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Sarah Saadoun @sarahsaadoun.bsky.social · Aug 20

Watching states negotiate the first-ever UN tax treaty was a window into geopolitical shifts - and a ray of hope for changing tax rules that deprive all governments of revenues for the benefit of the wealthiest: new from
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Progress on the Road to a UN Tax Treaty

Over the past two weeks, United Nations member countries started substantive negotiations for the first-ever UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation; a historic process that reflects ...

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Matt McConnell @mattcconnell.bsky.social · Aug 5

Had a great chat with @rosiebultman.bsky.social of KCSB and my @hrw.org colleague @sarahsaadoun.bsky.social about the Trump admin's terrible budget bill and how it will make ordinary people pay for tax cuts for the rich with their health

Take a listen 👇

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The Global Impact of Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill

Podcast Episode · The People’s Program · 07/24/2025 · 24m

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Sarah Saadoun @sarahsaadoun.bsky.social · Aug 5

Pleasure to join @rosiebultman.bsky.social on The People’s Program with my @hrw.org colleague @mattcconnell.bsky.social to talk about how Trump used the budget bill to kill a global rule meant to finally make companies pay a minimum tax rate on their profits. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

The Global Impact of Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill

Podcast Episode · The People’s Program · 07/24/2025 · 24m

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The Grifter Report @thegrifterreport.bsky.social · Jul 7

Trump’s budget doesn’t just attack inequality at home, it’s a global giveaway to corporate giants, sabotaging efforts to make billionaires and multinationals pay their fair share. While the world fights for tax justice, this administration rigs the system even further

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How Trump Weaponized the US Budget Bill Overseas

The Trump administration has weaponized its bill to benefit the wealthiest US corporations by undermining global efforts to tax businesses fairly.

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Andrew Stroehlein @andrewstroehlein.bsky.social · Jul 2

Trump's budget-busting bill...

Sure, it adds trillions to the national debt, but it transfers funds away from the poor, who already have too much money, to the rich, who desperately need money.

Can't see anything wrong there.
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US: Budget Would Benefit Wealthiest at Expense of Rights

The budget reconciliation bill passed by the United States Senate today would extend tax cuts that disproportionately benefit the country’s wealthiest families while reducing spending on health and ot...

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Sarah Saadoun @sarahsaadoun.bsky.social · Jul 3

Trump’s budget not only transfers public goods to private pockets in the US, he weaponised the process to let US companies keep ripping off the govts where they operate, hurting their ability to fund health, education & other rights www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...

How Trump Weaponized the US Budget Bill Overseas

The Trump administration has weaponized its bill to benefit the wealthiest US corporations by undermining global efforts to tax businesses fairly.

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Sarah Saadoun @sarahsaadoun.bsky.social · Jul 1

“It’s appalling that President Trump ran on a campaign to fix the economy but is delivering a budget that makes ordinary people pay with their health for tax breaks for millionaires” @mattcconnell.bsky.social @hrw.org on the catastrophe of a budget the senate just passed www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...

US: Budget Would Benefit Wealthiest at Expense of Rights

The budget reconciliation bill passed by the United States Senate today would extend tax cuts that disproportionately benefit the country’s wealthiest families while reducing spending on health and ot...

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Grant W. Turner @grantwturner.bsky.social · Jul 1

This is on top of the $79 trillion in upward redistribution since 1975, as per Carter C. Price's latest assessment in their Rand Corporation report
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@randeurope.org #econsky #polisky #history

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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · Jun 30

US Senators are currently debating the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" to advance President Trump’s agenda.

This bill is not a solution to economic inequality or for managing immigration procedures – it is a blueprint for cruelty.

✍️ Urge Congress to stop the bill NOW:
www.hrw.org/NotOnOurWatch

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Sarah Saadoun @sarahsaadoun.bsky.social · Jun 29

From Kenyans protesting regressive taxes to US budgets fights over tax cuts for the rich, one thing is clear: tax policies are central to human rights. A new database from @hrw.org shows UN human rights bodies made 168 tax-related recommendations to 98 states. www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...

Human Rights Treaty Bodies and Tax

This brief is based on an extensive analysis of how human rights treaty bodies have engaged with individual states’ approaches to tax policy issues.

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Brendan Duke @brendanvduke.bsky.social · Jun 28

NEW: The Senate version of One Big Beautiful Bill is one big ugly transfer of wealth from low-income families to the rich.

Americans struggling to get by will pay more for groceries & health care so the highest income families can get big tax cuts. This isn’t shared sacrifice.

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Bassam Khawaja @khawaja.bsky.social · Jun 27

The United Nations conference on financing for development should help pave the way for meaningful progress on improving international tax cooperation to benefit everyone’s human rights: www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...

UN Financing Development Meeting Should Advance Tax Justice

The United Nations conference on financing for development should help pave the way for meaningful progress on improving international tax cooperation to benefit everyone’s human rights.

