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Rebecca Riddell

@rebeccariddell.bsky.social
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Human rights + economic justice. Associate Director at Oxfam America. Texan in Brooklyn. She/her and views my own.

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Rebecca Riddell @rebeccariddell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Latest US Fed wealth numbers show: 🔹richest 0.1% (and richest 1%) now have highest share of wealth on record since series began in 1989 🔹richest 1% now own more than bottom 90% of the US www.federalreserve.gov/releases/z1/...
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The Fed - Distribution: Distribution of Household Wealth in the U.S. since 1989
The Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington DC.
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Rebecca Riddell @rebeccariddell.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
How are elite interests shaping the extraction of critical minerals? What can we learn from Indigenous resistance? Check out this great piece from political economist Daphnae Picoli—part of our new series unpacking key G20 issues. 👉 www.equals.ink/p/washington...
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Rebecca Riddell @rebeccariddell.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Spent the morning with CNBC on background so we could be the first to offer zero congrats to the world's first trillionaire, Elon Musk. A dark day for democracy. Our full take here: www.oxfamamerica.org/press/soon-t...
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Oxfam America @oxfamamerica.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
“What the data shows is that we cannot have a conversation about the affordability crisis without talking about extreme inequality, and in particular the extreme inequality between CEO pay and worker pay” -Oxfam's Patricia Stottlemyer on the rapid rise of CEO pay
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Oxfam America @oxfamamerica.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Yes! Great to see the @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social continuing to lead the charge to #TaxtheRich in order to fund public services.   New York's richest billionaires gained $42.4 billion each last year. They can afford to pay their fair share in taxes. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Mamdani Pushes to Shrink NY Hedge Fund, Private Equity Tax Break
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is delaying the city’s $127 billion budget as he pressures the state to limit a tax credit used by hedge funds, private equity firms and other businesses.
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Rebecca Riddell @rebeccariddell.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
NEW: New York's 10 richest billionaires gained $42.4B in the last 12 months Our latest breaks down: 🔹Extraordinary recent gains at the top 🔹How the OBBBA gave a windfall to NY's 1% 🔹Why taxing the rich in NY can raise revenue without causing capital flight www.oxfamamerica.org/press/10-ric...
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10 richest New York billionaires gained $42 billion in the last year, as ordinary New Yorkers struggled with affordability
New Oxfam America brief shows how raising taxes on New York's ultra-rich could ease the harmful effects of President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
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Rebecca Riddell @rebeccariddell.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
You're invited to 'Inside the G20: What to Expect for the 2026 US Presidency.' Featuring: Nabil Ahmed, @oxfamamerica.bsky.social Cathy Feingold, @aflcio.org Fernanda Santiago, Former Advisor to Brazil's Finance Minister Moderated by @newamerica.org's Heela Rasool-Ayub Register👉 lnkd.in/eHZC2WXs
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Rebecca Riddell @rebeccariddell.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
You're invited to 'Inside the G20: What to Expect for the 2026 US Presidency.' Featuring: Nabil Ahmed, @oxfamamerica.bsky.social Cathy Feingold, @aflcio.org Fernanda Santiago, Former Advisor to Brazil's Finance Minister Moderated by @newamerica.org's Heela Rasool-Ayub Register👉 lnkd.in/eHZC2WXs
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Rebecca Riddell @rebeccariddell.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
A pleasure to speak with @cnn.com's Tami Luhby about: 📈rapidly rising billionaire wealth ⚖️the corrosive effects of extreme wealth on politics today 😱the likelihood of the world's first trillionaire by Davos next year Check out her great coverage of Oxfam's latest report. www.cnn.com/2026/01/18/e...
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Billionaires are 4,000 times more likely to hold public office | CNN Business
The richest people on the planet are far more likely to be in power politically than everyone else, Oxfam’s annual inequality report found.
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Rebecca Riddell @rebeccariddell.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
NEW: @oxfaminternational.bsky.social's global inequality report🌏 Billionaire wealth⬆️3x faster in '25 than previous years This year we dive deep on the link between economic & political inequality. Billionaires are 4000x more likely to hold office than you or me www.oxfamamerica.org/press/billio...
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Rebecca Riddell @rebeccariddell.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
A G20 for the billionaires? @oxfamamerica.bsky.social's latest on what's at stake as the US assumes the G20 presidency. Given Trump’s inequality agenda at home and globally, US leadership could rapidly undermine the group’s limited progress on critical issues. www.oxfamamerica.org/explore/rese...
