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Our richest can move to avoid taxes. But can they hide?
Washington is contemplating a state wealth tax, a levy that would cost Jeff Bezos.
Supreme Court could trigger hundreds of billions in corporate tax cuts...
"The Roberts Court could decide with the stroke of a pen to simultaneously forgive big business decades of tax dues."
Billionaires envision a new utopian city—to replace what they ruined
Silicon Valley’s wealthy elites have been secretly buying up land in one of California’s poorest counties to build a new city from the ground up. Who will stop them?
Which nation has taxed the rich the most?
Britain and the United States were once the top two—have times changed?
300+ economists, millionaires, and elected officials to G20: ‘Tax extreme wealth’
While billionaire wealth surged to an all-time high, around 165 million people were thrown into poverty during the pandemic.
Rich men versus the rest of us
The new country hit song, “Rich Men North of Richmond,” embodies the GOP’s narrative of white male resentment. But collectivism and an embrace of racial diversity are far more powerful and popular.
How the super rich are killing Social Security
It’s going to run out of money before you can ever receive it if the rich don’t start paying their fair share.
World’s 500 richest people added $852 billion to their wealth in...
"They can afford to pay their fair share in taxes."
How the wealthy save billions in taxes by skirting a century-old...
Goldman Sachs and others have helped billionaires like Steve Ballmer see huge tax savings by selling stocks for a loss and then replacing them with nearly identical investments.
Can we talk sensibly about inequality and ignore the rich?
The poor don’t gain, in short, when societies ignore the rich.
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Critics challenge Trump administration’s shifting case for war on Iran
Critics challenge Trump administration’s shifting case for war on Iran
Homer nails uncivilized, all-devouring MAGA Trump brutality – and strategic aikido to return fire
As Polyphemus falls to the aikido of seeming weaklings, Trump underestimates top experts, battling Democrats, anti-oligarchy citizens and committed activists promoting prosperity for the many, even (yikes!) sharing the wealth.
They’re almost here
But where am I?
Trump’s Iran strikes send oil prices surging as markets rebound
Brent crude hits a 52-week high after U.S.–Israel attacks and Strait of Hormuz fears, while the S&P 500 stages a late recovery.
Iranian American scholars denounce US-Israeli attack, warn regime change efforts will backfire
Far from leading to a popular uprising against the government, as President Trump has encouraged, the U.S.-Israeli attacks have forced Iranians to worry about their immediate safety from the bombs.