Stories by Paul Buchheit

Paul Buchheit is a professor with City Colleges of Chicago, founder of fightingpoverty.org and co-founder of Global Initiative Chicago. He is the editor and main contributor to the forthcoming book, "American Wars: Illusions and Realities" (Clarity Press). subscribe to Paul Buchheit's feed

Apple, Walmart, McDonald's: Who's the Biggest Wage Stiffer?

Posted on: Jul 28, 2013, Source: AlterNet

All three companies pay the majority of their employees poverty-level wages.

5 Reasons It's Just Absurd That America Doesn't Tax Wall St's Transactions

Posted on: Jul 22, 2013, Source: AlterNet

The financial speculation industry has devastated middle-class wealth -- and there's a simple way to curb its power.

5 Enemies of a Decent Middle Class Existence in the US

Posted on: Dec 9, 2012, Source: AlteNet

Conservatives and the wealthy have taught too many Americans to hate their own govt, and not the parasite industries destroying the middle class.

5 Things That Put America to Shame

Posted on: May 14, 2012, Source: Buzzflash at TruthOut

The golden door on the Statue of Liberty seems to have an invisible hand holding it shut.

How Come Ordinary People Need to Pay Sales Taxes but Wall Street Speculators Don't?

Posted on: Feb 23, 2011, Source: AlterNet

The tax would not only generate public funds, it would help guard against reckless speculation, and the financial industry could pay back America for their bailout.

Why You Should Feel Cheated, Deceived and Sickened by America's Stunning Inequality, Even If You're Doing Well

Posted on: Jan 10, 2011, Source: AlterNet

If middle- and upper-middle-class families had the same share of the economic pie as in 1980, they'd be making an average of $12,500 more per year.

4 Myths About Taxes, Debunked

Posted on: Nov 25, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Contrary to what the richest of the rich tell you, a little bit of wealth redistribution will greatly help America.

Unspinning the Right: the Rich Don't Really Bear Most of the Tax Burden

Posted on: Feb 6, 2009, Source: AlterNet

Based on the cold facts of statistics and percentages, the poor are paying a greater share of their incomes.

The Unspeakable Path to Balanced Budgets

Posted on: Mar 22, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Shhhhh ... It's politically incorrect to talk about raising corporate taxes.

'Democracy,' American Style

Posted on: Jan 10, 2008, Source: AlterNet

If this is democracy, why doesn't the average wage earner receive a fair share of America's productive economy?

How to Really Love Your Country: Five Objectives for True Patriots

Posted on: Dec 3, 2007, Source: AlterNet

A Top 5 list of criteria for a better America.

Taxing the Poor

Posted on: Nov 7, 2007, Source: AlterNet

The tax burden has shifted dramatically from wealth to work in the past twenty years.

"NBA Syndrome" Helps Fuel Spiralling Inequality

Posted on: Sep 10, 2007, Source: AlterNet

An exaggerated belief, especially among men, that they will be successful in competitive situations may be what's preventing an uprising among working Americans.

Who Should Pay for Infrastructure Repair: Fat-Cat Tax Cheats or Working Americans?

Posted on: Aug 14, 2007, Source: AlterNet

After years of letting the wealthy off the hook, some lawmakers are now turning to American workers to foot the bill for repairing the nation's frayed infrastructure.