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Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 04/12/2025
NEW📰: Democracy requires both an informed citizenry and a free press. But how do these ideals show up in public policy? Today, we have a paper out that looks at how media has become highly concentrated, commercialized, and drained of its public interest potential.
 Image of a newspaper stand. To the right, a quote from authors Bilal Baydoun, Victor Pickard, and Shahrzad Shams: "Market supremacy has shrunk both our understanding of what a civic information economy ought to provide in a democracy, and our imagination about how to better guarantee the public access to reliable, diverse information.”
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Rebecca Riddell @rebeccariddell.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
It's been quite a year! Really looking forward to being in conversation with @abbymaxman.bsky.social next week as she reflects on @oxfamamerica.bsky.social's work in 2025. Registration info👇
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Oxfam America @oxfamamerica.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
On December 9th, join Oxfam President and CEO @abbymaxman.bsky.social , for a reflection on 2025 and a look forward at what’s next for 2026. Our work is made possible with your support and we’d love to see you there as we continue to work towards a more equal world. oxfam.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Rebecca Riddell @rebeccariddell.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
As the US assumes the G20 presidency and attempts to unilaterally exclude South Africa, @oxfamamerica.bsky.social is calling on all other #G20 countries to refuse to participate until SA is invited. Our reaction here www.oxfamamerica.org/press/g20-co...
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G20 countries should oppose ‘geopolitical bullying’ and refuse to participate in US-led G20 until South Africa invited, says Oxfam
In response to the State Department’s announcement that the United States will not extend an invitation to the South African g
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Rebecca Riddell @rebeccariddell.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
There's a real risk the Trump administration tries to internationalize harmful, inequality-fueling economic policies via its G20 presidency. But other countries can cooperate to put people first, as the South Africa-led G20 shows. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/w...
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Rebecca Riddell @rebeccariddell.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Today is day 1 of the US G20 presidency The Trump admin takeover of the G20 website is...something g20.org It's going to be an interesting year
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Oxfam America @oxfamamerica.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Since President Trump took office, the ultra-wealthy and well-connected have made out like bandits, while the working class has faced relentless attacks.     @rebeccariddell.bsky.social on exploding inequality in Trump's gilded age—and the change that's needed.   www.newsweek.com/a-golden-age...
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A ‘Golden Age of America’? More Like Trump’s Gilded Age | Opinion  
The rights of some 900 U.S. billionaires do not take precedence over 340 million non-billionaires.
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Rebecca Riddell @rebeccariddell.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
What does Trump's promised 'Golden Age' look like? 1 in 2 kids living in a poor or low-income household and the 10 richest billionaires gaining $70 billion each in a year. My latest in @newsweek.com on spiraling US inequality & how this second Gilded Age can end. www.newsweek.com/a-golden-age...
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A ‘Golden Age of America’? More Like Trump’s Gilded Age | Opinion
The rights of some 900 U.S. billionaires do not take precedence over 340 million non-billionaires.
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Patriotic Millionaires @patrioticmillionaires.org · 06/11/2025
Private planes make up nearly 12% of all flights. And yet even with major air traffic control safety concerns, the DOT is planning to exclude them from its plan to order 10% cut in flights at 40 major U.S. airports. People who can afford to charter flights will be fine. Everyone else is screwed.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 05/11/2025
The wealth of the 10 richest Americans surged $698B in the past year. Trump’s tax handouts to billionaires and cuts to health care will only make inequality worse. We need an economy that works for everyone – not one that works for the 1% and hangs everyone else out to dry.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
The combined wealth of the 10 richest people in America jumped $698 billion over the past year. This figure was supercharged by Donald Trump’s tax giveaways to his fellow billionaires. www.thedailybeast.com/wealth-of-am...
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Wealth of America’s Richest Billionaires Rockets Under Trump
“The rise of a new American oligarchy” is underway, according to an Oxfam study.
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Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 03/11/2025
The US is in an inequality emergency. This is no accident. It’s the result of political choices that consistently favor the ultra-rich and powerful over workers and ordinary families. New report on how we loosen this grip, with a foreword from @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social
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Rebecca Riddell @rebeccariddell.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
NEW: @oxfamamerica.bsky.social's US inequality report🧵 10 richest Americans gained $698 billion in the past year. As tens of millions struggle to get by, Trump policies could drive US inequality to new extremes. We dive deep on how we got here, and the change needed. oxfamamerica.org/unequal
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Rebecca Riddell @rebeccariddell.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Journos: on Monday November 3 @oxfamamerica.bsky.social is releasing a new report on #inequality in the #USA. Contact me regarding interview requests or for an embargoed copy of the press release and report. Thanks!
