We all pay a price for corporate tax avoidance.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’s support for an increased corporate tax rate (the current rate is 21%) isn’t that surprising when you consider this: Amazon is the poster child for dodging taxes no matter the rate. Over the past 10 yrs, Amazon’s effective tax rate was just 4.7%—for most of that time, the legal rate was 35%. Corporate tax reform requires restoring rates, but also closing loopholes and ending special breaks that let profitable corporations get away with paying little, nothing or even receiving billions in rebates.
Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, April 2021
The Stock Market is Not the Economy
We need people-first policy responses, not more tax giveaways for the rich. Struggling workers and communities need economic relief, and they won’t get it from the stock market.
Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, May 2020
Why Are Republican Lawmakers Voting Against the People They Represent?
As much-needed relief hits the bank accounts of American families, it’s no wonder the vast majority of the American people, including a majority of Republicans, support the American Rescue Plan. The question, then, is why did every single Republican lawmaker vote against it? It’s time for the Republicans in Washington to start representing the people who sent them there.
Citizens for Tax Justice, April 2021
The Truth About The Trump Economy
Across the country, ordinary people worry how they’ll pay their rent, put food on their tables or find employment. Yet Republicans painted a picture of a booming economy this week at the RNC. Here’s the truth about the Trump economy and how it’s (not) working for most of us.
Citizens for Tax Justice, October 2020
A Wealth Tax Can’t Wait
A wealth tax isn’t controversial: 64% of Americans support a wealth tax, including over half of Republicans. It’s time for a federal wealth tax.
Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, March 2021
The Case for a Federal Wealth Tax
For more than four decades, the economic gap between the richest and poorest Americans has been getting worse. In fact, economists say that current levels of inequality are as bad as they were during the height of the gilded age in the roaring 1920s. Fortunately, the national conversation is shifting. The public has tired of years of trickle-down tax policy promises. It’s time to talk seriously about a federal wealth tax.
Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, September 2020
Working with senior leadership on the script, I produced the animations for this video.