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Government leaders, executives, and heads of state are in Davos for the annual World Economic Forum, which purports to be a discussion place for the world's biggest challenges.
But they're missing the most important one: extreme wealth inequality.
www.theguardian.com/global/2026/...
But they're missing the most important one: extreme wealth inequality.
www.theguardian.com/global/2026/...
In Davos, the rich talk about ‘global threats’. Here’s why they’re silent about the biggest of them all | Ingrid Robeyns
Economic inequality is at the heart of all humanity’s major problems, but the wealthiest refuse to confront a system that benefits them, says economist and historian Ingrid Robeyns
www.theguardian.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Government leaders, executives, and heads of state are in Davos for the annual World Economic Forum, which purports to be a discussion place for the world's biggest challenges.
But they're missing the most important one: extreme wealth inequality.
www.theguardian.com/global/2026/...
But they're missing the most important one: extreme wealth inequality.
www.theguardian.com/global/2026/...
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And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 AM
And we knew this. This wasn't speculation. We studied it, we had the talking points. We trained volunteers to explain this to people. It's not a surprise. Rich people don't flee places with good quality of life when we increase the quality of life. They might try to cheat us, but they don't leave.
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
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yeah they call 'em "spitters" :D
That's the cool part about being a fruit nerd that nobody tells you about. You love fruit so much, you wind up spending your life eating all the GODAWFUL ones so nobody else has to
That's the cool part about being a fruit nerd that nobody tells you about. You love fruit so much, you wind up spending your life eating all the GODAWFUL ones so nobody else has to
There's a WSU professor running around finding heirloom trees that were planted along old farm fence lines 100 years ago and whatnot. It sounds like pretty cool work but I had the privilege of biting into one once and holy crap was it awful. Supposedly it's good for cider.
November 7, 2025 at 8:44 PM
yeah they call 'em "spitters" :D
That's the cool part about being a fruit nerd that nobody tells you about. You love fruit so much, you wind up spending your life eating all the GODAWFUL ones so nobody else has to
That's the cool part about being a fruit nerd that nobody tells you about. You love fruit so much, you wind up spending your life eating all the GODAWFUL ones so nobody else has to
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It's time for the wealthy to ask themselves: Do they want to be rich people in a poor country?
Or do they want to be rich in a country with great healthcare, education, and infrastructure where everyone has economic security and the opportunity to thrive?
If it's the latter, they should join us!
Or do they want to be rich in a country with great healthcare, education, and infrastructure where everyone has economic security and the opportunity to thrive?
If it's the latter, they should join us!
We're not any more altruistic than the next person. We want less inequality because we know our families will be better off in a society with less inequality.
We're greedy for a different kind of country—one where all people have the ability to thrive, succeed, and have their voices heard.
We're greedy for a different kind of country—one where all people have the ability to thrive, succeed, and have their voices heard.
October 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
It's time for the wealthy to ask themselves: Do they want to be rich people in a poor country?
Or do they want to be rich in a country with great healthcare, education, and infrastructure where everyone has economic security and the opportunity to thrive?
If it's the latter, they should join us!
Or do they want to be rich in a country with great healthcare, education, and infrastructure where everyone has economic security and the opportunity to thrive?
If it's the latter, they should join us!
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C4TF’s Jared A. Walker & @silasxuereb.bsky.social in @canadiandimension.bsky.social on why a deficit shouldn’t be shouldered by workers and why the wealthy should foot the bill instead canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
A deficit paid by workers and a bailout for the wealthy
Canada’s deficit is projected to rise by $17 billion, yet ordinary Canadians face cuts to essential services while the ultra-wealthy and multinational corporations avoid billions in taxes. Closing loo...
canadiandimension.com
October 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
C4TF’s Jared A. Walker & @silasxuereb.bsky.social in @canadiandimension.bsky.social on why a deficit shouldn’t be shouldered by workers and why the wealthy should foot the bill instead canadiandimension.com/articles/vie...
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People like to claim the rich already pay too many taxes.
But the wealthiest 1% pay an effective rate of 23.6%
The average for working Canadians? 36.7%/
Check out the new inequality scorecard from our friends @oxfamcanada.bsky.social
www.oxfam.ca/publication/...
But the wealthiest 1% pay an effective rate of 23.6%
The average for working Canadians? 36.7%/
Check out the new inequality scorecard from our friends @oxfamcanada.bsky.social
www.oxfam.ca/publication/...
