The nomination of Billy Long, said one lawmaker, indicates “Trump’s intention to make the agency less responsive to the American people, while giving a green light to wealthy tax cheats.” U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to run the Internal Revenue Service, former Rep. Billy Long, didn’t serve on the House committee tasked with writing tax […]
“Trump paid plenty of lip service to working-class Americans, but as president-elect, he’s moved quickly to stack his administration with billionaires that share his vision of a rigged economy that only works for people like them.” Since winning the presidential election earlier this month, Donald Trump has wasted no time working to fill his incoming administration with […]
“The extreme emissions of the richest, from their luxury lifestyles and even more from their polluting investments, are fueling inequality, hunger, and—make no mistake—threatening lives.” With the world on track for 3.1°C of warming this century, Oxfam International on Monday blamed global billionaires who—with their superyachts, private jets, and investments—emit more carbon pollution in 90 minutes of […]
“The ultra-wealthy would get hefty handout while families suffer. We can’t let that happen,” said Sen. Martin Heinrich, the chair of the Joint Economic Committee. An economic analysis of the far-right Project 2025 agenda crafted by at least 140 former Trump administration officials shows that the plan would result in higher taxes on working-class Americans and “corporate […]