The pandemic is helping the rich get even richer. It’s time to tax their obscene wealth | Bernie Sanders | The Guardian

Inequality is becoming worse as tens of millions of Americans face unemployment, loss of healthcare, evictions and hungerWe are in the middle of an extraordinary moment in American history: a public health crisis, the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, the existential threat of climate change and a president who is moving our country in an authoritarian direction. In the midst of all these crises, there is another issue of major concern that is receiving very little attention. And that is the obscene level of income and wealth inequality which exists in our country and the fact that, during the pandemic, that inequality is becoming much worse. Continue reading…

Inequality is becoming worse as tens of millions of Americans face unemployment, loss of healthcare, evictions and hunger

We are in the middle of an extraordinary moment in American history: a public health crisis, the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, the existential threat of climate change and a president who is moving our country in an authoritarian direction.

In the midst of all these crises, there is another issue of major concern that is receiving very little attention. And that is the obscene level of income and wealth inequality which exists in our country and the fact that, during the pandemic, that inequality is becoming much worse.

Continue reading…