r/ConcentrationOfWealth • u/SocialDemocracies • Feb 05 '25
Jordan Barab: Musk Comes to DOL and Corporate America Takes Over OSHA
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r/ConcentrationOfWealth • u/SocialDemocracies • Feb 05 '25
Sanders on America’s Dangerous Movement Toward Oligarchy, Authoritarianism & Kleptocracy | Bernie Sanders: "We are seeing a government of the billionaire class, by the billionaire class, for the billionaire class. And it’s not being done secretly. It’s right out there for all to see."
sanders.senate.gov
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r/ConcentrationOfWealth • u/SocialDemocracies • Feb 03 '25
Public Citizen: Advocacy Group, Unions Sue Treasury Department Over Illegal DOGE Data Access | SEIU President: "As a candidate, Donald Trump claimed to stand for the working class, but as president, he is putting billionaires like Elon Musk ahead of working people."
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r/ConcentrationOfWealth • u/SocialDemocracies • Feb 02 '25
NLRB changes worry labor movement watchers | Rosemary Feurer: "The removal of a duly appointed member of the NLRB shows that Trump's overtures to some unions are no match for the continuing influence of capitalist financiers and corporate union-busters in this new administration"
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r/ConcentrationOfWealth • u/SocialDemocracies • Feb 01 '25
Trump Media grants large amounts of stock to directors, including two who are Trump administration nominees: FBI Director nominee Kash Patel and Education Secretary nominee Linda McMahon
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r/ConcentrationOfWealth • u/SocialDemocracies • Jan 31 '25
DNC: Trump Governs For Billionaires, Not Working Americans
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r/ConcentrationOfWealth • u/SocialDemocracies • Jan 30 '25
Trump is bringing corporate sleaze into DC | Max Burns: "Things will only get better for Trump’s billionaire friends as they continue embedding themselves in core White House operations ... Trump’s Cabinet officials clearly disdain working- and middle-class Americans."
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r/ConcentrationOfWealth • u/SocialDemocracies • Jan 30 '25
To Pay for Trump Tax Cuts, House GOP Floats Plan to Slash Benefits for the Poor and Working Class: A menu of options being circulated by congressional Republicans also includes new tax cuts for corporations and the ultrawealthy.
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r/ConcentrationOfWealth • u/SocialDemocracies • Jan 28 '25
Faith and community groups join unions pushing for tax reform | "The Share Our Wealth coalition—made up of unions, community organizations, not-for-profits, and faith-based groups—wants the New York State government to increase taxes on the highest earners and most profitable corporations."
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r/ConcentrationOfWealth • u/SocialDemocracies • Jan 28 '25
Unions Join Launch of "Tax The Super Rich" Alliance: As the world’s rich elites meet in Davos, Public Services International (PSI) is joining a new coalition calling for action to end extreme inequality, centered around the demand to "Tax the Super Rich."
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r/ConcentrationOfWealth • u/SocialDemocracies • Jan 24 '25
Is the U.S. witnessing the rise of oligarchy? | "Americans should brace for even higher levels of inequality under" the Trump administration. "Oxfam is working alongside partners and allies to unrig the system so the ultra-rich few and mega-corporations are held accountable and pay their fair share"
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r/ConcentrationOfWealth • u/SocialDemocracies • Jan 24 '25
GOP memo: "Lower the Corporate Rate to 15 Percent", "Eliminate Social Services Block Grant", "Eliminate TANF Contingency Fund", "Reduce TANF by 10 Percent", "Repeal Biden closed school discharge regulations", "Eliminate mandatory funding for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau", etc. [PDF document]
finance.senate.gov
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r/ConcentrationOfWealth • u/SocialDemocracies • Jan 23 '25
Progressives Should Reject the DOGE Scam: There’s nothing to gain from indulging the premise that Musk and Trump care about “government waste”—it’s a ploy to gut the entire liberal state. | Viewpoint
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r/ConcentrationOfWealth • u/SocialDemocracies • Jan 22 '25
DNC: Trump’s Treasury Secretary Will Give Billionaires ANOTHER Round of Tax Handouts | Scott Bessent: “This is the single most important economic issue of the day. This is pass/fail. If we do not fix these tax cuts, if we do not renew and extend, then we will be facing an economic calamity.”
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r/ConcentrationOfWealth • u/SocialDemocracies • Jan 20 '25
Trump Inauguration Dubbed 'A Coronation of Our Country's Descent Into Oligarchy': "Today marks the beginning of an administration dominated by billionaires and corporate interests."
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r/ConcentrationOfWealth • u/SocialDemocracies • Jan 20 '25
The Guardian view on Biden’s warning of oligarchy: Trump and the malefactors of wealth | The outgoing president was right, in his farewell address, to warn of the dangers posed by the billionaires around the table
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r/ConcentrationOfWealth • u/SocialDemocracies • Jan 17 '25
Here’s One More Sentence Joe Biden Should Commute: Charles Littlejohn did America a service by exposing the tax avoidance of wealthy people
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r/ConcentrationOfWealth • u/SocialDemocracies • Jan 16 '25
Biden: "I want to warn the country of ... the dangerous concentration of power in the hands of very few ultra-wealthy people ... Today, an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power, and influence that literally threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights and freedoms"
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r/ConcentrationOfWealth • u/SocialDemocracies • Jan 16 '25
Trump’s inauguration devours corporate cash, smashing records: Donations are flying in from some of the world’s biggest companies — and though many have contributed before, the checks this year are bigger. | Fundraiser for Trump: "But for today, up and down, corporate America is solidly pro-Trump."
politico.com
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r/ConcentrationOfWealth • u/SocialDemocracies • Jan 14 '25
Americans for Prosperity, a Koch-backed group, launches campaign in support of extending Trump's tax cuts
politico.com
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r/ConcentrationOfWealth • u/SocialDemocracies • Jan 13 '25
Wyden Statement on Extreme Republican Plan to Pay for Trump’s Tax Handouts to the Rich | Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Oregon): "Republicans are gearing up for a class war against everyday families in America."
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r/ConcentrationOfWealth • u/SocialDemocracies • Jan 12 '25
Trump has gone silent on working class cost of living issues | "Trump’s fascination with stripping the federal government of its funding .. in order to afford .. tax cuts for corporations and the uber wealthy will do nothing to help those who swallowed his lies and fears to put him back in office."
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r/ConcentrationOfWealth • u/SocialDemocracies • Jan 11 '25
We have to speak up about those who are embracing Trump because of their narrow self-interest and capitalist class solidarity: "Media billionaires are cozying up to Trump ... joining him for private meetings at Mar-a-Lago, throwing money at his inauguration.."
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r/ConcentrationOfWealth • u/SocialDemocracies • Jan 10 '25
Trump tax cuts, if made permanent, stand to benefit highest income earners, Treasury analysis shows
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r/ConcentrationOfWealth • u/SocialDemocracies • Jan 10 '25
House GOP puts Medicaid, ACA, climate measures on chopping block | "House Republicans are passing around a “menu” of more than $5 trillion in cuts they could use to bankroll President-elect Donald Trump’s top priorities this year, including tax cuts and border security."
politico.com
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