Chuck Collins, AlterNet. October 5, 2009. 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.
Robert L. Borosage, Huffington Post AlterNet: Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace. April 15, 2009. "The wealthiest few captured ever more of the nation's income while successfully lowering their tax rates."
Chuck Collins, Sam Pizzigati, AlterNet. April 15, 2009. 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?
Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. June 12, 2008. Yes, the administration lied repeatedly to get us into Iraq, but what about the spin campaign around the estate tax?
Matt Taibbi, RollingStone.com. February 20, 2007. While America obsessed about Brittany's shaved head, Bush offered a budget that offers $32.7 billion in tax cuts to the Wal-Mart family alone, while cutting $28 billion from Medicaid.
