I took U.S. tax data from Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman and made an interactive graph website for you. ricsolom.github.io/tax-story/

I don't write blog posts often, but here I argue for financial transaction taxes on foreign capital entering the US. I also review Trade Wars are Class Wars (2020), which is a good book but gives an inadequate prescription for the problem it identifies. www.richardsolomon.net/home/blog/ta...

Does taxing the rich drive them away? This week, the IRS released new data on Massachusetts taxpayers making $1+ million annually in 2023. This is the 1st year of data since MA's 4% surtax on income above $1M, passed in 2022: 2022 filers: 27,270 2023 filers: 27,450 Base grew a bit, no contraction.

Wrote about my friend and Cambridge, MA neighbor Evan MacKay running as a democratic socialist. - ICE out of MA - Corporate money out of politics - Sunlight on the corrupt legislature. - Climate justice Vote by Sept 1 & volunteer for @evanforcambridge.bsky.social

Here's what the mainstream media has failed to offer -- a comprehensive, documented rebuttal of the vicious campaign of lies about the #Somali-American community. @currentaffairs.bsky.social @nathanjrobinson.bsky.social www.currentaffairs.org/news/demolis...

Demolishing Lies About Somali Americans

Right-wing ideologues like Christopher Rufo are pushing a narrative that paints Somali immigrants as welfare-dependent criminals. It’s nonsense, and the data prove it.

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