Democrats Take Aim at ‘Trust Fund Babies’ With Estate Tax Designed to Combat Wealth Inequality
California Congressman Jimmy Gomez on Friday introduced legislation in the Democrat-controlled U.S. House that aims to address “our country’s rapidly...
Betterment / Fighting Back / Inequality / Richest One Percent / Taxes
by onepercenttakers · Published October 29, 2019
California Congressman Jimmy Gomez on Friday introduced legislation in the Democrat-controlled U.S. House that aims to address “our country’s rapidly...
The Treasury Department is being forced to borrow a staggering $1 trillion for the coming fiscal year, after the Republican...
ExxonMobil says it believes “the risk of climate change is real,” and it is “committed to being part of the...
The Trump administration is trying to change eligibility requirements so that 1 million kids would lose access to free school...
A new report from ProPublica and Columbia Journalism Investigations, published Tuesday, found that President Donald Trump’s campaign vow to “drain the swamp”...
According to a new report by Politico, and confirmed by Mark Zuckerberg himself, the Facebook CEO has been secretly meeting...
The U.S. tax system is supposed to be progressive, meaning that wealthier households pay a larger share of their income...
Trump Towers in Istanbul is a major part of Trump’s business portfolio. “The Turks are also the top patrons of...
The Trump administration is trying once again to tweak the rules that govern how tipped workers are paid. This time,...
An Axios analysis released Wednesday found that spending on healthcare advertisements has exceeded $65 million in 2019 as dark money...
When billionaire Jeff Bezos cut health benefits on September 13 for part-time workers at his grocery store Whole Foods the...
“A treasury secretary who can’t count needs to be held accountable.” That was the message progressive advocacy group Americans for...
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) explained that Trump is not allowed to take any money from the taxpayers beyond his salary,...
According to UN Rights Chief Michelle Bachelet, there is no greater threat to human rights across the globe than climate...
Betterment / Corruption / Fighting Back
by onepercenttakers · Published September 17, 2019 · Last modified September 18, 2019
Democratic presidential primary candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Monday unveiled a wide-ranging plan to combat corruption in U.S. politics with...
In an interview ahead of Labor Day, AFL-CIO chief Richard Trumka said workers across the nation are suffering under President...
Her poll numbers have risen steadily in recent weeks but Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday night celebrated a contingent of voters...
There have been so many Trump scandals that it seems impossible to keep them straight without a scorecard, but the...
I remember when Gore stood before Congress and gaveled in the proceedings that certified his election loss. He was repeatedly...
Embracing the Green New Deal as “our best hope to meet the challenge of climate change while creating millions of...
Hold on to your knickers, folks, that federal deficit is hiking up quickly and “king of debt” Donald Trump wants more,...
Drug makers and distributors flooded the US with more than 75bn opioid pills in the crucial years when the country’s epidemic...
Shell officials in Beaver County, PA gave workers a choice, they could either attend Trump’s event or not be paid...
A new analysis from the nonprofit advocacy group Consumer Reports warns that American drivers could lose about $460 billion dollars in fuel...
Environmentalists denounced the Trump administration for crashing a “bulldozer” through the Endangered Species Act on Monday after the Interior Department...
In a furious tweetstorm, a former adviser to the Ohio Republican Party expressed disgust at how far the GOP has...
If you’re wondering why Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is refusing to advance a bipartisan bill to expand background checks...
It was “like clockwork.” In the middle of a heated back-and-forth on Medicare for All at the beginning of Tuesday...
The decision of 14 states not to expand Medicaid under Obamacare cost more than 15,000 lives, according to a new...
Bad news about infrastructure is as ubiquitous as potholes. Failures in a 108-year-old railroad bridge and tunnel cost New York commuters thousands...
I keep hearing that the Democratic party has moved “left” and that Democratic candidates may be “too far left”. But...
It started with Donald Trump’s racist tweets demanding that four Democratic congresswomen – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley and Ilhan Omar...
Our investigative series The Koch Papers illustrates many deep problems in America’s creaky, century-old income tax system, especially how our...
Adding to the mountain of statistical evidence showing the severity of U.S. inequality, an analysis published Friday found that the top one percent of...
In the first half of 2019, major pharmaceutical companies have raised the price of 3,400 different medications, with several dozen of...
Ancient air bubbles trapped in ice enable us to step back in time and see what Earth’s atmosphere, and climate,...
You may recall that a few weeks ago, a Koch brothers’ spokeswoman announced that their network is now willing to...
Climate change is making headlines this summer with record temperatures, devastating floods, and climate-related migration. But in the U.S., mainstream...
As rideshare drivers across the U.S. and around the world continue to struggle for decent wages, benefits, and the basic right to...
The National Park Service will divert about $2.5 million in fees gathered from park-goers to help pay for the hefty...
Last week, House Republicans were given yet another opportunity to separate themselves from Donald Trump’s lawsuit to destroy the Affordable...
New York’s Mayor, Bill de Blasio, has announced that the city is suing five fossil fuel companies for damages over...
Trump promised a manufacturing revival in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, but after losing manufacturing jobs, voters in those states look...
Adding to the mountain of statistical evidence showing the severity of U.S. inequality, an analysis published Friday found that the top one percent of...
Teachers in Rochester, New York, recently discovered, to their horror, that their pensions are invested in the private prison and...
Stephen Smith worked at an AT&T call center in Meriden, Connecticut, for over 20 years before the giant telecoms company...
"Ronald Reagan's theory was really 'trickle down' economics...and renamed 'supply side.' Cut tax rates for the wealthy; everyone else will benefit. As Reagan's budget director David Stockman confided at the time, the supply-side rhetoric 'was always a Trojan horse to bring down the top rate.'" —The Gipper's Economy. To see how the Trickle Down Con was sold to the public click here.