Oxfam Canada Inequality Scorecard 2025
Inequality in Canada is not inevitable. It's a choice. This scorecard cuts through the noise to examine where Canada truly stands on tackling inequality, from soaring costs of living and unchecked wea...
www.oxfam.ca
October 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
People like to claim the rich already pay too many taxes.
But the wealthiest 1% pay an effective rate of 23.6%
The average for working Canadians? 36.7%/
Check out the new inequality scorecard from our friends @oxfamcanada.bsky.social
www.oxfam.ca/publication/...
But the wealthiest 1% pay an effective rate of 23.6%
The average for working Canadians? 36.7%/
Check out the new inequality scorecard from our friends @oxfamcanada.bsky.social
www.oxfam.ca/publication/...
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"In 2024, billionaire wealth grew by $309 million daily, pushing the total wealth of Canada's 65 billionaires to nearly $500B – more than the combined GDP of many countries.... Fair taxation is one of the most powerful tools to tackle inequality."
"Budget 2025 is a chance to make bold, people centred choices. At the time of rising inequality, global conflict, and threats to human rights, Canada must choose fairness, dignity, and security for all."
Read our recommendations for the upcoming federal budget here 👉 www.oxfam.ca/story/buildi...
Read our recommendations for the upcoming federal budget here 👉 www.oxfam.ca/story/buildi...
Building a Canada that Works for Everyone: Oxfam Canada’s Recommendations for the Upcoming Federal Budget
As the federal government readies to table its next budget the stakes could not be higher. We are living through a time of profound uncertainly. Around the world, armed conflicts, climate disasters an...
www.oxfam.ca
October 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
"In 2024, billionaire wealth grew by $309 million daily, pushing the total wealth of Canada's 65 billionaires to nearly $500B – more than the combined GDP of many countries.... Fair taxation is one of the most powerful tools to tackle inequality."
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September 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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This kicks ass. Imagine walking around and seeing these up everywhere in shop windows. Imagine folks starting to question why some businesses have them and others don't. This is what building community wide defiance looks like. It's not everything, but it's something. And it's something you can do!
25 of the businesses said yes! It was great to talk to folks about what to do in the event of an ICE raid and give them a hotline to call if needed. It feels good to do something and talk to people.
@coin-indivisible.bsky.social @indivisible.org @leahgreenberg.bsky.social @ezralevin.bsky.social
@coin-indivisible.bsky.social @indivisible.org @leahgreenberg.bsky.social @ezralevin.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 1:19 AM
This kicks ass. Imagine walking around and seeing these up everywhere in shop windows. Imagine folks starting to question why some businesses have them and others don't. This is what building community wide defiance looks like. It's not everything, but it's something. And it's something you can do!
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"The richest, and the top one per cent in particular, have captured a significantly outsized proportion of economic growth,” — @silasxuereb.bsky.social with @c4tf.bsky.social
thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...
#BCLab #CanEcon
thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...
#BCLab #CanEcon
How Rich Canadians Got Even Richer | The Tyee
Canada’s income gap reached a record high this year. How did we get here?
thetyee.ca
August 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
"The richest, and the top one per cent in particular, have captured a significantly outsized proportion of economic growth,” — @silasxuereb.bsky.social with @c4tf.bsky.social
thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...
#BCLab #CanEcon
thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...
#BCLab #CanEcon
Yes! More of this, please! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Speed limit on Vancouver residential streets to be reduced to 30 km/h | CBC News
Vancouver city council has voted unanimously to reduce speed limits on residential streets from 50 to 30 kilometres per hour. Mayor Ken Sim says data shows slower speed limits make neighbourhoods safe...
www.cbc.ca
July 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Yes! More of this, please! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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A tax code is a communal expression of social priorities—not a set of rules to be gamed.
A tax code is a statement of moral principles.
Taxes got us into this mess, and taxes are the only way out: newrepublic.com/article/1961...
A tax code is a statement of moral principles.
Taxes got us into this mess, and taxes are the only way out: newrepublic.com/article/1961...
The Rich Should Be Paying More—and Yes, That Means Me
The last 50 years have been a sickening catastrophe for the working class and have created another class of people who really do think they’re better than everyone else. There is an obvious cure for t...
newrepublic.com
June 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A tax code is a communal expression of social priorities—not a set of rules to be gamed.
A tax code is a statement of moral principles.
Taxes got us into this mess, and taxes are the only way out: newrepublic.com/article/1961...
