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“the people with the most money and the most influence pushed for it”

A bit of Kareem on a Sunday morning. “Tax Day Shows the Gap” Kareem Takes on the News Summary by Kareem: On Tax Day 2026, three prominent voices—Nobel laureate economist Joseph E. Stiglitz, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and EU Tax Observatory founding director Gabriel Zucman—argue in The Guardian that America’s tax system systematically […]

Wealth Tax in California

I follow Robert Reich daily missives on his site. I did subscribe to it. Robert has a habit of commenting on issues or things I would like to know more about. I do agree with much of what he says so it may be one reason why I read him. The topic of today’s commentary […]