Indivisible Asheville/WNC

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We are a progressive non-partisan community action group focused on voter engagement, empowerment and education.

I’m still grieving Dolly Parton. I never met her and always wanted to. She was almost exactly my age and my height and had values I deeply admired. Her death leaves a hole in the firmament. Which brings me to the person whose values are as far from Dolly Parton’s as any human could possibly be...

Dolly Parton was the polar opposite of our bullying president | Robert Reich

Terrified of being seen as a loser, Donald Trump is nonsensically lashing out – even against our old friend Canada

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New data from the AFL-CIO finds the average CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 2025 was a gobsmacking 312-to-1. And that's without factoring in Elon Musk's record-breaking $158B pay package. CEO pay wasn't always wildly out of control. Here's how we can rein it back in.

Under FDR, the highest marginal tax rate was raised to 94% in 1944. Eisenhower slightly lowered this to 91%, which lasted until '63. This was an era of unprecedented prosperity. Reagan later gutted the rate down to 28% with the Tax Reform Act of 1986. Taxing the rich works. Trickle down doesn't.

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