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Paul Buchheit

Paul Buchheit

Paul Buchheit is an advocate for social and economic justice, and the author of numerous papers on economic inequality and cognitive science. He was recently named one of 300 Living Peace and Justice Leaders and Models. He is the author of "American Wars: Illusions and Realities" (2008) and "Disposable Americans: Extreme Capitalism and the Case for a Guaranteed Income" (2017). Contact email: paul (at) youdeservefacts.org.

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The Super-Rich Have Taken Almost All of It

The cruelty and greed of the super-rich shows just how detached these corporations and people are from the notion of shared prosperity.

Paul Buchheit ·

People participate in a "March on Billionaires" event on July 17, 2020 in New York City. The march, which included a diverse group of activists, politicians and citizens, called on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to pass a tax on billionaires and to fund workers excluded from unemployment and federal aid programs. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

The Boundless Advantages of the Welfare State—for the Rich

Robbing the rest of us blind, wealthy Americans benefit from a wide array of tax breaks and government subsidies that are hidden behind the constant Republican blather about entitlements for the poor.

Paul Buchheit ·

The facts and numbers from numerous sources reflect the reality of deprivation in America, and help to confirm what has been called the "sharpest rise in the U.S. poverty rate since the 1960s." (Photo: Getty/ Stock Photo/Darrin Willoughby / EyeEm)

2021 Update: Half of America In or Near Poverty

We need Guaranteed Jobs. President Biden's proposed Civilian Climate Corps is a positive step in this direction.

Paul Buchheit ·

Participants holding letters spelling TAX WALL STREET. In the face of worsening pandemic conditions in the country, a coalition of Activists gathered outside the New York Stock Exchange at Wall Street to call for the Equitable Taxation of Corporations, demanding legislators to pass the Financial Transaction Tax to generate around 9 billion dollars needed for COVID Recovery and Essential Services. (Photo by Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

The Year of Cheating the Poor

People who have money can buy stocks, wait for awhile, and ultimately get richer by doing nothing. But low-income Americans have to depend on wages for their fair share of national economic growth—and wages have barely budged in over 50 years.

Paul Buchheit ·

U.S. President Donald Trump awards the National Medal of Freedom to former Attorney General Edwin Meese during a ceremony in the Oval Office at the White House October 08, 2019 in Washington, DC. Meese was appointed attorney general by President Ronald Reagan and served from 1985 to 1988. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

How Right-Wing Conservatives Have Laid Waste to America for 50 Years

Thanks to a half century of insidious "trickle-down" philosophy—which astoundingly continues to be preached by many of the super-rich—inequality has stretched our nation nearly to the breaking point.

Paul Buchheit ·

We won't end the accumulation of wealth. As Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says, "No one ever makes a billion dollars. You take a billion dollars." (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Inequality Gone Viral: The Obscene Numbers

Something has to be done to heal the rupture in the sickened body of our nation.

Paul Buchheit ·

The redistribution of wealth to the richest 1% over the past 45 years is hard to comprehend. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

How Hypocrites in High Places Have Contributed to the Riots in the Streets

The four-decade losses in wealth and job income have contributed to the poverty numbers, and to violent reactions.

Paul Buchheit ·

"If today's companies were truly offering a fair return to the taxpayers who built their businesses, they'd be doing a lot more to ensure that all Americans have the means to support their families, writes Buchheit (Photo: a.mina/flickr/cc)

How Big Corporations are Draining the Life out of a Sick America

Our richest corporations are much to blame for the free-market "winner take all" philosophy that has caused over half of our nation to try to survive without adequate health care and life savings.

Paul Buchheit ·

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