By Anthony Gill On June 24, 2019, nineteen billionaires released a letter to the media entitled “A Call to Action: A Letter in Support of a Wealth Tax.” They urged potential presidential candidates to campaign for and, if elected, implement a new wealth tax that would strengthen America. I hereby offer my own letter in response. Dear…
By Kitty Testa Politico recently ran a story lauding the fact that women are now captains of the war industry. How women took over the military industrial complex details how the five biggest defense contractors, as well as top arms negotiators in the U.S. government, are all women. With Gina Haspel heading up the CIA,…
Molly Prince on September 12, 2018 Continuing an upward trend, middle class income reached its highest level ever despite New York Democratic congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez claiming there is no such class in America. The median income for a household in the U.S. reached $61,732 in 2017, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report released…
By Robert Donachie President-elect Donald Trump promises to “repeal and replace,” Obamacare in his first term, a proposition that could mean a giant tax cut for middle class Americans. The principal aim of Obamacare was to make healthcare “more secure, reliable, and more affordable for families, small business owners, and employees.” Despite the altruistic intentions,…
by Kody Fairfield Whistleblower website Wikileaks has just dropped their third set of emails taken off the server of Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton‘s campaign chairman, John Podesta. In the newly released emails is a shocking admission from Podesta regarding Clinton and her true feelings about “everyday Americans.” In an email dated April 19, 2015, Podesta writes: I know…
One of the major talking points across the political spectrum in 2016 has been the so-called “death of the middle class.” From Trump’s plan to uplift average Americans on his quest to “Make America Great Again”, to Sanders’ dream of massive wealth redistribution, candidates on both sides of the aisle have engaged in tremendous class-warfare…
Connor D. Wolf A Massachusetts-based business professor, who supports raising the minimum wage, is urging lawmakers to proceed with caution as his state and others move to a $15 an hour minimum wage. Endicott College Professor Robert Chambers argues policies that raise the minimum wage can do a lot to address income inequality. The problem,…
Juliegrace Brufke Presidential hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders suggested implementing a financial-transaction tax to raise funds for his plan to provide free college education – a proposal many economists feel could have a detrimental effect on the economy. While Sanders says the levy will “reduce risky and unproductive high-speed trading and other forms of Wall Street speculation,” critics say his policies…