President-elect Donald Trump isn’t just appointing incompetent buffoons to his Cabinet, but deeply immoral individuals who are completely lacking in family values.
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An Independent Thinker’s Guide to the Tax Debate
For 40 years, tax cutters in Congress have told us, “we have a tax cut for you.” In exchange, we’ve gotten staggering inequality, collapsing public infrastructure, a fraying safety net, and exploding deficits – as the richest tenth of 1% get richer.
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House GOP Passes Budget That 'Should Not Be Allowed in a Humane Society'
By passing their budget blueprint, Republicans have taken "the first step toward an immoral tax scheme that will hand trillions of dollars to millionaires and corporations."
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Robert Reich: The Growing Danger of Dynastic Wealth
The estate tax applies only to estates over $11 million per couple – and wealthy families stash away dollars above this into “dynastic” trust funds that escape additional taxes. Now Trump and Republican leaders plan to cut or eliminate the tax altogether.
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The Absurdity of Corporate Tax Cuts During the Corporate Pillaging of the Middle Class
Last year, fifteen of the largest corporations in America, with combined revenue well over $1 trillion dollars, paid less than 6 percent in U.S. federal income taxes. But mainstream media opinion editors don’t appear to have the courage to speak up.
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Seattle Makes History – Passes ‘Tax the Rich’ Income Tax
Last week, Seattle passed a “tax the rich” income tax by a vote of 9-0.
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What Happened to America’s Wealth? The Rich Hid It
New research shows the super-rich are hiding their money at alarming rates, as households with wealth over $40 million evade 25 to 30 percent of personal income and wealth taxes.
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Now Just Five Men Own Almost as Much Wealth as Half the World's Population
While Americans fixate on Trump, the super-rich are absconding with our wealth, and the plague of inequality continues to grow. Now, on average, each of the world's richest five men own nearly as much as 750 million people.
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Cut Corporate Taxes? This is How the Biggest Companies Cheated on Taxes in 2016
Corporations make billions from U.S. research and education, but then they turn around and cheat us on taxes. And Republicans think corporations should get a tax break.
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17 Ballot Initiatives to Watch if You Care About Inequality
Voters in many states today will have the opportunity to weigh in on a wide variety of inequality-related issues, from taxing the wealthy to price-gouging on drugs.
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40 Millionaires Ask New York Governor to Raise Taxes On the 1%
“As New Yorkers who have contributed to and benefited from the economic vibrancy of our state, we have both the ability and the responsibility to pay our fair share,” the millionaires said in an open letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers.
