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Reaching Critical Mass On Taxing The Rich

Polls regularly show broad public support for having our wealthiest pay quite a bit more at tax time. But we haven’t had critical mass on taxing the rich within our political class – until now.

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Putting Billionaires In Their Place

America’s billionaires have suddenly realized they just may be facing an existential crisis: A good chunk of the American people, they now understand, would rather billionaires not exist.

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Capitalist-style Wealth Gap: 1 Tech Guy = 1,000,000 Teachers

There are over 4 million preschool, primary, secondary and special education teachers in America, who average $57,000 in salary; the richest 6 American tech leaders average $80 billion each.

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26 Billionaires Own The Same Wealth As The Poorest 3.8 Billion People

A new economic system is needed to tackle rampant inequality that saw the wealth of billionaires increase by $900 billion in the last year, or $2.5 billion a day, says a new Oxfam report.

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Report reveals: World's billionaires became 20% richer in 2017

Billionaires made more money last year than in any year in recorded history, increasing their wealth by $1.4 trillion, more than the GDP of Spain.

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Fears Grow As Rightwing Billionaires Battle to Erode U.S. Union Rights

Supreme court hears arguments Monday in a case that could strip unions of a major source of income – amid worries that the unions will lose.

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Act Out! [137] - 400+ Reasons to Eat the Rich & Why NAFTA Can’t Be Saved

This week on Act Out!, tempting though it may be to ignore all things real and political for the next few days, hiding behind cranberry sauce and turkey legs won't change the ever-widening and gaping abyss before us.

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