A tax code is a statement of moral principles.
Taxes got us into this mess, and taxes are the only way out: newrepublic.com/article/1961...
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"Canada urgently needs robust public investment in our physical and social infrastructure...We also need to reduce the extreme concentration of wealth at the top, which distorts democracy and frays our social fabric"
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
The Overwhelming Case for a Wealth Tax | The Tyee
Even a small tax on the richest could transform Canada.
thetyee.ca
June 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
"Canada urgently needs robust public investment in our physical and social infrastructure...We also need to reduce the extreme concentration of wealth at the top, which distorts democracy and frays our social fabric"
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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This is really bad, signed a historian of food safety
BREAKING: The FDA is planning to end most of its routine food safety inspections, according to CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-foo...
www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-foo...
FDA making plans to end its routine food safety inspections, sources say
Food safety inspections would be left to state and local authorities under the plan being developed by the FDA.
www.cbsnews.com
April 17, 2025 at 10:56 PM
This is really bad, signed a historian of food safety
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Well, here we go again… Looks like our Capital Gains Exclusion Explainer is relevant again—but not for the reason we’d hoped.
The measure is soon to be scrapped.
Still don’t know what it is (or why the wealthiest love it)? Get a refresher here:
shorturl.at/dN3ll
The measure is soon to be scrapped.
Still don’t know what it is (or why the wealthiest love it)? Get a refresher here:
shorturl.at/dN3ll
Explainer: What is the capital gains exclusion loophole?
WHAT IS A CAPITAL GAIN AND WHAT IS CAPITAL PROPERTY?
shorturl.at
March 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Well, here we go again… Looks like our Capital Gains Exclusion Explainer is relevant again—but not for the reason we’d hoped.
The measure is soon to be scrapped.
Still don’t know what it is (or why the wealthiest love it)? Get a refresher here:
shorturl.at/dN3ll
The measure is soon to be scrapped.
Still don’t know what it is (or why the wealthiest love it)? Get a refresher here:
shorturl.at/dN3ll
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Less than two months since Donald Trump took office, three of the world’s wealthiest men – Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and Elon Musk – have given what amounts to a free master class on why extreme wealth is so dangerous.
The Patriotic Millionaires explain in our latest Closer Look:
The Patriotic Millionaires explain in our latest Closer Look:
Pictures Shouldn't Be Worth a Trillion Dollars
patrioticmillionaires.org
March 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Less than two months since Donald Trump took office, three of the world’s wealthiest men – Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, and Elon Musk – have given what amounts to a free master class on why extreme wealth is so dangerous.
The Patriotic Millionaires explain in our latest Closer Look:
The Patriotic Millionaires explain in our latest Closer Look:
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The path to avoiding the worst of climate change runs through state senates and city councils, public utilities commissions and planning bodies, co-op boards and HOAs and PTAs and neighborhood associations. Remember the physics definition of power: it’s work over time.
November 7, 2024 at 12:54 PM
The path to avoiding the worst of climate change runs through state senates and city councils, public utilities commissions and planning bodies, co-op boards and HOAs and PTAs and neighborhood associations. Remember the physics definition of power: it’s work over time.
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Got a new piece up at the Guardian about how Democrats underestimated the opposition, overrated their own GOTV efforts, and ignored the year-round issue-based organizing that's needed – and that is changing minds and elections in the places where it is happening.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Democrats’ much-touted ‘ground game’ was a disaster. Here’s how to fix it
Cable ads and bussed-in volunteers don’t cut it any more. If the party wants to win, it must engage voters in a collective push for change
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Got a new piece up at the Guardian about how Democrats underestimated the opposition, overrated their own GOTV efforts, and ignored the year-round issue-based organizing that's needed – and that is changing minds and elections in the places where it is happening.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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Per @aoc.bsky.social and co., I'm here to celebrate echo chambers and preaching to the choir. Which sings back, beautifully. "The primary assumption behind the idea that we shouldn’t preach to the choir is that one’s proper audience is one’s enemies, not one’s allies." harpers.org/archive/2017...
Preaching to The Choir, by Rebecca Solnit
harpers.org
November 24, 2024 at 2:13 AM
Per @aoc.bsky.social and co., I'm here to celebrate echo chambers and preaching to the choir. Which sings back, beautifully. "The primary assumption behind the idea that we shouldn’t preach to the choir is that one’s proper audience is one’s enemies, not one’s allies." harpers.org/archive/2017...