Tax Reform
Pandora Papers Show Why “Tax the Rich” Isn’t Enough
Some 2.94 terabytes of data have been leaked through the “Pandora Papers.” Yet again, we see how the rich hide trillions of dollars around the globe. Inequality will not be solved just by raising their taxes.
Nathaniel Flakin
October 5, 2021New Study: Ultra-Wealthy Are Paying Even Less Taxes than You Think
Donald Trump paid $750 in taxes for an entire year. But he is no exception. Not only does capitalism’s laws provide the super-rich with all sorts of ways to avoid paying taxes, they also are rarely audited.
Scott Cooper
March 22, 2021
I Pay More in Taxes than Donald Trump
Almost every working-class person pays more in taxes than Donald Trump. Capitalism cloaks bourgeois criminality in legal loopholes while insisting that the working class pay for everything.
Ezra Brain
September 29, 2020
This is Class War. Time to Act Like It
The Trump tax plan is an unprecedented attack on working class people. We must organize against the tax cuts for billionaires using working class tactics.
Tatiana Cozzarelli
December 2, 2017
Graduate Students Stand Against the GOP Tax Bill
If enacted into law, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act would force graduate students in the US to count their tuition waivers as “taxable income,” and have to pay federal income tax on said figures, which can be as high as $50,000 depending on the institution.
Emma Schuster
November 29, 2017