Friday, December 13, 2024

Tag: super rich

Billionaire emissions outpace lifetime footprints of average individuals, new report shows

The report examines how the super-rich’s use of luxury transportation and investments in polluting industries exacerbate the climate crisis.

Does Elon Musk have a right to destroy Twitter?

Do we really think that the super-wealthy should be allowed to control so much wealth and wield so much influence?

‘Stain on democracy’: Tax day study shows US billionaires now own...

"We reject the narrative that this country cannot afford to invest in a better world."

Elon Musk is hiding the ball again on taxes

Fanboys of the richest person on Earth are spinning bogus tales that swell the Musk fortune and embellish his ‘genius.’

Closing the loopholes America’s super rich love: Can the dog catch...

How we can prevent the wealthiest of our wealthy from exempting virtually unlimited billions from tax.

The super-rich have taken almost all of it

The very richest Americans seem far removed from the notion of shared prosperity that could have made us a nation to be envied.

How South Dakota became a tax haven for the super-rich

As the Pandora Papers exposed, for the last 30 years, multimillionaires and billionaires have parked their wealth in the state of South Dakota to avoid taxation and secure dynastic wealth for generations.

The least sympathetic people in the entire world?

They just may be the super rich who’ve bought mega-million condos in midtown Manhattan’s now infamous needle towers.

Will fanboys for grand fortune ever flame out?

Not likely. Our super rich need the fog they create.

Amerikan Republic: Without the banana!

As this new Biden administration will reveal, just like with Obama before him, little will be done to counteract the super rich who run this empire.

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How a decades-old loophole lets billionaires avoid Medicare taxes

In theory, everyone is required to contribute to the country’s health insurance program for seniors, no matter how poor or rich, from cashiers to CEOs.

Seaweed supplements for grazing cattle: A breakthrough in methane emission reduction

New study reveals feeding grazing cattle seaweed reduces methane emissions by 40 percent, offering a sustainable solution to agriculture’s climate impact.

Bernie Sanders condemns CEO killing, calls US health care system ‘broken and cruel’

The killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO has reignited calls for Medicare for All, highlighting public outrage at the U.S. health care system’s inequities and inefficiencies.

Elizabeth Warren’s Accountable Capitalism Act: A push for corporate accountability and worker rights

Senator Elizabeth Warren introduced the Accountable Capitalism Act this week, aiming to shift corporate priorities from shareholder profits to equitable treatment of workers and other stakeholders.

$883.7 billion NDAA passed amid Pentagon audit failures and controversial policies

Congress approves $883.7 billion defense budget despite Pentagon’s audit failures and criticism over waste, cultural policies, and misplaced spending priorities.