When Republicans took control of the House in January 2023, their first order of business was a bill was to cut additional IRS funding from the Inflation […]
Tag: billionaires
Elon Musk’s new toy
For Christmas one year, my folks got my kid brother a tank. This thing could roll across the floor, the turret turned and it made battle sounds. […]
Elon Musk is not the populist he pretends to be
by Isaac Lozano In the latest chronicles of Big Tech’s most contentious tycoon — Elon Musk, chief executive of Tesla, founder of SpaceX and self-described “free speech […]
Discussing inflation? Don’t forget greed
“Companies are paying higher wages, spending more for materials and absorbing record freight costs, pushing up economic inflation gauges. They are also reporting some of their best […]
A billionaires tax is a necessity
by Michael Hiltzik After years of largely theoretical discussion among Democrats, the idea of a billionaires tax has now become official policy. Kudos to President Joe Biden […]
Can we get a little less gung-ho in coverage of rich guys in space?
by David Zurawik I was already tired of the gee-whiz coverage of Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos going into space before Branson actually went there last Sunday […]
Don’t let the rich avoid taxes. Strengthen the IRS
by Chuck Collins and Omar Ocampo The Internal Revenue Service is the branch of government Americans most love to hate. Yet strengthening the much-maligned IRS may hold […]
