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Top ten reasons why billionaires should not have to pay taxes

Top ten reasons why billionaires shouldn’t have to pay their fair share of taxes

Leave a Comment / Campaign Financing, Cartoons, map, political districts, accountability, Mobilizing Supporters and Voters / By Deepak Puri

President Biden proposes billionaires pay their “fair share”. – MSNBC The howls of protest from Republicans to protect their wealthy donors have started. Use this infographic to get a ‘fair and balanced‘ perspective of why billionaires should not pay taxes. Mr. Burns from The Simpsons has volunteered to make the case on behalf of his …

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Who suffers when billionaires cheat on their taxes?

Leave a Comment / Mobilizing Supporters and Voters, Power mapping / By Deepak Puri

Trump dodges his taxes. Musk pays next to no taxes. The GOP wants to slash the IRS. Tax revenues fund the services we all rely on. Roads. Bridges. Healthcare. Education. Police. Defense. So when everyone don’t pay their fair share, government services suffer and the rest of us are forced to pick up the tab …

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They're special. No taxes. No laws. And they dictate how the other 99.99% of Americans live.

Billionaires vs. America

Leave a Comment / Campaign Financing, Mapping and Story Mapping, Mobilizing Supporters and Voters, Voter Suppression / By Deepak Puri

Billionaires dodge paying taxes but impose their values on other Americans. Corporate politicians cover for them. How is the system rigged? Follow the money. This StoryMaps shows how billionaires have a different standards of justice and pay different taxes. How they exploit workers and use their wealth to deprive women of their rights and workers …

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Tax dodging billionaires behind Texas SB8 bill banning abortions

Leave a Comment / Mapping and Story Mapping, Mobilizing Supporters and Voters, Power mapping, Route planning / By Deepak Puri

What do billionaires do with all the money they save by dodging taxes? Buy political influence and impose their values on other Americans. What does tax cuts on billionaires have to do denying women control over their bodies? Or influencing who sits on the Supreme Court? Or workers right to a living wage? Follow the …

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Working Americans struggle with poor infrastructure. Invest tax payers' money in infrastructure rather than tax cuts for rich donors and corporations that don't pay any tax.

Public infrastructure or tax cuts? Check these maps for answers.

Leave a Comment / Mapping and Story Mapping, Messaging, Mobilizing Supporters and Voters / By Deepak Puri

Republicans block investments in public infrastructure but give huge tax cuts to their rich donors. Working Americans struggle with poor infrastructure. Invest tax payers’ money in infrastructure rather than tax cuts for rich donors and corporations that don’t pay any tax. Check these maps to see where better infrastructure will help all Americans. Households unable …

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