Pluralistic: Retiring the US debt would retire the US dollar (21 Oct 2024)

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Retiring the US debt would retire the US dollar: We don't tax billionaires to fight the national debt. We tax billionaires to fight BILLIONAIRES.
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Pluralistic: Sphinxmumps Linkdump (15 Jun 2024)

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Sphinxmumps Linkdump: My weekly declaration of link bankruptcy.
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Pluralistic: Washington State's capital gains tax proves we can have nice things (03 June 2023)

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Washington State's capital gains tax proves we can have nice things: We just need to tax the rich.
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Pluralistic: How Goldman Sachs's "tax-loss harvesting" lets the ultra-rich rake in billions tax-free (24 Apr 2023)

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How Goldman Sachs's "tax-loss harvesting" lets the ultra-rich rake in billions tax-free: "Generating a tax loss without a substantial change in the investment."
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Pluralistic: Here are just two of the corporate giveaways hidden in the rushed, must-pass, end-of-year budget bill (22 Dec 2022)

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Here are just two of the corporate giveaways hidden in the rushed, must-pass, end-of-year budget bill: Crashing airplanes and starving old people.
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Pluralistic: 07 Jul 2022

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Countervailing power: Finding the hairball's loose ends.
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Pluralistic: 13 Apr 2022

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America's 400 top earners pay less tax than you: Propublica continues to mine the IRS Files.
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