Justin Schein
@deathandtaxesfilm.bsky.social
DEATH & TAXES a feature documentary about wealth, inequality and the American Dream, viewed through the lens of the estate tax and the very personal story of a father and son at odds over what kind of inheritance we want to leave our kids and our county.
Coming to Baltimore to screen Death & Taxes Tue May 12th 7PM and conversation with Prof @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social author of My Tax Dollars-The Morality of Taxpaying in America and @amyhanauer.bsky.social ED of @itep.org . Who knew talking taxes and democracy could be so much fun! #taxes
Our tax code reveals who we are as a society... our priorities and our prejudices. #taxes @fobaction.bsky.social @4taxfairness.bsky.social @patrioticmillionaires.org @robertreich.substack.com.web.brid.gy
n The Second Estate, Prof. Ray Madoff so clearly explains how the tax system is actively working to create an American aristocracy. Read the book or listen to her on www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/o.... #taxes #raymadoff
The Second Estate
Named by The New Yorker as one of the Best Books of 2025A revelatory book that lifts the curtain on America’s most consequential public deception: how the rich get richer using tools the government ga...
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Our tax day Substack explores how the drowning of the IRS is another way for the ultra wealthy to avoid paying their fair share. deathandtaxesdoc.substack.com/p/drowning-b... #taxes @itep.org @fobaction.bsky.social
So excited to be heading to Harrisburg PA on TAX DAY April 15th for a morning event at the Capitol and then a screening of Death & Taxes at the Midtown Cinema at 7PM. with @pennpolicycenter.bsky.social, @affordablepa.bsky.social and @momsrising.org @itep.org #taxes
Perhaps the most important reason to curb dynastic wealth in America is the political power the Citizens United decision has put in the hands super wealth-- undermining the foundation of democracy. #taxes # Inequality #billionaires @fobaction.bsky.social @4taxfairness.bsky.social @itep.org
Cities and states need to raise taxes on the wealthy because of the trillions federal tax breaks they got in the last budget.... paid for with cuts to food for the hungry and healthcare. The only thing that trickles down from supply side is pain for the poor. #taxes @patrioticmillionaires.org
Raise Taxes on the Rich? These Rich New Yorkers Are All for It.
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Honored to be talking about my last two films @deathandtaxesfilm.bsky.social and Left on Purpose on The Exit Strategy Podcast... Yes- a podcast about issues of death, dying and life by a funeral chapel! Wonderful discussion. #endoflife #death www.plazajewishcommunitychapel.org/endings-acco...
Same old trickle-down tax cuts for the very wealthiest while most Americans pay more. Thank you @itep.org for your work making it clear. #taxes #wealthgap
Mind the Gap! My newest Death & Taxes Substack looks at the massive gap between CEO pay and the average worker. Since 1978 CEO pay has increased more than 1000% while the average worker pay has only increased 26% deathandtaxesdoc.substack.com/p/mind-the-gap @4taxfairness.bsky.social @itep.org #taxes
Mind the Gap
The CEO pay gap-- a bellwether for our times.
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California’s proposed billionaire tax isn’t a punishment. It’s about building a tax system that treats work & wealth on more equal terms while creating stable & flourishing communities.
Death & Taxes is screening in classrooms around the country starting a badly needed conversation about taxes and democracy. Bring it to your classroom! #inequality #taxes @itep.org @4taxfairness.bsky.social @professormctax.bsky.social
Documentary screening sparks discussion on wealth inequality, estate tax policy
UNC School of Law screened “Death & Taxes,” an award-winning documentary exploring wealth inequality and estate tax policy through filmmaker Justin Schein’s personal story with his father, on Wednesda...
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“We need money to run the city so a tax on the wealth of the people that own multimillion dollar homes and are not living in them makes sense.” PM Chair Morris Pearl on why taxing extreme wealth is essential to making NYC affordable & livable for ALL: citylimits.org/tax-talk-mam...
