Wednesday, August 12, 2026

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The growing danger of dynastic wealth

The estate and capital gains taxes were originally designed to prevent the growth of large dynasties in the U.S. and to reduce inequality.

Tax cuts for the rich help the rich, not you

Big money will pull out all the stops to sell you a tax plan that exclusively benefits the wealthy. Don’t buy it.

Trump’s tax plan is a confidence scam

The only question is whether Americans are gullible enough to buy what Trump, House Speaker Paul Ryan and Republicans are selling.

Cut corporate taxes? This is how the biggest companies cheated on...

Ten companies mentioned in this report collectively withheld nearly $15 billion in tax money in 2016.

The grifters do ‘tax reform’

If you're a working-class or middle-class taxpayer, this "reform" offers nothing except uncertainty.

Tax cuts defund the very things that boost the economy

There is no evidence that tax cuts bring economic growth, but they do cause income to concentrate at the top.

5 reasons why Trump’s corporate tax cut is appallingly dumb

Don’t fall for Trump’s corporate tax giveaway.

4 reasons why Trump’s plan to strip the IRS is incredibly...

Donald Trump hates the IRS and has spent years battling it.

Trump’s five worst tax secrets, revealed

The real question is, who pays for all the tax breaks that are given to people like Donald Trump?

You pay your fair share. Shouldn’t Wall Street?

While you and I file our taxes, Republicans want to make it even easier for big banks to dodge them.

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The west front of the U.S. Capitol. The Protected Time Off Act, pending in Congress, would guarantee full-time workers two weeks of paid annual leave. Photo: Architect of the Capitol (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

US workers average 10 paid vacation days a year, and 33 million get none

Twenty-five OECD countries require employers to provide at least 20 days. The US legal minimum is zero, and 57 percent of the lowest-paid tenth of workers get no vacation at all.
The E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse in Washington, home of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, where Judge Amit Mehta issued the order. Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Judge dismisses the last January 6 case, writing that absolving the Oath Keepers is...

The Justice Department told the court a retrial would harass eight men whose sentences Trump had already commuted. Two Oath Keepers who pleaded guilty and cooperated keep their convictions.