Tag: tax the rich
New Massachusetts ‘Tax the Rich’ law raises $1.5 billion for public...
The amendment, applying a 4 percent annual surtax to individuals with incomes over $1 million, was passed via a statewide ballot initiative in 2022.
Seriously auditing the rich makes sense. Seriously taxing the rich can...
The affluent gang at Patriotic Millionaires is making the case for an entirely new tax system.
Tax the rich? We did that once
A little history might just inspire us to try that taxing again.
This graph shows where surging corporate profits increasingly go: Tax havens
The global corporate minimum tax would ensure all companies worldwide pay a minimum tax of 15% and would require higher taxes of large companies in countries where they have customers.
‘Tax the Rich,’ say millionaire activists protesting at Davos amid record...
"Any millionaire who has sense enough to see that our current economic model is failing will support these protests."
Tax on global mega-rich could help lift 2.3 billion out of...
"During 2021, we witnessed the epidemic of Covid-19 and wealth-hiding, and it's time to reverse course."
Senate Democrats propose minimum corporate tax
“While these companies report billions in profits, they often pay no income tax to the IRS and leave hardworking families holding the bag.”
5 charts on taxing wealth to pay for the build back...
Proposals in play to pay for the ambitious public investment plan could help reverse skyrocketing wealth inequality.
NYT runs interference for billionaires who don’t want their wealth taxed
Fortunately for them, they’ve got the New York Times running interference.
The secret to actually taxing the rich
Imagine what programs we could fund, how many people we could help, if the IRS was able to recoup that $163 billion that the top 1 percent shorts the government every year. Fully funding the IRS should be a no-brainer.
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Could Trump’s Iran fiasco be America’s Suez crisis?
The U.S. war on Iran today, but similarities in the larger context, suggest that the United States is facing the same kind of “end of empire” moment that the British Empire faced in that historic crisis.
Trump DOJ subpoenas reporters after Iran war leaks trigger escalating clash with the press
The Trump administration has reportedly issued subpoenas targeting journalists and news organizations over Iran war reporting, intensifying concerns that the Justice Department is being used to expose confidential sources and pressure outlets covering national security issues
Wow! Losing the war PLUS losing the peace – the frenzy of fiascos ravage...
What other blundering buffoons ever lost a war (of choice), then willfully lost the peace via threats, phony bluffs and tin-ear, belligerent BS?
Too much money, too little democracy: Americans across party lines reject billionaire power in...
A new national poll finds widespread bipartisan concern that billionaires, dark money and special interest spending are overpowering ordinary voters in U.S. elections as campaign spending continues to shatter records.
The environmental and social impacts of fish farming and industrial aquaculture
Often promoted as sustainable, fish farming can increase pressure on wild fisheries, deepen global food inequities, and damage marine ecosystems.