Tax Cuts

We need tax increases on the super-rich.

Generally wealth tends to pile up at the top end of any society. 

You can tax part of that wealth away and do things for the good of our whole society, like build roads, parks and schools, invest in education, healthcare, childcare and eldercare, invest in science and technology, the arts, pay our debts, etc. 

or you can let it pile up in the hands of a few who then use their wealth to ...

• Fuck up our healthcare

How private equity ‘gutted’ dozens of U.S. hospitals

• Fuck up our elections and democracy.

Who are the Biggest Donors?

Meet the megadonors pumping millions into the 2024 election

• Fuck up our housing and rental markets.

Wall Street has purchased hundreds of thousands of single-family homes since the Great Recession. Here’s what that means for rental prices

When Private Equity Becomes Your Landlord

Wall Street Has Spent Billions Buying Homes. A Crackdown Is Looming.

How private equity is changing the rental market

• Fuck up our farmland markets.

Investors plough record amounts into US farmland

Investment firms are buying more farmland 

• Fuck up the businesses they buy 

Private Equity Is Gutting America — and Getting Away With It 

The Secretive Industry Devouring the U.S. Economy 

When Private-Equity Firms Bankrupt Their Own Companies

 Private Equity is Out of Control and Looting America. This Prosecutor Says We Can Fix It.

•  Fuck up our education system.

Private Equity in Higher Education: A Full Ride at Student and Taxpayer Expense?

• Fuck up our media.

The Washington Post and LA Times just stepped into a bigger political mess than the one they tried to avoid

Index of US Mainstream Media Ownership 

 

Taxation is an easy way to control the power of the wealthy. 

Tax the rich !!