Gawain Kripke
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Democrats Should Create Policies That Help the Black People Who Put Them In Power
They can start by addressing the racial wealth divide.
The GOP’s Tax Breaks for the Private Jet Set
The GOP tax bill carves out special provisions for private jet owners, while their budget plan doubles fees for commercial passengers.
Everyone Hates This Tax Bill
The more the public learns about the tax cut plan making its way through Congress, the more they hate it.
New Report Underscores Massive Tax Giveaways to Private Jet Set
The Private Jet Industry Spent $56 Million Dollars to Lobby Congress to Save More than $1 Billion in Taxes for America’s Most Affluent Fliers
Report: High Flyers 2017
How the private jet lobby shifts costs to the rest of us, threatens our security, and fuels a warming planet.
The GOP Tax Bill Does Nothing to Address Our Racial Wealth Divide
Instead, they’re prioritizing private jet ownership over home ownership.
Private Jets and Trust Fund Kids Show Where the GOP’s Tax Priorities Lie
The private jets provision in the Senate bill is indicative of who’s at the table – the wealthiest presidential cabinet in American history and their billionaire friends.
America’s Wealth Inequality Has Reached Staggering New Levels
Most concerning is the potential for these wealth hoarders to use their outsized bank accounts to buy outsized power over our government.
Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, and Warren Buffett Are Wealthier Than The Bottom Half of the Country Combined
That’s three people versus about 160 million people.
It’s the Best of Times for Billionaires, The Worst for Everyone Else
There’s much to learn from Dickens’ iconic story. Our revolution doesn’t have to be as bloody.
Report: Billionaire Bonanza 2017
The Forbes 400 and the Rest of Us
Trump’s Tax Cuts Are the Biggest Wealth Grab in Modern History
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is nothing short of a boon to the very wealthy at the expense of everyone else.
The Racial Wealth Divide in Trump’s America
When it comes to wealth in the Black and Latino communities, they are significantly lagging behind their White counterparts. Will the President step up to help or continue to let them suffer?
Black and Latino Families Will Be Broke in a Few Decades if We Don’t Fix the Wealth Divide
New research shows that if the growing racial wealth divide is left unchecked, median Black and Latino families will become penniless within a few decades. It doesn’t have to be this way.
The Racial Wealth Divide Is Worse Than People Think — and It’s Growing
Wealthy white households control the vast majority of the nation’s economic resources, and they appear to have no idea how the rest of society lives.
America is Ready for Universal Health Coverage
The United States today is the only industrialized nation that doesn’t guarantee health care as a basic right to all its citizens. The Medicare For All Act could change that.
Report: The Road to Zero Wealth
How the Racial Wealth Divide is Hollowing Out America’s Middle Class
Tax Cuts for the Rich Help the Rich, Not You
Big money will pull out all the stops to sell you a tax plan that exclusively benefits the wealthy. Don’t buy it.
Why Martin Shkreli Won’t Be the Last Pharma Bro
How Shkreli got rich in the first place remains not just legal but celebrated.
Don’t Lie to Poor Kids About Why They’re Poor
Those at the bottom — and the top — deserve to know why their experiences are so different.