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Tax the Greedy Billionaires

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For our economy, our democracy, and our planet — it's time to tax billionaires now.

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Dream for America @dreamforamerica.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
@taxgreed.bsky.social campaign manager Igor Volsky speaks at #DemocracySummit2026 🇺🇸
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Tax the Greedy Billionaires @taxgreed.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The billionaires building their fortunes in tech keep promising that AI will usher in an age of abundance and prosperity, but the evidence already shows the AI gold rush is widening the wealth gap between the ultra-rich and the rest of us.
washingtonpost.com
A new force is increasing inequality in America
Evidence is mounting that artificial intelligence is helping the richest people and cities pull further ahead.
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Tax the Greedy Billionaires @taxgreed.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Just 300,000 ultra-rich U.S. households hoard wealth roughly equal to the $40 trillion national debt. A wealth tax would reduce their outsized power and influence AND raise trillions in revenue to fund key initiatives and stabilize the debt.
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Tax the Greedy Billionaires @taxgreed.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
The California Democratic Party voted to officially support the one-time wealth tax on the CA ballot this November. This move aligns the party with the majority of voters, who support taxing residents with net worth exceeding $50 million.
politico.com
California Democratic Party endorses billionaire tax
The party’s executive board broke with several labor unions and Gavin Newsom on the measure.
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Tax the Greedy Billionaires @taxgreed.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Taxing billionaires continues to be an extremely popular policy for voters in 2026. A new survey in California found that 57% of likely voters support a billionaire wealth tax initiative, vs. just 38% who oppose it.
politico.com
Ruby Rippey’s rebuttal
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Tax the Greedy Billionaires @taxgreed.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Usually the billionaire class doesn't say the quiet part quite this loudly, but Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke just did. Americans know all too well that billionaires like Musk use their excessive wealth to undermine our country's principle of one person, one vote—and we've had enough.
Shopify CEO says a “good system” would give 0 votes to those who pay no income tax, while increasing votes for higher taxpayers, capped at 5.
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
1. Trump just signed a landmark nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia, paving the way for the Saudis to enrich their own uranium. Meanwhile, Trump's top foreign policy advisor, Jared Kushner, is being paid tens of millions of dollars anually by the Saudis That fact was IGNORED in almost all the coverage
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Tax the Greedy Billionaires @taxgreed.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
“What we’ve seen over the last couple of years is the kind of blatant exercise of billionaire power that so many folks have been warning us about over the past couple of decades. That’s why the issue is in the zeitgeist.” – Igor Volsky, Tax the Greedy Billionaires
washingtonpost.com
Analysis | The left sees a billionaire backlash — and an opening for a wealth tax
Some progressives believe the political appetite for a national wealth tax on the ultra-rich is stronger than it has been in years.
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Tax the Greedy Billionaires @taxgreed.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
As the U.S. celebrates its 250th anniversary, wealth inequality has ballooned to a historic high. While some want you to believe this type of extreme wealth embodies the enduring promise of the American dream, that couldn’t be further from the truth.
newrepublic.com
The Founders’ Warnings About Excess Wealth Have Come Appallingly True
Using the tax code to break up this concentrated wealth and power isn’t radical. It’s as American as Jefferson and Madison.
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Tax the Greedy Billionaires @taxgreed.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
The current concentration of wealth in America is precisely the oligarchic threat the founders feared. Today, working Americans are priced out of housing, health care, and child care. The upward mobility of previous generations has been erased by billionaires acting like kings.
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Tax the Greedy Billionaires @taxgreed.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Trump’s messy 250th anniversary celebrations embody the very corruption our founders warned against. Rather than celebrate the U.S. and the people who made our country what it is today, Trump and his cronies have leveraged this landmark anniversary to further enrich themselves.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 30/06/2026
America’s oligarchs guard their hoards jealously—but there may be a way in.
motherjones.com
How to tax a billionaire
America's oligarchs guard their hoards jealously—but there may be a way in.
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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
How do you tax extreme wealth? It's no picnic—esp at the federal level—for constitutional reasons & political ones. (The public wants it, but the oligarchs hold the cards.) Even unrealized gains appear untouchable, but good ideas are afoot. cc: @bdgesq.bsky.social, @gabrielzucman.bsky.social
motherjones.com
How to tax a billionaire
America's oligarchs guard their hoards jealously—but there may be a way in.
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Tax the Greedy Billionaires @taxgreed.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
After failing to remove a billionaire wealth tax from the California ballot, Governor @gavinnewsom.bsky.social has unveiled a "new" billionaire tax proposal of his own. But Newsom's plan only offers reheated reforms from 15 years ago that wouldn't tax the excessive wealth of billionaires.
