A provision of the budget law that President Donald Trump signed last week will leave taxpayers to “pick up the tab for the private jet industry and billionaire high flyers.” The Republican budget measure that U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law late last week contains a provision that analysts say will allow private jet owners to […]
“The increasing erosion of the rule of law is deeply concerning,” said an Oxfam campaigns manager. Anti-poverty organization Oxfam on Monday expressed grave concern over reports that Russia has been increasingly deploying chemical weapons in Ukraine. The Associated Press reported late last week that two Dutch intelligence agencies are claiming that Russia has been ramping up its use […]
“Not only is it necessary to impose a stronger burden of justice on billionaires, but more importantly, it is possible.” Seven Nobel laureates on Monday published an op-ed advocating for “a minimum tax for the ultrarich, expressed as a percentage of their wealth,” in the French newspaper Le Monde. “They have never been so wealthy and yet contribute […]
It was founding father John Adams who first suggested that Americans should throw an annual party — a “great anniversary festival” — to celebrate the nation’s independence from England. In a July 3, 1776, letter to his beloved wife Abigail, America’s second president wrote, “It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, […]