In response to the Senate advancing sweeping tax cuts that benefit the ultra-wealthy, Tax the Greedy Billionaires Campaign Director Igor Volsky issued the following statement: “Once again, the Senate is doing what it does best—serving the ultra-rich while leaving working people behind. This bill isn’t tax reform—it’s a billionaire tax shelter, written by billionaires for billionaires.”
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MUST READ: “The Trump-Musk Feud Exposes America’s Wealth-Hoarding Crisis”
Today, in a new op-ed for “The Guardian,” Gabriel Zucman laid out how the Trump-Musk fight is more than a bad breakup — it’s the embodiment of how unprecedented wealth concentration has eroded our democracy and public institutions. Musk, the world’s richest man, has more power than any one person should have.
STATEMENT: Trump-Musk Feud Highlights Dangers of Billionaire Capture of Government
The relationship between President Trump and Elon Musk has soured, and their public feud has all eyes focused on the battle of billionaire egos. This fight is a symptom of a deeper problem: Billionaires like Musk have amassed so much wealth that they can distort our politics, economy, and public discourse to benefit themselves.
MUST READ: “America has a Billionaire Problem — We Need a Wealth Tax to Fix It”
Today, in an op-ed in “The Hill,” Alan Davis highlighted how the “experiment in billionaire governance” we are currently living through underscores the consequences of our broken tax system. In the piece, Davis lays out how a new wealth tax proposal, coined “Five and Dime,” can combat the excessive wealth concentration corroding our democracy.
ICYMI: New Video Highlights House Democrats Efforts to Tax the Ultra-Wealthy
Ahead of yesterday’s House vote on the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill,” Tax the Greedy Billionaires released a new video highlighting how House Republicans voted against a range of amendments introduced by House Democrats that would block tax cuts to multi-millionaires and billionaires.
As GOP Pushes ahead with Plan to Cut Social Programs to Fund Tax Giveaway for the Wealthy, Progressive Groups Highlight a Popular Alternative
As Congressional Republicans prepare to advance their tax bill, Tax the Greedy Billionaires (TGB) and Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF) released a memo highlighting how a millionaire surtax would allow Congress to protect middle-class and low-income Americans from cuts to key social programs, while extending tax cuts for millions of hardworking low- and middle-income households.
ICYMI: Democrats Increasingly Bullish on Breaking Up Dangerous Wealth Concentration by Taxing Ultra-Wealthy
Today, Politico’s Bernie Becker highlighted how Democrats are taking a bolder position to combat unprecedented wealth inequality, which they see as a critical threat to the U.S. economy and our democracy at large.
ICYMI: Trump Fires Democratic FTC Commissioners Currently Investigating His Billionaire Allies & Their Companies
President Donald Trump continues his assault of regulatory independence by firing two Democratic Federal Trade Commissioners.
ICYMI: 90 Organizations Urge Congress to “Tax the Greedy Billionaires” Instead of Cutting Critical Programs
This morning as the House prepares to vote for a budget resolution that guts critical programs in order to fund tax breaks for the ultra-rich, progressive lawmakers joined representatives from a coalition of 90 organizations, including People’s Action, MoveOn, and Indivisible, to deliver a clear and bold message to Congress: Don’t slash programs that working families depend on—tax the greedy billionaires now.
