Trillionaire Cometh, Democracy Goeth
With the arrival of our first trillionaire fast approaching, America’s democracy is hanging by a thread.
A Textbook Case of How Tax Policy Fuels Obscene Wealth Accumulation
Jeff Bezos is paying only peanuts in tax on the profits he’s making selling off his Amazon shares.
Think Tank Confirms Our Richest Pay Under 1% of Their Wealth Annually in Tax
A new Tax Foundation analysis also inadvertently shines a light on the uselessness of ‘adjusted gross income’ as an indicator of actual billionaire economic income.
Workers, Machines, and ‘Bonus Depreciation’
By Bob Lord / CounterPunch Bernie Sanders and Bill Gates don’t agree on many things, but they both want to see a “robot tax,” a special levy on companies that…