Mark Zuckerberg Has Been Holding Secret Meetings With Conservatives
According to a new report by Politico, and confirmed by Mark Zuckerberg himself, the Facebook CEO has been secretly meeting...
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...
When billionaire Jeff Bezos cut health benefits on September 13 for part-time workers at his grocery store Whole Foods the...
In a furious tweetstorm, a former adviser to the Ohio Republican Party expressed disgust at how far the GOP has...
I keep hearing that the Democratic party has moved “left” and that Democratic candidates may be “too far left”. But...
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...
You may recall that a few weeks ago, a Koch brothers’ spokeswoman announced that their network is now willing to...
As rideshare drivers across the U.S. and around the world continue to struggle for decent wages, benefits, and the basic right to...
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...
Stephen Smith worked at an AT&T call center in Meriden, Connecticut, for over 20 years before the giant telecoms company...
The New York Times disclosure that Donald Trump was able “to avoid paying income taxes” for years, while he racked up $1.17 billion...
Some politicians are calling for higher taxes on the rich. Naturally, these proposals have unleashed a torrent of opposition –...
In his annual letter to shareholders, distributed last week, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon took aim at socialism, warning it...
Banks / Richest One Percent / Taxes
by onepercenttakers · Published March 11, 2019 · Last modified March 12, 2019
As reports continue to come out from angry American voters saying that their tax refunds are shriveling or that they...
The Trump-Republican tax scam continued to rear its ugly head for the third straight week as figures released late Friday...
America is the only place in the world where any citizen over the age of 35 can run for president....
Average tax refunds were down last week 8.4 percent for the first week of the tax season over the same...
I suppose this Morning Joe mini-discussion is the closest thing we’re going to get in terms of a discussion of...
The growing concentration of the world’s wealth has been highlighted by a report showing that the 26 richest billionaires own...
Donald Trump tells us the US economy is “absolutely booming”, the “strongest we’ve ever had” and “the greatest in the...
In a blow to conservatives everywhere a new Hill-HarrisX survey supported Ocasio-Cortez’ beliefs and found that most Americans by a...
Corruption / Lobbyists / Politics / Richest One Percent
by onepercenttakers · Published January 11, 2019
The most important thing we must do to save our democracy is get big money out of politics. It’s a...
I have no idea how well Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will perform as a member of Congress. But her election is already...
Get ready to see it on your TV. The GOP is about to kick back into Two Santa Clauses mode...
As House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) delivered his farewell address on Wednesday after 20 years of relentlessly working to gut social programs for the...
Daytime visits to golf clubs since inauguration, with evidence of playing golf on at least 70 visits. The last recorded...
Politics / Richest One Percent
by onepercenttakers · Published December 11, 2018 · Last modified December 14, 2018
This is a story of how a small group of wealthy white men can hijack an entire nation, destroy its...
U.S. prosecutors announced Tuesday that they have charged four people with taking part in a decades-long scheme to evade U.S....
An interesting thing about politics is how you can distill so many nuanced policies down to a few core ideological...
The Trump Ocean Club International Hotel and Tower soars over Panama City bay, a 70-storey skyscraper shaped like a sail. Donald...
SAN FRANCISCO — A civil rights attorney is calling for a boycott of the San Francisco Giants after the baseball team’s...
In radio shows and talks from London to Boston to Richmond, Ind., people keep asking me how the Trump family got...
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Cay Johnston is now reporting that an international human rights organization has requested that prosecutors in The Netherlands open...
In 2014, a financially struggling hospice caregiver in California decided to invest in a video phone marketing company by the...
A wealthy CEO might actually be heading to prison – a rare occurrence in America today. Mashiyat Rashid, the CEO of...
Marc Benioff, the Salesforce CEO, has escalated his attacks on fellow San Francisco billionaires, saying they are “hoarding” money and don’t want...
A massive new investigation by Pro Publica reveals President Donald Trump and his children engage in systematic deceit to lure investors to its...
President Donald Trump built his personal brand and presidential candidacy on the claim that he was a self-made billionaire whose...
Once upon a time, there was a little-known energy company called Enron. In its 16-year life, it went frombeing dubbed...
Arizona has become the hotbed for an experiment rightwing activists hope will redefine America’s schools – an experiment that has...
The White House announced Thursday that they would be canceling scheduled pay increases for government employees, citing budget concerns. In a...
What will happen if the blue wave in the midterm elections falls short? Clearly, at this point it still might: Democrats...
Author Craig Unger has been following Donald Trump’s dealings in Russia since his 1987 visit–at the behest of the Russian...
Tucker Carlson, FOX News’ new prime-time anchor, received a six-figure sum from the Donald Trump campaign for president through his...
"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.