Tag: wealth inequality

What this country might look like if its politics were so much less top-down and so much more bottom-up.

We must stop this vicious cycle — and demand an economy that works for the many, not one that concentrates more and more wealth in the hands of a privileged few.

Not only did the wealth of U.S. billionaires grow, but so did their numbers: in March of last year, there were 614 Americans with 10-figure bank accounts. Today there are 745.

We must not let our lawmakers get away with this charade of fiscal responsibility to defeat Build Back Better.

Closing our staggering wealth gap is crucial to the survival of both our economy and our democracy.

Their current combined fortune: $4.7 trillion, up $1.8 trillion since the pandemic began.

We’ve privatized almost everything else, but no one can privatize heroism.

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.”

With huge disparities in internet access across America, building out the information superhighway will be as essential as modernizing roads and bridges as the nation strives to rebound from the pandemic, grow a more powerful economy and forge a brighter future for all.

Sen. Ron Wyden, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, said he planned to rein in tax breaks for gargantuan Roth retirement accounts after ProPublica exposed how the super rich used them to shield their fortunes from taxes.