Tag: tax code
Now’s the time to unrig the tax code
Leaked IRS data proves the rumors are true: Many billionaires pay no income taxes. Will that spur reform?
Why the government makes filing your taxes intentionally difficult
"Congress should be making it easier for Americans to file their taxes each year, not bowing to the interests of the tax prep industry."
The billion-dollar loophole
The most generous charitable deduction in the federal tax code is being manipulated to make big profits – and there’s no sign that Congress has any intention of fixing the problem.
For the Wealthy, a Taxing New Worry
“The current tax code has become an echo chamber for the economic forces driving the increase in income and wealth inequality, the blurring of economic and political influence, and the degradation of paid work.”
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Senate vote on Sanders resolutions marks historic shift in US support for Israel’s war...
Though blocked, Bernie Sanders’s efforts to halt weapons transfers to Israel gained unprecedented Democratic support amid Gaza’s worsening famine and civilian death toll.
Bankruptcy is us
However it happens, he really does need to be trumped before he Trumps us all off this planet and global bankruptcy becomes us.
‘Financial insecurity runs deep’: Americans blame Trump economy for rising hardship
New polling and data reveal deepening financial strain across the U.S. under Trump’s second term, with many blaming corporate power, deregulation, and GOP-backed policies for rising prices and declining economic security.
How grassroots union activists fight Trump, Republican callousness
One man is battling the callousness of Donald Trump and congressional Republicans, who have the power to help but prefer to inflict additional hardships on the people they ostensibly represent.
Is a state the ‘reward’ for genocide?
Voices around the world are saying: it’s now or never for a Palestinian state.