Stories by Chuck Collins
Chuck Collins is a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies and chair of the Working Group on Extreme Inequality, an emerging coalition of religious, business, labor and civic groups concerned about the wealth gap. He is coauthor with Bill Gates Sr. of Wealth and Our Commonwealth: Why America Should Tax Accumulated Fortunes.
Last Monday, a coalition of lobbyists and families finally gave up on trying to abolish the federal estate tax, the only tax on inherited wealth.
Posted on Oct 5, 2009, Source: AlterNet
The Billionaires' motto is: "If we’re not broke, don’t fix it."
Posted on Sep 14, 2009, Source: AlterNet
The Obama administration has watered down the rules on executive pay into mushy prescriptions that pose no real threat to the Big Boys' windfalls.
Posted on Jun 25, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Few Americans realize just how incredibly little our nation's wealthy now pay in taxes. Our grandparents seriously taxed the rich. Why can't we?
Posted on Apr 15, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Some expert talking points on an economy in crisis.
Posted on Apr 2, 2009, Source: AlterNet
What would FDR do if he were around to see AIG's bonus bozos spit in the face of the American taxpayer?
Posted on Mar 23, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Part mutual aid association and part social action group, common security clubs offer a great way to take action.
Posted on Mar 23, 2009, Source: OnTheCommons.org
They're paying far less of their incomes in taxes than average Americans.
Posted on Feb 24, 2009, Source: Christian Science Monitor
The American taxpayer, reeling from the economic meltdown, doesn't feel like subsidizing lavish jets and bonuses any more.
Posted on Feb 21, 2009, Source: AlterNet
Who says we need to borrow a trillion dollars to save Wall Street from its own excesses?
Posted on Sep 25, 2008, Source: AlterNet
Government action should protect ordinary people, not reward the super-rich and the speculative sectors of the economy.
Posted on Sep 22, 2008, Source: The Nation
The private-jet perk is -- literally and figuratively -- a high-profile sign of an executive reward system out of control.
Posted on Jun 28, 2008, Source: The Baltimore Sun
Underlying our economic crisis is a polarization of income and wealth.
Posted on Jan 24, 2008, Source: AlterNet
Calls "death tax" rhetoric "intellectually dishonest" and "clever, Orwellian and dead wrong."
Posted on Nov 19, 2007, Source: AlterNet
A growing number of business owners are supporting the minimum wage increase, which the Senate may vote on tomorrow.
Posted on Jan 29, 2007, Source: TomPaine.com
Ordinary people may believe that unprecedented global strife is a bad thing. The barons of Big Oil beg to differ.
Posted on Aug 30, 2006, Source: AlterNet
As the U.S. media distorts the aftermath of the July 2 election, evidence suggests there may be an attempted theft in progress.
Posted on Aug 2, 2006, Source: AlterNet
With 2.5 million votes still to be counted, American news outlets have already declared victory for Mexico's conservative presidential candidate.
Posted on Jul 5, 2006, Source: AlterNet
In an emotional election too close to call, the two leading candidates are each declaring confidence in their victory.
Posted on Jul 3, 2006, Source: AlterNet
The next president of Mexico could be a left populist who puts the needs of ordinary Mexicans ahead of international corporate investors -- if the U.S. refrains from meddling.
Posted on Apr 13, 2006, Source: AlterNet
Wal-Mart's Walton family now has 771,287 times more money than the median U.S. household. What gives?
Posted on Oct 24, 2005, Source: AlterNet
The case for abolishing the federal estate tax is a sham, deflated by Congress' own research and investigative reporting.
Posted on Sep 15, 2005, Source: AlterNet
Instead of taking steps that would strengthen our democracy, we're heading backward to the wealth inequalities of a century ago.
Posted on Feb 3, 2003, Source: The Nation
Read an open letter from one of the organizers of the successful battle to preserve the estate tax.
Posted on Jun 13, 2002, Source: United for a Fair Economy
