wealth tax Archives - The American Prospect

Trump’s Debt Crisis Will Be Easy to Fix

All that’s needed is the political will to staff the government and nudge up taxes.

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With government debt bringing higher interest rates, it’s time to get serious about taxing the rich.

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The absence of left unity for the ballot measure short-circuits any progressive agenda.

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When public needs were great, he wrote, its claim on the ‘superfluous’ property of the rich was strong and just.

Losing New York to socialists, facing a wealth tax election in California—our oligarchs begin to suspect that Americans may not like them very much.

Gov. Gavin Newsom, who opposes the tax, tried to intimidate proponents into pulling the measure. It didn’t work.

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Americans realize they’ve lost power and income to the very rich. Too many Democrats, even too many unions, have yet to go to war for them.

Democrats finally show up to the class war.

A hospital CEO says looming Medicaid reductions threaten vulnerable residents and the state’s health system.

The assault on cherished social insurance programs is a gift to Democrats, but only if they are clear about how to defend them.