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House Democrats’ Proposed Corporate Tax Hike Falls Short of Even Biden’s Plan
Progressive groups were quick to voice their disapproval of the contours of the unfinalized House Democrats' plan.
7 Wealthiest Americans Have Enough Wealth to Cover a Third of $3.5T Budget Plan
Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Larry Ellison pay almost no income tax.
Trump’s Tax Cut Helped 82 Ultrawealthy Households Save More Than $1 Billion
The millions spent on campaign donations and lobbying for the cuts are minuscule compared with the savings of the rich.
US Could Fund Vaccines for Whole World by Taxing Billionaires’ COVID-Era Profits
The tax would raise $5.4 trillion in revenue and still leave the world’s billionaires about $55 billion richer.
Pelosi Opposed Student Loan Cancellation After Billionaire Ally’s Memo
The House speaker said last week that she believes the president doesn’t have the authority to cancel student debt.
Bezos Thanks Workers for Paying for Space Trip. They’d Rather Be Paid Fairly.
Billionaires who have monopolized large sectors of the economy are seeking to do the same for space infrastructure.
Bezos’s Space Stunt Got Almost as Much TV Time as Climate Crisis in All of 2020
Morning shows spent 212 minutes on the space trip in one day and 267 minutes on the climate in all 365 days of 2020.
Poverty Wages and Tax Dodging Funded Bezos’s Ridiculous Space Trip
This was a step toward the commercialization of space, and I want no part of that.
Oxfam Slams Bezos Space Trip as Billions Suffer on Earth
“We've now reached stratospheric inequality,” Oxfam's Deepak Xavier said in a statement Monday.
Report Finds Min. Wage Earners Can’t Afford One-Bedroom Rental in Most of US
The National Low Income Housing Coalition found a worker must make $24.90 an hour to afford an average two-bedroom.