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Sarah Lueck @sarahl202.bsky.social · Jun 26

The reconciliation bill puts health benefits for tipped workers at risk. ⬇️

Gideon Lukens @gidlukens.bsky.social · Jun 26

The White House is touting tax benefits for tipped workers in the reconciliation bill, but 2 million tipped workers could be among those at risk of losing health coverage because of the #Medicaid and #ACA marketplace cuts in the bill. (1/3) www.nbcwashington.com/news/busines...

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Sarah Saadoun @sarahsaadoun.bsky.social · Jun 26

10,000 people are coming to Sevilla in a scorching heatwave to discuss financing for development. You know what would make the conference super cool? Advancing tax justice. 😎 New from @hrw.org
on #FFD4Sevilla: www.hrw.org/news/2025/06...

UN Financing Development Meeting Should Advance Tax Justice

The United Nations conference on financing for development should help pave the way for meaningful progress on improving international tax cooperation to benefit everyone’s human rights.

www.hrw.org

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Sarah Saadoun @sarahsaadoun.bsky.social · Jun 25

Protestors in #Kenya commemorating one year anniversary since protests against a regressive tax bill once again met with horrific violence, killing at least 8 people. Here’s @hrw analysis of why the tax bill violates human rights: www.hrw.org/news/2024/07...

Kenya/IMF: Align Economic Reform with Rights

The Kenyan government and International Monetary Fund should work together to ensure that the IMF program and its implementation align with human rights.

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Kartik Raj @kartikraj.bsky.social · Jun 21

Dispatch for @hrw.org on the draft bill on social security in the UK.

The proposed benefit cuts will harm people with disabilities, worsen poverty, and undermine rights.

The government says the bill “will protect the most vulnerable.” Its own data belie that claim.

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Disability rights activists march in London against social security cuts as the UK’s Chancellor Rachel Reeves presents her “Spring Statement” or mini-budget, March 26, 2025. © 2025 Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock

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Sarah Saadoun @sarahsaadoun.bsky.social · Jun 13

This is a big win in the fight for labor rights of gig workers. If you want to get a sense of why this is so important, read Lena's fantastic report on gig workers in Texas: www.hrw.org/report/2025/...

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Sarah Saadoun @sarahsaadoun.bsky.social · Jun 12

Exactly what the US needed: more inequality. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/u...

Rich Gain and Poor Lose in Republican Policy Bill, Budget Office Finds

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Sarah Saadoun @sarahsaadoun.bsky.social · Jun 9

Gene Leon, president of a development bank, making the case for going beyond GDP, among other proposals for making the 4th Financing for Development conference a success www.diplomaticourier.com/posts/ffd4-c...

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Sarah Saadoun @sarahsaadoun.bsky.social · Jun 9

Gene Leon, president of a development bank, making the case for going beyond GDP, among other proposals for making the 4th Financing for Development conference a success www.diplomaticourier.com/posts/ffd4-c...

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Sarah Saadoun @sarahsaadoun.bsky.social · Jun 9

Gene Leon, president of a development bank, making the case for going beyond GDP, among other proposals for making the 4th Financing for Development conference a success www.diplomaticourier.com/posts/ffd4-c...

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · Jun 4

Cost estimate of the House-passed "Big Beautiful Bill" is out

It'd be the largest cut to Medicaid+CHIP and SNAP in history while still increasing deficits by $2.4 trillion due to $3.8 trillion in tax cuts

This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history

chip and medicaid cuts growing to 12-14% by 2034

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Nathan Becker @netbacker.bsky.social · May 15

How did we get here? Decades of economic myths.
We treat the federal budget like a household’s—obsessed with deficits, ignoring that a monetarily sovereign government like the U.S. can’t “run out of money.”
We cut public support, enrich the wealthy, and then ask why inequality explodes.
#EconSky

Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · May 15

60% of American households can’t afford a minimal quality of life.

Meanwhile, the 19 richest households saw their wealth increase by $1 trillion in 2024 — the biggest one-year increase ever.

Our problem isn't a lack of resources.

Our problem is ever-expanding inequality.

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Sarah Saadoun @sarahsaadoun.bsky.social · May 12

5/ new EU regs on banning forced labor www.hrw.org/news/2025/04... with Q&A www.hrw.org/news/2025/04...

And one more...Why we need an int'l obligation for free pre-primary education www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...

Q&A: European Union Forced Labor Regulation

The European Union’s forced labor regulation (FLR) is new legislation that prohibits products made with forced labor from being sold in the EU market. The FLR entered into force on December 14, 2024, ...

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Sarah Saadoun @sarahsaadoun.bsky.social · May 12

4/ Top African rights court considers states' obligations & holdings companies acountable for climate change www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...

On labor rights
Rights of street vendors www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...

Women in Afghanistan fighting for their right to work
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