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Tax the Greedy Billionaires @taxgreed.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Yesterday, Governor Gavin Newsom and a group of billionaires failed to remove a ballot measure supported by a majority of California voters that would impose a one-time 5% wealth tax on California billionaires.
taxgreed.org
STATEMENT: After Billionaires Fail to Kill Popular California Initiative, Newsom Offers Sham Alternative - Tax the Greedy Billionaires
Governor Gavin Newsom and a group of billionaires failed to remove a ballot measure supported by a majority of California’s voters that would impose a one-time 5% wealth tax on California billionaires...
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Tax the Greedy Billionaires @taxgreed.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Our lawmakers have ignored the crisis of extreme wealth for so long that we now have the world’s first trillionaire. This should be a wakeup call. We need to tax the ultra-rich in a serious way that actually reduces their wealth and decreases the power they hold over our lives.
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Tax the Greedy Billionaires @taxgreed.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Elon Musk built his obscene wealth on the backs of hardworking Americans and leveraged his unprecedented power to further rig the system in his favor. Lawmakers must pursue bold tax policies that not only slow the accumulation of extreme wealth, but reverse it.
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Tax the Greedy Billionaires @taxgreed.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Elon Musk became the world's first trillionaire because our tax system shields the wealth of the ultra-rich from taxation while requiring working people to pay taxes on every paycheck. Today’s milestone underscores the imperative to tax wealth and make the ultra-rich LESS rich.
A Modest Wealth Tax Would Have Dramatically Slowed Down Elon Musk’s Fortune. If the Five and Dime wealth tax had been in place from 2015 until 2026, Elon Musk would be worth $285 billion – that’s 72% less than his current $1 trillion net worth.
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Brad Johnson @climatebrad.hillheat.com · 06/06/2026
@balint.house.gov @maxwellfrost.bsky.social @igorvolsky.bsky.social @endcitizensunited.bsky.social's Justin Unga on @taxgreed.bsky.social #nn26 We need to tax billionaires not just so that they pay their fair share but also so that they have less wealth and political power at the end of the year.
Tax the Greedy Billionaires panel
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Representative Becca Balint @balint.house.gov · 06/06/2026
Today at @netrootsnation.bsky.social, @frost.house.gov and I joined @taxgreed.bsky.social and top advocates for a discussion on the need for billionaires to pay their fair share in our country. We know that financial power turns into political power - it’s time to level the playing field.
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Tax the Greedy Billionaires @taxgreed.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Team Tax the Greedy Billionaires is at @netrootsnation.bsky.social this week! Drop by booth 501, say hello, learn more about our work, snag some swag, and get entered in our raffle!
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Netroots Nation @netrootsnation.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Huge thanks to @taxgreed.bsky.social for joining us as a Premier Sponsor of #NN26! This campaign is helping drive a clear, urgent message: It’s time to tax billionaires and break up the extreme wealth they wield to exploit our economy and weaken democracy to further enrich themselves.
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Tax the Greedy Billionaires @taxgreed.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Extreme concentrations of wealth and power reshape our culture and threaten our democracy. Jeff Bezos sponsoring the Met Gala is a prime example. This is not philanthropy, it is influence bought and paid for. End the oligarchy. Tax the Super-Rich! #TaxTheSuperRich #MetGala
“To give working people a fighting chance, we have to tax extreme wealth and shrink its power.” Igor Volsky, Campaign Director, Tax the Greedy Billionaires.
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Tax the Greedy Billionaires @taxgreed.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
The ultra-wealthy are rewriting the rules of society to serve their own interests. At the center is Jeff Bezos, who is using the Met Gala tonight as an opportunity to launder his public image. End the oligarchy. Tax the Super-Rich! #TaxTheSuperRich #MetGala
Don’t honour him. Jeff Bezos sponsoring the Met Gala isn’t philanthropy. It’s an oligarch laundering his private image.
