Amy Hanauer
@amyhanauer.bsky.social
Fix the tax code. Turn justice into reality. Don't blame my employer for stuff I say here.
Landslide! Missouri says NO to slashing income tax & raising regressive sales taxes.
Missouri Voters Reject Amendment 5 and a Damaging Tax Shift onto Working Families
Yesterday Missouri voters rejected Amendment 5, declining to give lawmakers a blank check to raise or expand sales taxes, something some lawmakers sought to enable enormous income tax cuts for the sta...
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I'm sick of it too. If only there were something to do about it!
George Pearkes@peark.es · yesterdaylol *BESSENT: 'I GET SICK OF HEARING ABOUT THIS K-SHAPED ECONOMY'
If you have one of the most regressive tax codes in the country you can, in fact, do something about affordability - raise taxes on the rich, fund the basics for the rest of us.
Lombardo says he’s powerless to address affordability • Nevada Current
Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo says there’s nothing he can do about affordability and warns claims to the contrary are “bullshit.” The governor, a Republican, faces a reelection challenge in November from D...
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Nice tally from Maine on their sweet new tax on income over $1 million/yr. Next year, it brings $10 million for childcare, $20 million to pay workers to help elderly & disabled, $12 million for tuition, $6 million for rural teachers & a lot more. Every other state should be taking notes.
What to know about Maine’s millionaire tax - MECEP
This year, the Maine legislature passed landmark tax fairness legislation, creating a millionaire tax. Here’s what you should know.
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$1.4 billion for something absolutely nobody wants www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Trump’s National Guard deployment in D.C. set to cost additional $1.4 billion
The estimate, provided to Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren, covers the period from Oct. 1, 2026, through the end of the president’s term.
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Trump can complain all he wants, but Americans are paying more for gas because of his poorly-thought-through and ongoing war itep.org/iran-war-fue...
Iran War Fuel Costs
The Iran War has significantly raised energy prices. This website provides continually updated tabulations of the additional amounts Americans have paid in higher motor fuel costs due to the war. It a...
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I've been noticing how @washingtonpost.com has been running a ton of opinion pieces opposing taxation of the super-rich. (Go figure.) So I wrote about it.
Does the Washington Post want democracy to die in darkness?
Its publishers appear to be rooting for the oligarchs.
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"Maria" is working in Coachella CA doing maintenance on the lemon trees. She wears thick gloves and sleeves to protect herself against the lemon thorns. She shares, "I will work any job to feed my children." Today Coachella temps are predicted to reach a high of 118°. #WeFeedYou
A win! The Department of Justice has withdrawn all criminal charges against three-time U.S. Olympic canoeist David “Davey” Hearn.
You saw it in The Nation first. Gutting an incredibly successful program that has served 30 million kids.
A New Trump Rule Would Lower Standards at Head Start and Exclude Immigrants From the Program
The Trump administration is on the verge of releasing a proposed rule that would eliminate crucial quality standards at the nation’s preschool program for low-income children.
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You think you want your state to have a lower income tax? Think again.
States are relying more on sales taxes. Here's why that matters
Dozens of states are rolling back income taxes on wealthy individuals and corporations. In many of the same states, sales taxes are quietly rising.
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Senators Warren and Moreno recently proposed a plan to lift the Social Security wage cap to help avoid benefit cuts and reduce its financing gap. This is a serious bipartisan proposal and fixing Social Security will likely require bipartisan compromise. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/o...
Opinion | Bernie Moreno and Elizabeth Warren: Our Plan to Save Social Security
To save the program, we need to eliminate the payroll tax cap.
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Imagine what this country could be if we stopped cutting taxes and starting wars.
Amy Hanauer@amyhanauer.bsky.social · 6d agoTrump tax policies drive Microsoft tax payments down to 2.44% despite record profits
Millions of older Americans likely to pay more for prescriptions bc of Trump policies.
Trump Will End Subsidies for Medicare Drug Premiums
Millions of older Americans could pay more for their prescription drug coverage next year.
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Trump tax policies drive Microsoft tax payments down to 2.44% despite record profits
Microsoft Reports a 2.44 Percent Federal Tax Rate on a Record $101 Billion in Profits
Microsoft avoided federal income tax on almost all of its U.S. income for fiscal year 2026. The company’s 2.44 percent federal tax rate on over $100 billion of U.S. income is largely attributable to t...
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New: Even before the rise of AI, the case for raising the corporate tax rate was compelling. Now, I think it’s overwhelming. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...
Raise the Corporate Tax Rate to Stem AI-Related Economic Inequity
Opinion: AI’s economic impacts may include more inequity and job dislocations and losses. A higher corporate rate would raise substantial revenue from the wealthy without stifling innovation or growth...
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Thanks to massive tax breaks, the nation’s largest airlines are paying little or nothing in federal income taxes despite earning billions in U.S. profits. Delta and United collectively reported $10.5 billion in profits in 2025 but paid $6 million in federal income tax. itep.org/delta-united...
Flying Under the Tax Radar: How Profitable Airlines Avoided Federal Income Taxes in 2025
Corporate tax disclosures reveal that five profitable airlines paid almost nothing in federal income tax last year. In 2025, the effective federal income tax rates of these airlines ranged from 1.07 p...
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A Fox News anchor claimed that a Houston man shot by ICE had meth in his car. The DA now confirms no drugs were found in the vehicle.
DA confirms no drugs were found after Fox News anchor previously claimed Houston man shot by ICE had meth in his car
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1. This New York Post cover: “Thousands of 9/11 families demand Mamdani be banned from 25th-Anniversary” is a brazen lie. How do I know? I interviewed the organizer of the petition.
Friendly reminder that these things aren't impacted by closing the Strait of Hormuz so maybe, just maybe, we should implement them to avoid being impacted by future conflicts: -Solar panels -Wind turbines -Battery storage -Electric vehicles -Bicycles -Natural fertilizers -Electric heat pumps
As good as many of you said. I really appreciate the unambiguous point that this primarily a racist moral panic before unpacking the nuanced second-order explanations. dannykatch.substack.com/p/we-used-to...
We used to be able to buy things in this country
Locking up toothpaste was a warning sign that our executive class was crazy
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DC should do this. A tax on 2nd homes (& 3rd & 4th, etc) of the super rich won't fix inequality, or save public services. But it's a start. We could call it the "Peter Thiel tax". He owns a $15 million home in my neighborhood. Or the "Mark Zuckerberg tax": $23 million. Bezos has 2 houses: $40m.
Amy Hanauer@amyhanauer.bsky.social · last wk.Don’t listen to me, listen to the NYT (okay not about everything) www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/o...
Don’t listen to me, listen to the NYT (okay not about everything) www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/o...
Opinion | The Second Home Tax Is a Win for New York
The recent debate over the new pied-à-terre tax in the city offers a useful case study.
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NEW: In a stunning admission, the Trump administration admitted in court documents that it canceled billions in energy grants to states "based solely" on politics -- and whether that state was represented by Democrats and backed Harris in 2024. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/b...
Trump Administration Admits Canceling Grants to States That Did Not Vote for Him
Federal officials said in court documents that they halted billions of dollars in funding for energy projects to states “based solely” on whether they backed President Trump in the 2024 election.
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“There is always someone who got things right in their time and was punished for it,” says @nicholsuprising.bsky.social about Henry Wallace.
When @topefolarin.bsky.social reads the opening of the preamble to the constitution, we’re reminded of what we’re supposed to be doing: “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union…” Let’s get to it.