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Rebecca Riddell @rebeccariddell.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
A pleasure to speak with @fastcompany.com's Kristin Toussaint about how big shareholder payouts are fueling inequality - and what we can do about it. www.fastcompany.com/91422684/sto...
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Sarah Saadoun @sarahsaadoun.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Today, @hrw.org released the 1st major report on tax, documenting how policies that favor the rich drove Sri Lanka into economic crisis & starved its public education system. UN tax treaty negotiations are historic chance to address a root cause. www.hrw.org/news/2025/10...
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Sri Lanka: Ruinous Tax Policies Stoke Inequality
Sri Lanka’s tax policies played a driving role in the country’s devastating 2022 economic crisis and have contributed to the chronic underfunding of education and other public services.
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Oxfam America @oxfamamerica.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Latina workers lose about $1.2 million over the course of a 40-year career due to the wage gap. This isn’t equity—it’s injustice. Latinas deserve fair pay now. #LatinaEqualPay
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Oxfam EU @oxfameu.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
‼️New Oxfam Tax Report: "A European Agenda to Tax the Super-Rich". 📆9 October. The report delves into wealth concentration in the EU, examines the different tax regimes that drive this, and presents a roadmap for taxing the super-rich. Write to eumedia@oxfam.org for an embargoed copy.
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Oxfam International Media Team @newsfromoxfam.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Oxfam mourns our partner colleague Tasneem (27), killed with her 2 young children in an Israeli airstrike in #Gaza. Partner clinics providing life-saving care have also been destroyed. Aid workers must never be targets. 👉🏾Full statement: oxf.am/gaza-partner... #NotATarget
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Rebecca Riddell @rebeccariddell.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
New poverty data just out affirms a shameful fact: The US is one of the most unequal rich countries in the world. Home to more billionaires than any other country, and 43.7 million ppl in poverty. Trump's agenda is set to make things worse. Our take👇 www.oxfamamerica.org/press/new-us...
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New US data shows 43.7 million people in poverty, with "President Trump's agenda set to further impoverish families and inflame inequality" — Oxfam
In response to the U.S. Census Bureau’s release of new data on poverty and incomes in 2024, Rebecca Riddell, Oxfam America’s E
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Oxfam America @oxfamamerica.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Looking for the best states to work in? These are the top 5 states for workers! Oxfam’s research has found these states all have the country’s strongest minimum wages, paid leave, fair schedules, and protected rights to organize. Did your state make the top 5?
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Rebecca Riddell @rebeccariddell.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Countries have started negotiating a new tax treaty The US? Not in the room Trump's unilateralism hurts ordinary people in the US and (no surprise) helps profitable corps & wealthy individuals who pay too little in tax My take from negotiations👇 politicsofpoverty.oxfamamerica.org/the-most-hop...
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The Most Hopeful Economic Story That’s Not in the News
A new tax treaty is a chance for needed change.
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Rebecca Riddell @rebeccariddell.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
'This is the price of oligarchy: a society that is sicker, hungrier, and poorer.' @oxfamamerica.bsky.social's @abbymaxman.bsky.social on the billionaire tax handouts Trump will sign into law today. A 'historic act of cruelty' with 'deadly' consequences. www.oxfamamerica.org/press/press-...
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President Trump’s tax bill ‘a historic act of cruelty’ that leaves ordinary people ‘sicker, hungrier, and poorer’ – Oxfam
In response to reports that President Trump will sign his regressive and harmful tax bill into law today, Oxfam America President and CEO Abby Maxman said:
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Viviana Santiago @vivianasantiago.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Foram dias intensos na 4ª Conferência de Financiamento para o Desenvolvimento que revelou tanto o poder quanto os limites da cooperação internacional. É essencial manter e ampliar essas coalizões, porque sem reformas estruturais e redistribuição, a promessa dos ODS continuará fora do alcance.
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Carlos Brown @cabrowns.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Me voy de Sevilla muy emocionado por trabajar con un equipo comprometido, brillante y políticamente potente en Oxfam. En tiempos en que el movimiento reaccionario promueve más injusticia y desigualdades, es momento de poner la justicia económica en el centro. #Ffd4
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Oxfam International Media Team @newsfromoxfam.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
REACTION: The #FFD4 showed the challenges remaining to meet the Sustainable Development Goals - but also the power of international cooperation. 👉 oxf.am/ffd-reaction
Seville showed that considerable challenges remain to deliver the Sustainable Development Goals. But it also paved the way for governments to build more coalitions to tax the super-rich and finance care, and put equality, democracy and sustainability at the core of their efforts. Quote by Hernan Saenz, FFD Global Lead of Oxfam.
