Tag: taxes
Roman oligarchs avoided tax liability and restrictions on land size
The oligarchic tradition of land-grabbing and tax dodging goes back centuries.
Fossil fuel tax could unlock $720 billion for climate crisis, new...
The Climate Damages Tax aims to rectify historical injustices and provide a tangible pathway towards a more sustainable and just world.
New report reveals millionaires’ tax rates slashed by half since 1950s,...
This stark reduction in tax rates for the wealthiest Americans coincides with an era of escalating income disparity and could be costing the federal government hundreds of billions in lost revenue annually.
Sanders and Schakowsky champion corporate tax reform to end ‘legalized tax...
The Corporate Tax Dodging Prevention Act is a bold initiative designed to close the gap in the corporate tax code that allows for extensive tax avoidance.
Billionaire fortunes double in wake of Trump’s tax cuts
The report sheds light on the private equity sector, often criticized as "vulture capitalism," revealing that 45 private-equity billionaires alone have amassed a collective wealth of $210.8 billion.
American taxpayers foot $5,000 bill each for militarism
The analysis disclosed that a staggering $2,974 of the average taxpayer's income was funneled directly to the Pentagon.
Can Brazil convince the world to tax billionaire wealth?
The ambitious goal: To shove the case for taxing the wealth of our world’s wealthiest onto the world’s political stage.
The elites’ tax evasion: Unveiling the global decline in fair taxation
The wealthiest 1 percent in the globe's most influential economies have seen their tax obligations dramatically reduced.
Shock tax bill proposal: Mega corporations to receive massive cuts while...
The Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act has been promoted for its child tax credit component. However, it also contains provisions that substantially benefit the wealthy and corporations.
DeSantis rejects GOP bill for taxpayer-funded legal aid to Trump amid...
The bill, filed by Sen. Garcia, was designed to support presidential candidates from Florida, including Trump, in their legal battles.
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Undebatable: What Harris and Trump could not say about Israel and Gaza
Silence is a blanket that smothers genuine democratic discourse and the outcries of moral voices. Making those voices inaudible is a key goal for the functioning of the warfare state.
How corporate news has tried to numb Americans to the horrors in Gaza
The process has become so routine that we might not recognize how omission and distortion have constantly shaped views of events since the war began in October.
What’s Trump’s escape valve when (or if) he realizes he’s losing? Bluster ...
There could be greater disruption than Jan. 6, but the enormous, co-ordinated might of law and order won’t get ambushed again.
USDA to distribute $2.2 billion in funding to Black farmers who experienced discrimination
The Biden administration announced it will distribute $2.2 billion in financial assistance to 43,000 farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners who were discriminated against in the agency's farm lending programs.
Nearly 200 environmental defenders killed in 2023, marking another deadly year
Nearly 200 environmental defenders were killed for protecting their lands and communities from ecological devastation in 2023 alone, bringing the total number of killings since 2012 to 2,106.