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Paul Buchheit
Paul Buchheit is a college teacher, an active member of US Uncut Chicago. His latest book is, Disposable Americans: Extreme Capitalism and the Case for a Guaranteed Income. He is also founder and developer of social justice and educational websites (UsAgainstGreed.org, PayUpNow.org, RappingHistory.org), and the editor and main author of "American Wars: Illusions and Realities" (Clarity Press). He can be reached at paul [at] UsAgainstGreed [dot] org.
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Views Tuesday, June 27, 2017 Onward Toward Socialism: America's Demise, and One Way to Survive It goes far beyond Donald Trump. He's just simple-mindedly exacerbating a trend. Clear signs of deterioration have been building in our nation, some of them old and some more recent, all of them related to arrogance and greed at the highest levels. Beyond these failings there is one obvious way to... Read more |
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Views Monday, June 12, 2017 Now Just Five Men Own Almost as Much Wealth as Half the World's Population Last year it was 8 men , then down to 6 , and now almost 5. While Americans fixate on Trump, the super-rich are absconding with our wealth, and the plague of inequality continues to grow. An analysis of 2016 data found that the poorest five deciles of the world population own about $410 billion in... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, May 30, 2017 Cut Corporate Taxes? This Is How the Biggest Companies Cheated on Taxes in 2016 Donald Trump wants to cut what some call the "highest corporate tax rate in the world." The tax cut will, according to Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin , "pay for itself with economic growth." "Corporations make billions from U.S. research and education, but then they turn around and cheat us on... Read more |
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Views Monday, May 15, 2017 Trying to Explain the Disdain for Poor Americans Americans with wealth and power don't generally care about the middle and lower classes. Even worse, they are doing real damage to the people they don't care about. But why? Either these well-positioned people are 100 percent out of touch with the realities of middle-class life in our country, or... Read more |
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Views Monday, May 01, 2017 The Absurd Amount of Entitlements That Go to Rich People Many wealthy Americans complain about the amount of government subsidies going to the poor. Their complaints demonstrate ignorance, or greed, or a total lack of fair-mindedness, or a combination of all those symptoms of entitlement at the top. The Rich Get as Much of the Safety Net as the Poor... Read more |
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Views Monday, April 17, 2017 What Our Grandchildren Will Do When the Jobs Are Gone The jobs reports would have us believe our rebound from the recession is almost complete. The reality is very different, and The Economist has some fancy words for it: "Job polarisation," where middle-skill jobs decline while low-skill and high-skill jobs increase, and while the workforce "... Read more |
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Views Monday, April 03, 2017 Most Americans Are Getting Poorer. How "Healthcare for the Rich" Is Killing Many of Them In his report , "This is how American health care kills people," Ryan Cooper tells the heartbreaking story of 29-year-old Matthew Stewart, who required emergency surgery for hepatitis-induced liver damage, but learned that only about $10,000 of his $74,000 bill was covered by his "gold plan"... Read more |
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Views Monday, March 20, 2017 New Evidence that Poor Americans Pay the Highest Taxes and Get Little of the Safety Net Before taxes on the rich are cut and social programs decimated, uninformed conservatives should consider who really benefits from U.S. tax laws and assistance programs. The Wealthiest Americans Pay Very Little Tax On Their Full Income When ALL forms of taxes and income are considered, poor... Read more |
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Views Monday, March 06, 2017 How 90% of American Households Lost an Average of $17,000 in Wealth to the Plutocrats in 2016 America has always been great for the richest 1%, and it's rapidly becoming greater. Confirmation comes from recent work by Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez, and Gabriel Zucman; and from the 2015-2016 Credit Suisse Global Wealth Databooks (GWD). The data relevant to this report is summarized here ... Read more |
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Views Monday, February 20, 2017 Morbid Inequality: Now Just SIX Men Have as Much Wealth as Half the World's Population Yes, inequality is getting worse every year. In early 2016 Oxfam reported that just 62 individuals had the same wealth as the bottom half of humanity. About a year later Oxfam reported that just 8 men had the same wealth as the world's bottom half. Based on the same methodology and data sources... Read more |