IRS Audit Revenue Plunged 35%. The Rich Won.
The government that promised the rich would finally get their due quietly dismantled the only department with the teeth to enforce the promise. "An obvious fact: If you get rid of auditors, you raise …
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The Billionaire Tax vs. $156 Million
A one-time tax on the ultra-rich has set California's wealthiest against its own Democratic establishment, and the billionaires are winning the first round on spend. "Ro, that's insane. You want the s…
Brin’s $102M War Against a Tax He Should Pay
One of the richest men on earth just spent more on stopping a tax than most Californians will earn in a lifetime, because the bill was coming to his name. "This trailblazing wealth tax would be a smal…
Judge Throws Out Trump's $1.8 Billion Slush Fund
A federal judge has declared Trump's $1.776 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund" a legal nullity, calling out the collusive fraud between the White House and its own Justice Department. "Settlements betw…
Newsom Rejects Even A 2 Percent Billionaire Tax
A Democratic governor who calls himself a champion of working people refuses to let billionaires pay 2 percent. "I want a Democratic party that will stand for the working class. Whose side are you on?…
Trump Sued His Own IRS. He Got Tax Immunity Instead.
The president sued his own IRS for $10 billion, then settled for something worth more: permanent tax immunity for himself and his family. "As far as I'm concerned, it was a beautiful thing." -- Presid…
Trump's Anti-Weaponization Fund Implodes in Two Weeks
A president sues his own government, drops the lawsuit without a judge ever ruling, then uses the phantom case as justification to hand out $1.776 billion from the Treasury to an undisclosed list of a…