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The Washington Post’s Owner Really Doesn’t Want You to Know His Effective Tax Rate

The Washington Post has, over the past few months, run at least five editorials or opinion pieces railing against federal or state tax increases....

25.02.2026 9

CounterPunch

Bob Lord

Jeff Bezos, Gutting the Washington Post, Really Doesn't Want You to Know His Effective Tax Rate

America is barreling towards authoritarianism at such a breakneck pace that it should alarm every single one of us. But instead of meeting this moment...

20.02.2026 10

Common Dreams

Bob Lord

Trillionaires at the Gates

30.12.2025 6

Common Dreams

Bob Lord

Trillionaire Cometh, Democracy Goeth

I wrote my first post for Inequality.org, Our First Trillionaire: Only a Matter of Time, over twelve years ago. I hoped, at the time, that the post...

30.12.2025 10

CounterPunch

Bob Lord

Be Outraged: Your True Income Tax Rate May be Triple the Rate the Richest Billionaires Pay

“If poor people knew how rich rich people are,” Chris Rock once quipped, “there would be riots in the streets.” So, I wonder, what would...

09.12.2025 10

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Bob Lord

A Textbook Case of How Tax Policy Fuels Obscene Wealth Accumulation

The recent wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez in Venice set off quite the furor over tax avoidance. An enormous banner in the Piazza San Marco...

05.08.2025 10

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Bob Lord

How Billionaire Tax Avoidance Works: The Case of Jeff Bezos

30.07.2025 9

Common Dreams

Bob Lord

Even Sky-High Income Tax Rates Won’t Stop the Relentless Rise of the Richest

Will Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” as critics contend, be a massive giveaway to the rich? Absolutely, when you tally it up. Yet the...

01.07.2025 5

Mother Jones

Bob Lord

America’s Most Regressive Tax Levy: Our Tax on Capital Gains

The top tax rate wealthy Americans pay on their investment gains today runs barely half the top rate the rest of us pay on our wages. But that only...

20.05.2025 10

CounterPunch

Bob Lord

We Must Reform Our Regressive Capital Gains Tax for the Sake of Our Democracy

15.05.2025 10

Common Dreams

Bob Lord

‘Oppressive’ Taxation That Isn’t

What is the mission of the Washington, D.C.-based Tax Foundation? Even a quick review of the Tax Foundation’s output makes it perfectly plain: to...

23.04.2025 10

CounterPunch

Bob Lord

The Rich Want You to Think They Pay A Lot in Taxes—But It's a Lie

21.04.2025 6

Common Dreams

Bob Lord

Progressive Taxation Is Our Last Best Defense Against the Oligarch Takeover

17.04.2025 6

Common Dreams

Bob Lord

The Ultra-Rich Have Exploited Our Tax System Long Enough—Make Them Pay!

30.03.2025 9

Common Dreams

Bob Lord

The Tax Foundation’ Misleading Math Overstates How Much Billionaires Really Pay

04.03.2025 7

Common Dreams

Bob Lord

Does Billionaire Warren Buffett Really Pay Taxes at an Annual Rate Over 1,000 Percent?

An income tax rate of over 100 percent would be hard for anyone to sustain. At a rate a smidge over 100 percent, our deepest pockets might be able to...

03.03.2025 10

CounterPunch

Bob Lord

What Would Be a Truly Fair Way to Tax Capital Gains?

19.02.2025 6

Common Dreams

Bob Lord

To Stop Billionaires’ Wealth and Power From Metastasizing, Close This Tax Loophole

02.02.2025 10

Common Dreams

Bob Lord

Pass Wyden’s Billionaire Income Tax Bill to Close Unfair Loopholes

The bill would end two of the ultra rich’s favorite tax-avoidance strategies: “Buy-Borrow-Die” and “Buy-Hold for Decades-Sell.”

06.01.2025 5

Common Dreams

Bob Lord