The First Trillionaire: No Cause for Celebration
We’ll never, as a nation, take on the ultra-rich if millions of Americans identify with them.
Private Jets Are Dirty Luxuries for the Ultra Rich. Let’s Tax Them.
The private jet industry is destroying the climate and intensifying inequality. Rather than providing subsidies, we should tax the hell out of it.
Seriously Auditing the Rich Makes Sense. Seriously Taxing the Rich Can Save Us.
Our tax code ought to give every American a full “cost of living” exemption from high tax and impose higher marginal tax rates on income above that cost-of-living benchmark.
Introducing the Republican ‘Billionaires Pay Zero Tax’ Act
A new GOP bill, formally entitled the ’Death Tax Repeal Act,’ would enable our super-rich to avoid both income and estate tax on their investment gains.
Biden Is Right: You Shouldn’t Pay a Higher Tax Rate Than Billionaires
The president has renewed his call for a “billionaire minimum tax.” If Congress won’t listen, states should.
New Institute for Policy Studies Report Finds That an Annual Wealth Tax on the World’s Richest Could Raise $1.7 Trillion Globally
The report includes country-by-country data on wealth inequality and the revenue possibilities of national wealth taxes.
Report: “Extreme Wealth: The growing number of people with extreme wealth and what an annual wealth tax could raise”
An annual wealth tax on the world’s richest could raise $1.7 trillion globally.
Oxfam Wants To More than Double the Tax Rate on Our Richest
That bold a hike, our U.S. history suggests, can actually happen.
Elon Musk May Not Be So Brilliant After All
As Twitter implodes under Musk’s rule, a lawsuit argues Tesla is vastly overpaying the world’s richest man.
5 Charts on Taxing Wealth to Pay for the Build Back Better Agenda
Proposals in play to pay for the ambitious public investment plan could help reverse skyrocketing wealth inequality.