| Sep 29, 2021 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThe multi-trillion-dollar budget reconciliation bill moving through Congress represents an enormous opportunity to invest in unmet human and environmental needs. It’s also the best chance we have to close loopholes that help the wealthy avoid their fair share of...
| | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyRight now, corporations and the ultra-rich are spending millions to derail President Biden’s Build Back Better plan. Behind the scenes, they’re hard at work to keep our elected officials from helping our country recover from the pandemic. Poll after poll tells us that...
| Sep 22, 2021 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyAs lawmakers scramble to finalize a historic jobs and infrastructure package, huge fights are underway to figure out how to fund it. The simplest, most effective, and most popular way is to tax the extremely wealthy, like the billionaires who’ve seen their collective...
| Sep 1, 2021 | Economy / Business|HP FeaturedThe collective wealth of the seven wealthiest Americans has now reached nearly $1 trillion. And these seven pay virtually nothing in income tax. According to Forbes, the collective wealth of these seven men — Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry...
| Jul 28, 2021 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAs the debate rages on Capitol Hill over President Biden’s Build Back Better plans, the question of how to cover the costs looms large. Biden has proposed a package of tax increases on the wealthy and corporations. At the center is a corporate tax rate hike from the...
