s second term looms, the Senate confirmed David Huitema to lead the Office of Government Ethics. Advocates praise the move, but critics warn of a tough road ahead for government accountability.
Senate rejects Sanders’ push to halt US arms sales as weapons fuel 44,000 deaths...
The Senate overwhelmingly voted against the measures, leaving advocates of peace and human rights questioning U.S. complicity in the alleged war crimes unfolding in Gaza.