Black America’s Vanishing Wealth Is Bad for All Americans
January 30, 2019 | The racial wealth divide gives billionaires more power over all of us. The answer? Reparations.
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Bob Lord, a veteran tax lawyer and former congressional candidate, practices and blogs in Phoenix, Arizona.
Articles by Bob Lord
Innovation Used to Benefit Workers. Can It Again?
December 19, 2018 | Machines can make jobs better, but a tiny class of bosses uses them to make jobs disappear. It doesn't have to be this way.
Can the Next Congress Chase Down America’s Runaway Wealth?
November 20, 2018 | The last Congress ensured that America's wealth will concentrate ever more rapidly at the very top — unless the next one does something about it.
Men: We’ve Heard About Assaults. Speak Up About Them.
September 28, 2018 | Women who report assault deserve to hear that we believe them, and that we can back them up — because we've heard the other side.
America 2018: Even More Gilded Than America 1918
September 26, 2018 | Wealth is more concentrated now than it was in John D. Rockefeller's day.
How to Level the Playing Field for Workers — Even with Unions Hurting
July 11, 2018 | A federal jobs and income guarantee could protect workers the way unions once did.
Congress Made It Harder to Give Teachers Raises
May 9, 2018 | Under the new GOP tax law, states that pay teachers a living wage subsidize states that pay them poorly.
Just How Unequal Are America’s Major Corporations?
March 7, 2018 | Pay scales at major U.S. businesses are way out of whack — and that's just at the ones we know about.
This Tax Plan Is Going to Cost a Lot More Than Advertised
November 22, 2017 | If the Trump-GOP tax plan doesn’t stink, why are they lying about the cost?
Trump’s Tax Plan: A Billion or Three for Guys Like Him
September 20, 2017 | If the president's tax plan passes, it'll be like he's cutting himself a check from the Treasury.
Inequality Will Get Worse Until There’s a Revolution
April 27, 2016 | America's wealth concentration has increased tenfold since Bill Clinton first ran for president.
Running on Greed
August 5, 2015 | When Donald Trump boasts about his fortune, he drives up his popularity.
Coddling the Rich
May 6, 2015 | Congress is gutting vital programs for the poor while heaping billions of dollars of relief on a few wealthy families.
A Tax Cut for Tax Cheats
February 4, 2015 | Spending a dollar on the IRS adds $255 to the federal budget.
The 0.01 Percent’s ‘I Reap All’ Accounts
October 29, 2014 | Multi-millionaires and billionaires are shielding vast fortunes from taxation with monstrously huge IRAs.