The Struggle to Tax the Rich Isn’t Done Yet—In Some States It’s Actually Happening
People participate in a “March on Billionaires” event on July 17, 2020 in New York City.Spencer Platt/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This story was published in partnership with the Center for Public Integrity, a newsroom that investigates inequality ABERDEEN, Wash.—Under an overcast sky,…
“The Wealthy Tend to Always Look Out for Themselves”—The Attack on State Taxes By Outside Groups
Pete Ryan/Center for Public Integrity Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This piece was published in partnership with the Center for Public Integrity, a newsroom that investigates inequality. JACKSON, Miss.—Amia Edwards lives here because she wants to make a difference. But in this majority-Black city,…
We’ve Got What It Takes to End Poverty in America
Unemployed men line up for free food in Chicago, circa 1931.Photo12/Universal Images Group/Getty Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Matthew Desmond, the 43-year-old Princeton sociologist whose last book, Evicted, won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction, is back with another one, Poverty, by America,…
Joe Biden’s New Tax Plan Is Ambitious—and Wildly Optimistic
President Biden takes questions from reporters on Thursday, March 9, 2023.Andrew Harnik/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Joe Biden’s latest budget, not surprisingly, is pretty pie-in-the-sky. Presidential budgets are wish lists, after all, statements of priorities that throw down the gauntlet for the other…
Treasury Department Study: White People Get 90 Percent of the Benefits of Many Tax Breaks
Patrick Sison/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.One of the little-noticed moves by President Biden in his first days in office was an executive order that required federal agencies to examine their policies and programs to identify whether and how they perpetuate barriers to…
House May Vote on Abolishing the IRS—and Income Taxes
Fair Tax Act sponsor Earl “Buddy” Carter at a June 2021 “Fire Fauci” press conference. Tom Williams/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On Tuesday, Rep. Earl L. “Buddy” Carter (R-Ga.) introduced the Fair Tax Act, a House bill that proposes to abolish the IRS…