Tag: 1 percent
Since 1975, $79 trillion has been redistributed from the bottom 90%...
Has this massive redistribution, driven by policies favoring corporations and the wealthy, reshaped the American economy?
Oxfam reports richest 1 percent responsible for more carbon emissions than...
The report titled, “Climate Equality: A Planet for the 99%,” shows the large gap between the carbon footprint of the richest 1 percent and the rest of the people across the world.
Americans have been bilked out of billions during the pandemic from...
Unless America addresses runaway income inequality and begins protecting the most vulnerable in society, the next pandemic will hit the nation even harder.
Eight ways the Trump-GOP tax cuts have made the rich richer...
In the two years since Congress passed the Republican tax law, the richest 1 percent have been the big winners.
World’s 500 richest people gained $1.2 trillion in wealth in 2019:...
"A small handful of billionaires should not be able to accumulate more money than they could spend in 10 lifetimes while millions of Americans are living in poverty and dying because they can't afford healthcare."
Bloomberg for president? God no!
Will Bloomberg buy his way to the top or even to a brokered convention where he could buy the support of the Super Delegates?
Billionaires keep benefiting from a tax break to help the poor....
“The Opportunity Zone program has been troubled from the start.”
A plaintive plea from America’s rich: Let’s change the subject!
Other candidates, most notably Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, begrudge plenty and have specific proposals for changing the rules that let wealth keep concentrating.
Economist Joseph Stiglitz: Capitalism hasn’t been working for most people for...
"We haven’t been challenged, to put it in a way. But we are being challenged now, because so many people have done so poorly."
Reaching critical mass on taxing the rich
“Taxing the annual gains generated by wealth closes a host of loopholes, while raising the sort of revenue needed to keep Social Security and Medicare secure for years to come.”
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Friends, patriots, countrymen, where are your ears?
See no evil, hear no evil, admit no evil—the close-minded cult of suckered MAGA monkeys.
Trump is rubbing our faces in fascism. But the people are rising up
As the American public continues to publicly stand up to the administration, will Trump’s grip on power will eventually slip?
‘Democracy is on life support’: Trump signs executive order to defund NPR and PBS
Move echoes far-right playbook to dismantle public broadcasting, threatens local news access for millions, and ignites legal and political firestorm over press freedom in the U.S.
ICE is the American Gestapo, kidnapping and trafficking people
Why aren’t we arresting ICE agents when they break the law?
GOP proposal could slash food aid for millions, new analysis warns
As House Republicans push for deep SNAP cuts and expanded work requirements, experts warn the proposal would strip food assistance from millions of low-income people—including families, older adults, and veterans—without improving employment.