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Jan D.Weir @jandweir.bsky.social · 23h

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Jan D.Weir @jandweir.bsky.social · 5d

CEO and executive pay are a main cause of today’s income inequality.
Raising income taxes on the rich would tax CEOs and executives. See: How the American Billionaires Got Their Power janweirlaw.medium.com/how-the-amer...

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Jan D.Weir @jandweir.bsky.social · 5d

A recent study shows in the case of the United States, CEOs of publicly listed companies earn 269 times more than the average full-time worker. People thought CEOs only earned 18 times as much, and they would prefer it to be just 5 times. melbourneinstitute.unimelb.edu.au/publications...

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Jan D.Weir @jandweir.bsky.social · 9d

“The three hundred largest yachts in the world emit as much carbon dioxide as the ten million inhabitants of Burundi.” —from Burned by Billionaires
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oc...

Boom time for US billionaires: why the system perpetuates wealth inequality

As the super rich grow even richer, inequality expert Chuck Collins says the system is broken – but it can be fixed

www.theguardian.com

Jan D.Weir @jandweir.bsky.social · 24d

Today’s Tax Justice podcast explains how a conservative Catholic organization helps to fund the conservative movement including Trump from an investigation into the failed Spanish bank Banco Popular. podcasts.taxjustice.net/production/t...

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Jan D.Weir @jandweir.bsky.social · Sep 19

My presentation today at 5:30 PM EST: Your Salary Has Been Stolen Here How
Explains how most workers’ salaries could be doubled from the amount spent on buyback alone without putting up product price.
Go to: mediumday.com

Jan D.Weir @jandweir.bsky.social · Sep 16

There are completely indefensible tax breaks for the rich.

They likely endure simply because the public is not fully aware of them:
medium.com/@janweirlaw/...

Jan D.Weir @jandweir.bsky.social · Sep 7

Bill Pulte’s parents claimed 2 primary residences:
www.reuters.com/world/us/bil...
This follows on the revelation that three Trump cabinet members did the same: www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/2...

Jan D.Weir @jandweir.bsky.social · Sep 3

Trump quietly hurts the workers who put their faith in him.

He lets job killing private equity raise money from employer-employee pension plans.

The strategy works: The more he hurts them in these undetected ways, the more they commit to him..

janweirlaw.medium.com/trump-just-g...

Jan D.Weir @jandweir.bsky.social · Aug 27

A new study by the Institute for Policy Studies finds CEO pay at firms that pay their workers the lowest escalated to over 600 times median worker pay: ips-dc.org/report-execu...

For more on this: medium.com/age-of-aware...

Jan D.Weir @jandweir.bsky.social · Aug 21

Hedge funds and private equity do not make their huge profits by management skill but by slashing jobs and looting worker pensions

Absurdly, their predatory tactics against workers are largely funded by federal pension funds

Series begins here:
janweirlaw.medium.com/the-new-mark...

Jan D.Weir @jandweir.bsky.social · Aug 17

Hedge funds and private equity make their profits by looting workers pensions not superior marketing skills

Absurdly, pension funds are their biggest source of investment

Their predatory tactics are a major mechanism for the upward transfer of wealth janweirlaw.medium.com/hedge-funds-...

Hedge Funds and Private Equity: The Hottest Game in Town

“One of the most ruthless, predatory industries in America, private equity, now controls 1 in 5 U.S. companies. These firms buy up…

janweirlaw.medium.com

Jan D.Weir @jandweir.bsky.social · Aug 14

A Progressive Agenda for the US Economy
open.substack.com/pub/markorto...

A Progressive Agenda for the US Economy

undoing the last fifty years of rule by the rich and corporations

open.substack.com

Jan D.Weir @jandweir.bsky.social · Aug 7

Less than five years after urging rioters to "kill" police at the Capitol, a former Jan. 6 defendant is working as a senior adviser for the Department of Justice:
www.npr.org/2025/08/07/n...

Jan D.Weir @jandweir.bsky.social · Aug 5

How tax evasion is easier and more convenient than ever for the truly rich: janweirlaw.medium.com/the-us-the-n...

Jan D.Weir @jandweir.bsky.social · Aug 4

15 years ago Robert Reich made this accurate prediction on Stephen Colbert: open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

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Unrig Our Economy @unrigoureconomy.bsky.social · Jul 31

Groceries are still expensive — and Republicans in Congress hope you won’t notice who’s responsible.

So we built something they can’t ignore:

🚨A brand-new price tracker that exposes how GOP policies are fueling the rise in food costs.

Check out Don’t Inflate Our Plates:
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · Aug 2

andrew chen of 3sixteen explaining why you may not feel the tariffs yet

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Jan D.Weir @jandweir.bsky.social · Aug 2

New report shows how private equity harms 401k investments
ourfinancialsecurity.org/reports-publ...

It’s actually worse. Workers are invited to invest in private equity firms that loot worker pensions janweirlaw.medium.com/looting-work...

Jan D.Weir @jandweir.bsky.social · Aug 1

Thom Hartmann: “The horrible jobs report just released hours ago highlights not only how bad things were in July, but they had to “revise downward by 285,000 jobs” previous reports; it looks like Trump’s people have been cooking the books”. hartmannreport.com/p/the-coming...

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Jan D.Weir @jandweir.bsky.social · Jul 31

An excellent explanation of how the Genius Act increases the dangers in stable coins:
scheerpost.com/2025/07/30/e... via @Scheer_Post

Ellen Brown: The GENIUS Act and the National Bank Acts of 1863-64: Taking a Cue from Lincoln

Designed to regulate stablecoins, a category of cryptocurrency designed to maintain a stable value, the Act is highly controversial.

scheerpost.com

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Jan D.Weir @jandweir.bsky.social · Jul 30

owing to China,Trump blocked Taiwan president from visiting US, : www.newsweek.com/taiwan-presi...

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Jan D.Weir @jandweir.bsky.social · Jul 29

When a whistleblower discloses how government regulators ignore illegal activity by the rich and powerful, the whistleblower is severely punished

The most important whistleblower of our era that you’ve probably never heard of:
janweirlaw.medium.com/42daa74eb554

Jan D.Weir @jandweir.bsky.social · Jul 21

Trump is helping his billionaire buddies accumulate even more billions by little recognized but significant ways that get no attention in the billionaire owned media:

janweirlaw.medium.com/how-trump-is...

Jan D.Weir @jandweir.bsky.social · Jul 4