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Tax the Greedy Billionaires @taxgreed.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
This Friday, we're saying it loud and clear: #WorkersOverBillionaires Billionaires have broken every rule and we refuse to go along with it any more. #MayDay will be a day of rallies, marches, teach-ins, walkouts, and a refusal of business-as-usual. Get involved at maydaystrong.org
Friday, May 1, 2026: Workers Over Billionaires. No work, no school, no shopping. MayDayStrong.org
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Tax the Greedy Billionaires @taxgreed.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Billionaires have broken every rule and we refuse to go along with it any more. This #MayDay, we’re making a clear demand: #WorkersOverBillionaires. May 1st will be a day of rallies, marches, teach-ins, walkouts, and a refusal of business-as-usual. Learn more and find an event: maydaystrong.org
Friday, May 1, 2026: Workers Over Billionaires. Show the billionaires who have rigged the economy against working families that there are more of us than them. Find an event at MayDayStrong.org
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Tax the Greedy Billionaires @taxgreed.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
"What we're increasingly seeing is not necessarily earning, but extraction. Extracting money from basic necessities, or as we're seeing with the conversation around AI, extracting everyone's work and everyone's knowledge and putting it into these powerful models."
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Tax the Greedy Billionaires @taxgreed.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Our 5 & Dime Wealth Tax would raise $6.8 trillion over 10 years – even factoring in the tax avoidance cheats the ultra-rich are so good at. Chipping away at billionaire wealth is crucial to rebalancing our society and giving power back to the overwhelming majority of Americans.
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Tax the Greedy Billionaires @taxgreed.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
War profiteering has reached new extremes under Trump. The current situation in Iran shows that confronting corporate power and taxing the ultra-wealthy isn’t just about economic fairness — it’s a national security imperative. Read our piece with @polluterspay.bsky.social:
otherwords.org
Tax the Corporations Cashing in on Trump's War - OtherWords
Across the political spectrum, Americans support taxing windfall profits — and billionaires — to help working people weather the affordability crisis.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Most California voters support the state’s newly proposed billionaire tax, according to new polling. Meanwhile, rich Californians are plotting a $500M slush fund to influence the state's politics. So they can't afford a wealth tax, but they'll spend a fortune buying elections? See the problem...
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Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) @boldprogressives.org · 31/03/2026
NEW: Polling from @taxgreed.bsky.social shows that 77% of voters support raising taxes on billionaires. That includes 65% of Republicans. Read the full memo here: taxgreed.org/news/new-pol...
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Tax the Greedy Billionaires @taxgreed.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Turns out taxing billionaires is popular – REALLY popular. Our latest poll with Impact Research shows that not only do 77% of voters support raising taxes on billionaires, they prefer candidates who are ready to raise taxes on billionaires by a wide margin.
77% of voters support raising taxes on billionaires.
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Tax the Greedy Billionaires @taxgreed.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
More billionaires in positions of power. Trump's new committee to oversee AI regulation includes 5 tech CEOs who rank among the 10 richest people in the world. They cozied up to Trump with donations and deference and now they get to regulate themselves.
wsj.com
Trump Names Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison and Jensen Huang to Tech Panel
The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology is to weigh in on policies affecting the development of AI.
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Tax the Greedy Billionaires @taxgreed.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Palantir CEO Alex Karp built his fortune by exploiting AI technologies he's now admitting "are dangerous societally."
newrepublic.com
Palantir CEO Makes Shocking Confession on Disrupting Democratic Power
They’re saying the quiet part out loud now.
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Tax the Greedy Billionaires @taxgreed.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Washington state lawmakers just passed a "millionaires' tax," joining the growing wave of legislators rising to meet the moment and tax the ultra-rich. The tax will raise nearly $4 billion every year, money that will be used to fund essential services.
politico.com
Washington state lawmakers pass ‘millionaire’s tax’
The bill will be the state's first income tax.
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Tax the Greedy Billionaires @taxgreed.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
The "frivolous and destructive demands of the ultra-rich" are devastating the global economy. We must tax billionaire wealth to chip away at the influence of the ultra-wealthy who have warped the economy to prioritize their own profits at our expense.
theguardian.com
Global economy must stop pandering to ‘frivolous desires of ultra-rich’, says UN expert
Olivier De Schutter says new economic agenda needed to tackle crises of rising inequality and ecological collapse
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Tax the Greedy Billionaires @taxgreed.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
The AI boom is pushing US wealth concentration further into uncharted territory. That's great news for the 50 new billionaires minted by the AI sector in 2025, but terrible for the everyday Americans facing rising energy costs, rising computer costs, and data center impacts in their communities.
