Democracy is an illusion! It’s become a political system fostered by the élite, for the élite, in order to fool the people that they have a stake in the system. In actual fact, they have virtually none. The whole political system in the modern era, despite having noble beginnings, is now used to benefit the few at the expense of the many. – Mark Alexander, June 29, 2018
Wednesday 9 June 2021
That’s Rich: How US Billionaires Avoided Paying Any Income Taxes | The Mehdi Hasan Show
A ProPublica report revealed how some of America’s wealthiest people paid zero, zilch, nada, some year, in federal income taxes. Author Anand Giridharadas and economist Arthur Laffer have a fiery debate on how much the nation’s top earners should be taxed.
