Tuesday, June 24, 2025

Tag: wealth distribution

$8.5 trillion untaxed: The urgent call for a billionaire income tax

Recent analysis reveals that America's wealthiest hold $8.5 trillion in untaxed assets, spotlighting the critical need for tax reform to address growing wealth inequality.

New stats, old story: Our rich are raking

From Swiss bank researchers, an alarming update on our global maldistribution of wealth

From the 80s to today, the top 1 percent gain trillions,...

"Between 1989 and 2018, the top 1 percent increased its total net worth by $21 trillion."

Spreading wealth to maintain consumption

What will happen if robots, AI, and automation displace a huge percentage of workers. How will there be enough consumers to buy all the goods and services produced if there is a big drop in earnings?

To Stop Climate Change, Don’t Just Cut Carbon. Redistribute Wealth.

Climate disruption is inextricably linked to economic inequality. Serious climate solutions must be, too.

A Middle-Class Tax Revolt? You Bet!!!

Welfare in the U.S. flows vertically in two directions from a single source—the middle-class. The redistribution of wealth that flows up to the rich is far greater and more concentrated than the wealth that flows down to the poor. This is a major problem.

The ‘iEverything’ and the Redistributional Imperative

The newest business model using new technologies isn't just labor-replacing, it's knowledge-replacing. As the ratio of producers to customers continues to plummet, the profits go to an ever-smaller circle of executives and owner-investors.

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Majority of Democrats want party leaders replaced as DNC turmoil deepens

New polling reveals growing discontent with Democratic leadership as base pushes for stronger opposition to Trump and support for progressive policies.

Trump announces Iran-Israel cease-fire after illegal US strikes on nuclear sites

Experts warn of nuclear treaty collapse and growing backlash as Trump bypasses Congress to launch war and declare peace.

When and how do reluctant Dems ‘Cry ‘Havoc!’ and let slip the dogs of war-like...

Trumpism will push all limits until stopped by a greater coalition, like 200 judicial rebukes and a political surge no amateur insurrectionists can deny. We need far more than Dem mice that roar but don’t bite.

Bombing Iran is part of the USA’s repetition compulsion for war war war

“People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction.”
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Mahmoud Khalil is free: Follow his journey from ICE jail to Newark Airport to...

Mahmoud Khalil reunited with his family over the weekend after being released on bail by a federal judge Friday, ending his detention in a Louisiana ICE jail after more than 100 days.