X Post from Gabriel Zucman: "The pace at which US wealth concentration is rising is simply staggering

The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture = unchartered territory"
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Tax the Greedy Billionaires @taxgreed.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
“Money begins not to matter at that level of wealth. There is no limit on things you can buy, so you start trying to buy outcomes.” Just 300 billionaire families spent more than $3 billion on federal elections in 2024, making up 19% of all contributions.
nytimes.com
Billionaires Are Swaying Elections in All Corners of America
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Tax the Greedy Billionaires @taxgreed.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Bezos' dismantling of The Post perfectly illustrates what extreme wealth actually does. It doesn’t sit in a vault, it reshapes the world to suit one person and leaves the rest of us to deal with the fallout. Taxing the ultra-wealthy is about chipping away at the corrosive power of that wealth.
firesidestacks.com
Billionaires Shouldn't Just Pay More. They Should Have Less.
Igor Volsky leads the Tax the Greedy Billionaires campaign and is the founder of Volsky Ventures.
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Tax the Greedy Billionaires @taxgreed.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
American billionaires exert unprecedented power and influence over our economy and our democracy while the rest of us pay the cost. We applaud @sanders.senate.gov and @khanna.house.gov for recognizing the imperative for a federal wealth tax on the ultra-rich. More of our leaders must follow suit.
cnbc.com
Sanders, Khanna to propose federal billionaires wealth tax
California billionaires are already concerned about by a state-level wealth tax being proposed in the Golden State.
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Economic Policy Institute @epi.org · 25/02/2026
Trump says he's "won affordability." @joshbivens-econ.bsky.social's latest for @msnownews.bsky.social explains how the data shows a different story...and a policy path toward real affordability wins for U.S. families. #EconSky #Affordability
ms.now
Opinion | The real Trump affordability "hoax"
Josh Bivens: For typical families, the Trump agenda is near-guaranteed to harm their incomes far more than it can possibly reduce their prices.
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 25/02/2026
Trump talked about affordability in his State of the Union—but skipped the root cause: inequality. @joshbivens-econ.bsky.social argues the real fix is taxing the ultra-rich and corporations to fund public goods, raise wages, and ease the squeeze on working families.
inthesetimes.com
Trump’s State of the Union Ignored the Root Cause of Affordability Problems
Rising inequality hurts families, but taxing the ultra-rich can help. On Tuesday night, Trump steered clear of advocating this effective solution to our economic emergency.
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Americans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Your State of the Union reminder that it's not enough to simply criticize the people in charge. It's clear that the economy and the tax code has been rigged against us. We know working people can't go on like this. We need a PLAN. We need Congress to DO SOMETHING.
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Americans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
We joined 20+ groups to send Congress a letter ahead of the State of the Union. Here's what it said: —Billionaires are increasing costs for everyone else. —The Trump administration's tax cuts have made things worse. —Congress needs a real plan to fix our rigged economy. LFG.
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Tax the Greedy Billionaires @taxgreed.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
"Are we a nation that protects billionaires [...] at the expense of families that really need protection?" This question, posed by Jay Williams at @fobaction.bsky.social's town hall last night, will be front of mind during the State of the Union tonight.
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Families Over Billionaires @fobaction.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
WATCH: The "State(s) of the Union: For the People, Not Billionaires" is getting underway soon! You can watch the livestream on Youtube here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKwc... #SOTU
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State(s) of the Union: For the People, Not Billionaires
YouTube video by Families Over Billionaires
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Tax the Greedy Billionaires @taxgreed.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
The affordability crisis is a wealth hoarding crisis. Historic concentrations of extreme wealth enable the rich to distort our economy and drive up the cost of living. We need leaders to offer a forward-looking economic agenda that shifts power away from billionaires and towards working families.
taxgreed.org
Americans Want Solutions to Affordability Crisis at SOTU, While Trump is Unlikely to Deliver Democrats Have an Opportunity - Tax the Greedy Billionaires
As the State of the Union approaches, Americans across the country are eager for leaders to tackle the growing affordability crisis. They'll be watching to see if President Trump acknowledges the real...
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Tax the Greedy Billionaires @taxgreed.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
"The billionaire class no longer sees itself as part of American society. They see themselves as something separate and apart. Like the oligarchs of the 18th and 19th centuries, these guys literally believe that they have the divine right to rule and are no longer subject to democratic governments."
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Tax the Greedy Billionaires @taxgreed.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Mark Zuckerberg bought a new home in Florida to protest a proposed billionaire wealth tax in California. Other CA billionaires are literally moving Picassos out of state to hide their wealth from a tax that would allow millions of Californians to access health care. Tax these greedy billionaires.
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Tax the Greedy Billionaires @taxgreed.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Billionaires like Google co-founder Sergey Brin are spending millions to fight a proposed California wealth tax that would use the revenue to safeguard the state's healthcare system for millions of Californians. Brin is currently the 3rd-richest person in the world with a net worth of $230 billion.
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