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Rebecca Riddell @rebeccariddell.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
So grateful to connect with global movements demanding justice at #FFD4. A real source of hope. As we fight US efforts to take away families' food and healthcare to give billionaires tax breaks, and tank multilateralism to pad the profits of corporations. La lucha continua✊
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Oxfam International @oxfaminternational.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
NEW: In case you missed this passionate and uplifting conversation on how to #FightInequality, watch the full panel here www.youtube.com/live/iBE9eQb... #FfD4 #TaxTheSuperRich #CancelTheDebt
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Financing Development in an Era of Extreme of Inequality
YouTube video by oxfaminternational
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Oxfam America @oxfamamerica.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Today, rather than investing in workers and families, Senate Republicans passed a destructive tax bill that would leave millions hungry and without healthcare. Lawmakers need to ask themselves: how many people are you willing to harm to pad the pockets of billionaires?
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 26/06/2025
Billionaires’ wealth surged $6.5tn over past decade, Oxfam reports
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Billionaires’ wealth surged $6.5tn over past decade, Oxfam reports
Real-terms gains of $33.9tn for world’s richest 1% ‘enough to end annual global poverty 22 times over’, charity says The wealth of the world’s 3,000 billionaires has surged by $6.5tn (£4.8tn) in real terms over the past decade, according to Oxfam, equivalent to 14.6% of global output. In total the richest 1% of the global population has gained at least $33.9tn in real terms, which the charity said was “enough to end annual global poverty 22 times over”. Continue reading...
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Rebecca Riddell @rebeccariddell.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
🚨New Oxfam analysis looks at how extreme inequality is derailing global development - and the change that's needed. 🌍Check out 'From Private Profit to Public Power' oxf.am/ffd-brief-2025 🧵below👇
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New wealth of top 1% surges by over $33.9 trillion since 2015 – enough to end poverty 22 times over, as Oxfam warns global development “abysmally off track” ahead of crunch talks | Oxfam International
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Rebecca Riddell @rebeccariddell.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
As Trump and Republicans in Congress push billionaire tax handouts, we had to ask: Are the billionaires doing okay??🤔 We crunched the numbers and found out—surprise, surprise—they're doing great!👇
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Rebecca Riddell @rebeccariddell.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
NEW from @oxfamamerica.bsky.social: 🔹The wealth of the 10 richest US billionaires increased by $365 billion in the past year. 🔹A modest tax on their fortunes would cover 1 year of food assistance for 22.5 million ppl. 🔹It would take 10 typical workers 726,000 yrs to make that much.
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Ashfaq Khalfan @ashfaqkhalfan.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Threats to US Clean Energy Funding Will Damage the Climate and Punish Households. @oxfamamerica.bsky.social's blog shows how cuts to essential programs would lead to higher energy bills, unbreathable air, unsafe homes and loss of good jobs: politicsofpoverty.oxfamamerica.org/clean-energy...
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Threats to Congress’s Clean Energy Funding Will Damage the Climate and Punish Households
Just some of what we’d face: Higher bills, Unbreathable Air, Unsafe homes, Loss of good job opportunities.
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Zorka Milin @zorkamilin.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
The big Republican tax bill is not so beautiful. Unless you're superrich or a big multinational company. Everything else is shortchanged: our families, jobs, and our climate. Our @factcoalition.bsky.social take: thefactcoalition.org/house-tax-pa...
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House Tax Package Doubles Down on Tax Breaks for Multinational Corporations
The House Ways and Means Committee’s draft tax bill extends trillions of dollars in wasteful and unpopular tax breaks, paving the way for massive cuts to vital health and other public services.
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Rebecca Riddell @rebeccariddell.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Don't believe everything the President posts—Trump doesn't plan to #TaxtheRich and neither do Republicans. Oxfam's Jackson Gandour and I on why rumors shouldn't distract from a tax deal that will benefit the ultra-wealthy and hurt ordinary people. politicsofpoverty.oxfamamerica.org/rumors-and-s...
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Rumors and Smokescreen: Republicans Don't Actually Plan To Tax The Rich
We love taxing billionaires. This ain't it. Rhetoric shouldn’t distract from an inequality-fueling tax deal
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Institute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 07/05/2025
When Massachusetts residents passed a new tax on income over $1 million in 2022, critics claimed it would drive the wealthy away. Instead, IPS scholar @ocampomar.bsky.social found that the state now has MORE millionaires — and an extra $2.46 billion raised by the tax. Mike Deehan in @axios.com:
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More millionaires in Mass. despite taxes
The "Millionaire's tax" hasn't caused the wealthy to flee.
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