Plato identified inequality as a central problem of politics. Inequality, this ancient Greek philosopher warned, undermines ...

The GOP plan slashes Medicaid, SNAP, and other core safety net programs to fund tax cuts for billionaires, mass deportation ...

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The private jet lobby is pushing hard for a massive tax break for billionaires and centi-millionaires that use the most polluting form of transportation on the planet. Legislation rapidly moving ...

Income Inequality Income includes the revenue streams from wages, salaries, interest on a savings account, dividends from shares of stock, rent, and profits from selling something for more than you ...

The following is written testimony prepared for a March 17, 2021 Senate Budget Committee hearing on “The Income and Wealth Inequality Crisis in America.” Thank you, Chairman Sanders, Ranking Member ...

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And all those accountants and lawyers who actually do the tax avoiding for their rich clients? We could begin a serious effort to also hold them criminally liable for helping rich people use tax ...

A new, disturbing milestone has been confirmed with the release of Forbes Magazine’s 38th annual World Billionaires List. The US billionaire class is now larger and richer than ever, with 813 ...

The sex-trafficking scandal surrounding the late Jeffrey Epstein already has tarnished the reputations of prominent politicians, businessmen, and the British royal family. Now it’s casting a dark ...

Increasing taxes on high income earners helped raise revenue without hampering the wealth of the millionaire class in Massachusetts and Washington, according to a new policy brief from the Institute ...