by Sam Pizzigati | Sep 26, 2010 | Blog
A modest tax on all U.S. personal fortunes over $1 billion could raise more than enough revenue from the Forbes 400 alone to erase the combined budget shortfalls of every state in the nation. David Rockefeller, Sr., the only surviving grandchild of America’s...
by Sam Pizzigati | Sep 21, 2010 | Blog
You want to be happy? You don't need to be rich, says some fascinating new academic research. But you do need not to be poor. So how much income must you actually have to achieve a reasonable facsimile of nirvana? Here's what the researchers are saying. How much money...
by Sam Pizzigati | Sep 19, 2010 | Blog
The 21st century has opened with a decade that has seen the vast majority of Americans go backwards economically. Just-released Census stats tell that tale — but not the whole income story. The U.S. Census Bureau last week closed the book on the first decade of...
by Sam Pizzigati | Sep 15, 2010 | Blog
Another billionaire has bit the dust here in 2010, and another grand fortune, thanks to this year's absence of an estate tax, is passing on tax-free to extremely fortunate heirs. But a new resource may help overcome the lies and half-truths that have the estate tax...
by Sam Pizzigati | Sep 12, 2010 | Blog
The tax dollars we spend on higher ed ought to have one purpose and one purpose alone: to educate students. So why do we let these dollars mint mega millionaires? Most students who attend college today are getting an education. But more and more are not getting the...
