Tag: taxes
Our ‘trillion-dollar seven’: Can we summon the courage to tax them?
Our political leaders have been aware of the stepped-up basis loophole for decades, yet have done nothing.
Don’t go small on infrastructure
By raising taxes on the wealthy and redirecting other public resources, we can meet everyone’s needs and strengthen our economy.
How Uncle Sam can encourage corporations to be more patriotic
By using the power of the public purse, can we encourage federal contractors to be upstanding corporate citizens?
Democratic senators call for investigation of tax avoidance by the ultrawealthy
Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Sheldon Whitehouse demanded an investigation into how the rich use “legal tax loopholes to avoid paying their fair share of income taxes.”
11 charts on taxing the wealthy and corporations
The raging debate over public investment financing has created a huge opening for long overdue fair tax reforms.
The simple fix our tax code so urgently needs: Sunshine!
Income tax disclosure ought to be the law of the land, not a criminal offense.
Patriotic Millionaires urge global leaders to combat tax avoidance through wealth...
"We need to foster a recovery beyond regressing to the same-old, same-old. We need to tax the rich.”
FDR must be smiling
Biden’s plan to create jobs and tax the rich is a good deal bolder than it looks at first glance.
Growing calls to ‘audit the ultra-rich’ as Yellen says tax dodging...
"We can start closing this gap next week. Pass my Stop CHEATERS Act and audit the ultra-rich."
President Biden’s Tax-the-Rich plan: Just how bold?
A little history can help us with the answer.
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Nearly all plant-based meat alternatives Contain mycotoxins
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Waterboarding for dollars in Cuba
The CBS Sunday Morning program, “Next: Cuba?” which aired on April 26, presented a discussion of the recent intensification of sanctions on...
California officials accuse Trump administration of targeting blue states after Medicaid funding freeze
Federal officials cite fraud concerns while California leaders warn millions could lose access to critical healthcare and in-home support services.
Butter (and schools), not guns (and warfare)
The War Against Iran, Up Close and Personal (and All Too Far Away).