Tax Talk: Mamdani's Ambitious Agenda Requires New Revenue. What Could That Look Like? - City Limits
"The ultra wealthy and the most profitable corporations are going to fight any revenue raiser," said Brahvan Ranga, campaign manager of Invest in Our New York, a coalition of organizations pushing for...
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The Robber Barons owned 4% of total wealth... today that stands at 12%.Bringing political power, media ownership and the destruction of any meritocracy at the heart of the "American Dream". Krigman's talk with Zucman is wonderful lesson --> bit.ly/49Jncgb @janetgornick.bsky.social
"the wealthiest 1% held about $55 trillion in assets in the third quarter of 2025 - roughly equal to the wealth held by the bottom 90% of Americans combined.".... Perfect time to eliminate the estate tax #inequality #taxes @itep.org @4taxfairness.bsky.social @fairshareamerica.bsky.social
Wealth inequality in America just hit its widest gap in more than 3 decades
Nearly one-third of U.S. household wealth was held by the top 1% in the third quarter of 2025.
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Extreme wealth isn’t just an inequality problem—it’s a democracy problem. When a tiny elite controls more wealth than half the world, they gain outsized power over politics, media, and policy while everyone else is told to fight culture wars.
Many of the super wealthy threaten to leave rather than paying a fraction of their billions to their struggling neighbors. Let us commend those who see paying their fair share as patriotic. #taxes
Congratulations to classroom4film.com for making the Oscar short list for best documentary short. It is a wonderful film that shows the humanity of us all-- even those who are incarcerated. @theacademyusa.bsky.social www.insideoutcenter.org #insideout #Edenwurmfelfeld
Come see Death & Taxes at the Miami Jewish Film Festival Jan 21. #miamijewishfilmfestival miamijewishfilmfestival.org/events/death... Deathandtaxesfilm.com
Many of the "founding fathers" were more concerned with the corrupting impact of vast inherited wealth on democracy than on taxes on the wealthy. #thomasjefferson #taxes #inequality #Foundingfathers
The wealthiest have found the magical way to benefit from their assets without having to pay taxes on them... while the rest of the country struggles with debt and the high cost of living. #taxes #inequality @fairshareamerica.bsky.social @patrioticmillionaires.org @taxwarroom.bsky.social
Congratulations bobbyjohnston.com - His wonderful work on Deathandtaxesfilm.com was named one of the top scores of the year! onthescore.com/frankenstein...
Audience feedback from a recent screening of Death & Taxes - A film about wealth, inequality and the cost of the American Dream... viewed though a family at odds over the estate tax. @itep.org @4taxfairness.bsky.social @patrioticmillionaires.org @taxwarroom.bsky.social @workingfamilies.org
@thedailyshow.com destroys the myth of rich fleeing NYC for lower taxes. "NYC takes the cash crown for the fourth year in a row, home to a staggering 123 billionaires worth a combined $759 billion — and 15 are new to the list" (Forbs)
"I have been careful about what I eat, and right now the only thing keeping me from going hungry is SNAP," Lena Diaz of Phoenix said. "But from November 1st, that health, that lifeline will be gone, and I don't know what I'm supposed to do." Read more here: bit.ly/3Lo6fhs #TrumpGOPshutdown
Dutch journalist/ historian @rutgerbregman.com at the World Economic Forum in Davos 2019, calling out the elites about the elephant in the room- "We've got to be talking about taxes!!" #inequality #taxes @taxwarroom.bsky.social @fairshareamerica.bsky.social @patrioticmillionaires.org
“When pitting the US against 38 other higher-income countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the US has the highest rate of relative poverty, second-highest rate of child poverty and infant mortality, and the second-lowest life expectancy rate.” #taxes
Top 10 US billionaires’ collective wealth grew by $698bn in past year – report
Oxfam warns Trump policies risk driving inequality to new heights – but Democrats have also exacerbated wealth gap
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