
Want To Slash the National Debt? Tax Billionaires
Lawmakers need to advance policies that reduce deficits without undermining expenditures that provide us with a safety net and public services.
Lawmakers need to advance policies that reduce deficits without undermining expenditures that provide us with a safety net and public services.
Their bipartisan plan is a step forward, but regulators already have the power to crack down on Wall Street’s reckless bonus culture.
The rich all over, not just Elon Musk, are flexing their muscle.
Executive action to cancel $50,000 in student loan debt would increase Black wealth by 40 percent.
“Ultimately as we build the union movement in this country, what we are fighting for is an economy that works for everybody, not just a handful of billionaires.”
Yes, we could ensure that our richest pay something in the neighborhood of their fair tax share.
Presidential executive action to cancel up to $50,000 in student debts would increase Black wealth by 40 percent.
To help pay for vital public investments, Congress needs to end a tax loophole that has allowed greedy private equity execs to pay a lower tax rate than many middle-class Americans.
The great painter Diego Rivera would not appreciate what our richest are using for collateral.
A Warren-Jayapal style wealth tax on global billionaires would raise $345 billion in its first year. The cost of vaccinating the world is estimated at $141.2 billion.
Senator Elizabeth Warren’s bill would levy a small tax on billionaire fortunes. It could raise billions for recovery—and help protect our democracy.
Billionaires have reaped tremendous gains during the pandemic. A wealth tax will slow the build-up of democracy-distorting concentrations of wealth and power.
With personal fortunes worth dozens of billions, modern American deep pockets can afford one of just about everything.
Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have far-reaching proposals to give workers something even more important than money: power.
2020 candidates were asked about their plans to address poverty, racism, militarism, and ecological devastation. Here’s what they said.