Tag: poor

As the agency’s ability to audit the rich crumbles, its scrutiny of the poor has held steady in recent years. Meanwhile, a new study shows that audits of poor taxpayers make them far less likely to claim credits they might be entitled to.

"This is an act of solidarity with drivers across the country, and really across the world, who are suffering with poverty wages."

"A novel way to take health care etc. away from people AND make it look like there are fewer poor people – change the formula."

We have a lot of wealth per capita. Why can't we share it?

If between 1979 and 2018, the American economy almost tripled in size, so where did the gains go? Most went to the top.

In 2016, the top 1 percent paid 37.3 percent of individual income taxes.

Real people in the real world, those not at the top, have experienced a decade of ever greater instability, while the inequality gap of this beyond-gilded age is sure to shape a truly messy world ahead.

"This is about politicians catching up to where Americans have been."

This inequality is unsustainable. It’s literally tearing America apart.

Trump perfected the art of using bankruptcy to shield himself from the consequences of bad decisions – socialism for the rich at its worst – while leaving employees twisting in the wind.