Billionaire’s Mouthpiece Searches for Reasons to Avoid Taxing Billionaires
The Washington Post, which serves the interests of its mega-billionaire owner Jeff Bezos, unsurprisingly thinks taxing billionaire wealth is a bad idea.
‘Millionaires, Corporations? They’re Not Going to H&R Block’:
CounterSpin interview with Portia Allen-Kyle on tax unfairness
“It’s these tax-lobbying corporations that have fought so hard to keep taxes complicated and confusing for the rest of us.”
Gregory Shupak on Palestine Ethnic Cleansing, Portia Allen-Kyle on Tax Unfairness
Corporate media can’t bring themselves to call Trump’s illegal, inhumane plan what it is: ethnic cleansing.
‘We’ve Seen This Incredible Flow of Billionaire Money Into Campaigns’:
CounterSpin interview with David Kass on billionaire election-buying
“That’s the real problem here, is that workers pay taxes every two weeks and billionaires can basically never pay taxes.”
With Zero Evidence, NPR Suggests Trump May ‘Work for Working Class’ in Second Term
NPR’s evidence that Trump is a “populist”—or at least has a populist lurking inside him—is remarkably thin.
Source Who Revealed How Taxes Steal for the Rich Rewarded With Five Years in Prison
The fact of the matter is that investigative journalism can only happen because of leakers who take great risks.
‘A True Believer in Heinous Ideas’
“Steve Bannon…describes Mike Johnson as….’by far the most conservative speaker in the history of the country.'”
‘What Californians Really Need Is Community-Centered, Truly Local and Responsive Journalism’
“There is no guarantee that any of the money funneled through this bill would go to supporting high-quality local content and journalists.”
Taxes: Who Pays and What For?
Tax season leads some of us to ponder what we get in return for our resources—streets and stop signs, to be sure, but also wars.
‘We Can Pay for What We Decide to Pay For’
“You read very little about taxation as a good thing. It’s always the attacks on taxation, and the reporters act as stenographers.”
Michael Mechanic on Underfunding the IRS
The message from many politicians and their media amplifiers: Cheating on taxes is a luxury only the rich can, or should be able to, afford.
WSJ Hates Tax Breaks: California Edition
The Wall Street Journal editorial board has a long history of liking tax relief only when it benefits the wealthy.
Dorothy A. Brown and Dean Baker on Tax Policy
Who pays taxes, how much, and why? We revisit two conversations about tax policy racism and taxing the rich on this week’s show.
‘Communities Should Not Pay Amazon. It Should Be the Other Way Around.’
“Rich companies with armies of consultants…are going to come in and grab every piece of money laying on the table they can.”
Khury Petersen-Smith on Economic Sanctions, Greg LeRoy on Amazon Subsidies
Economic pressure is presented as a way of avoiding violence. But there’s a problem with seeing sanctions as an alternative to war.
NYT Runs Interference for Billionaires Who Don’t Want Their Wealth Taxed
The New York Times was quick to cast doubt on a White House analysis that showed how little the richest families pay in taxes.
Press Response to ‘Tax the Rich’ Dress Proves AOC’s Point
Corporate media’s response indicates that they are worried that history might be on Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her dress’s side.
WSJ Likes ‘More Money in Taxpayers’ Hands’—Only When They’re Wealthy Hands
For the Wall Street Journal editorial board, when government helps the working and middle class, it’s tantamount to corruption.
‘The Tax Break Industrial Complex Has Not Been Challenged’
“If fossil fuels paid their full freight for their extraction and their burning, we’d have a very different incentive system.”
Laura Carlsen on Biden’s Central America Policy, Greg LeRoy on Texas Corporate Subsidies
The notion of real change after Donald Trump is undermined by a close look at Biden’s actual immigration policy.
