Tag: rich
House bill would blow up the massive IRAs of the superwealthy
If the bill passes, Roth accounts would be capped at $20 million for high-income individuals.
The real socialism in America isn’t what you think
It’s more socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for the rest.
Jeff ‘Space Cowboy’ Bezos
Space flights used to achieve scientific purpose. Now they're a rich man's carnival ride.
America’s billionaires: Borrowing their way to ever more fabulous fortunes
Their current combined fortune: $4.7 trillion, up $1.8 trillion since the pandemic began.
Democratic senators call for investigation of tax avoidance by the ultrawealthy
Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Sheldon Whitehouse demanded an investigation into how the rich use “legal tax loopholes to avoid paying their fair share of income taxes.”
Can we conquer our grand dynastic family fortunes?
We most certainly can. We have history on our side.
A global tax deal for the rich, not the poor
Despite the recent G7 agreement on corporate taxation, global leadership requires going beyond national interests to ensure that all countries have sufficient resources to develop healthier post-pandemic economies.
Living ever larger in the lap of luxury
Today’s fabulously rich can easily guarantee themselves a tumbril-free future.
FDR must be smiling
Biden’s plan to create jobs and tax the rich is a good deal bolder than it looks at first glance.
Bill, Melinda, and the burden of grand fortune
All relationships, not just romantic couplings, tend to be twisted by wealth.
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Unions win settlement forcing Trump administration to rescind shutdown mass-firing policy
The agreement follows a court fight that began after roughly 4,200 federal employees received layoff notices during last fall's 43-day shutdown.
States settle antitrust suit over $111 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. merger
Critics say a force-majeure clause and a company-appointed editorial board leave the settlement's protections easy to escape.
The best comeuppance for the first anti-American administration – perpetual exposure as the seditious...
If Russia or China wanted a Manchurian candidate (a brainwashed stooge who betrays his own background and constituency), could they have surpassed the president harumphing in the White House?
Federal judge orders White House to restore access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico
The order lasts 14 days, and the outlets have until Monday to seek a preliminary injunction after some reporters were briefly turned away despite the ruling.
Why didn’t Netanyahu’s cabinet preempt October 7 (since it knew about it in advance)?
New York Times reporting confirms Israeli leadership had advance intelligence before the October 7 attack, raising fresh questions about why it was not acted on.