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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.
Billionaire Tax Cheat Travels to Not-Space for a Few Minutes
This corporate billionaire space race? You can keep it.
What Angers Mitch McConnell More Than Our Unfair Tax Code? Those Who Exposed It.
If we want modern public infrastructure and economic security, increasing taxes on the ultra-rich is the way to go.
25 Richest Americans Pay Few Taxes — Partly Thanks to the “Family Fund” Loophole
Billionaires’ “family investment offices” help them to dodge taxes and snarl efforts to make their finances transparent.
“Tax the Rich” Gains Momentum After Explosive Report on Billionaire Tax Dodging
The report found that the wealthiest Americans are often able to dodge most, if not all, federal income taxes.
New Analysis Shows Just How Little Richest .001 Percent Pay in Taxes
Recent wealth gains of U.S. billionaires compared to IRS data show the true tax rate paid by the mega-rich.