Tag: inequality

“It says a lot about the priorities of the Republican Party when the tax breaks for corporations in this bill are permanent while the tax breaks for working families expire at the end of 8 years.”

The new tax overhaul, passed by the Senate yesterday, will only exacerbate the problem.

Could a defeat of the GOP tax plans of 2017 signal a similar new egalitarian upsurge? Maybe. But first we have to deliver that defeat.

Americans, in effect, are each paying what amounts to an “inequality tax.”

With inequality ripping us apart, and with few of our national leaders willing or able to confront the problem, we may never again be an equitable and functional society.

The wide range of scores reflect the growing wealth gap in America.

The Trump/Republican tax cut proposal is an opportunity to discuss how to redistribute wealth and power.

Don’t get distracted by income, author Chuck Collins says. It’s power and hidden wealth driving inequality.

Trump is neglecting or worsening five genuinely big problems facing America. Why is he doing these things?

Without empathy for lower-income Americans, Wall Street is content to ignore the ugly reality of our ever-widening wealth gap.