Tag: wealth inequality

Poverty in history’s richest nation.

Florida’s state government doesn’t call the shots. Florida’s rich do, and the continuing immensity of their after-tax incomes has turned out to matter far more to state policy than the well-being of Floridian families of modest means.

We have become all too used to the notion that success only comes with sacrifice, even if this is anything but the truth for the wealthiest and most powerful Americans.

"A large share of consumers are essentially living on the razor's edge."

"Any millionaire who has sense enough to see that our current economic model is failing will support these protests."

A higher minimum wage and unions can put corporate greed in check and raise wages throughout the labor market."

If you think wealth and power are too concentrated in the hands of a privileged few now, just imagine what a few more years of trickle-down nonsense will bring.

Two guaranteed income projects in New York City and Atlanta are showing how modest monthly cash payments to low-income women of color can make a huge difference in alleviating race and gender-based economic inequities.

Over the next few decades, the richest American families could avoid paying about $8.4 trillion in taxes, or more than four times...

Thoroughbred horses, auto racing, massive ranches, luxury hotels. The hobbies and side businesses of the ultrawealthy create huge write-offs that can let them get away with paying little or no income tax for as much as a decade at a time.