“the weakness of the middle class is holding back tax receipts, especially because those at the top are so adroit in avoiding… — David Cay Johnston Middle class Copy Share Image
“In 2008, one in a hundred American adults was behind bars. Just what manner of people does our prison policy reveal us… — David Cay Johnston Adults Copy Share Image
“Corporations have grown so powerful that they have inverted the Roman equation: rather than corporations existing to serve the state, the state… — David Cay Johnston Corporations Copy Share Image
“Wage insurance works best when all workers are covered under the same plan and the coverage starts at the beginning of their… — David Cay Johnston Federal government Copy Share Image
“the rapid growth of a larger prison system creates an expanded and more powerful system of “correctional” administration, which tends to have… — David Cay Johnston Crime Copy Share Image
“Although Social Security’s benefits are modest, they are extremely important for the vast majority of beneficiaries, especially those with low and moderate… — David Cay Johnston Health Copy Share Image
“More than a fifth of our children live in poverty—the second worst of all the advanced economies, putting us behind countries like… — David Cay Johnston Children Copy Share Image
“Part of this is related to the vast apparatus created to administer the criminal-justice system; part is related to the new laws… — David Cay Johnston Crime Copy Share Image
Congress is supposed to fund the IRS, and it has been steadily reducing the number of auditors and tax collectors the IRS… — David Cay Johnston Bureaucracy Copy Share Image
“Halliburton’s is a more extreme example, one in which a powerful and wealthy company transcends national borders so thoroughly that it is… — David Cay Johnston Bottom line Copy Share Image
“DOES EVERYONE IN AND NO ONE OUT INCLUDE ALL IMMIGRANTS? Immigrants contribute tens of billions of dollars to our economy, and the… — David Cay Johnston Immigration Copy Share Image
“The Nobel Prize–winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, who was the chief economist of the World Bank at the time, called the food riots… — David Cay Johnston Copy Share Image
“We have created a society in which all the nation’s economic gains flow to the top and the vast majority sees income… — David Cay Johnston Inequality Copy Share Image
“The disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the rich and the powerful, and to despise, or, at least, to neglect persons… — David Cay Johnston Character Copy Share Image
“Having described the unprecedented scale of imprisonment in America, we may still ask: is America’s use of imprisonment really a justifiable (and… — David Cay Johnston Crime Copy Share Image
“Social Security gives concrete expression to widely held and time-honored American commitments. Grounded in values of shared responsibility and concern for all… — David Cay Johnston Health Copy Share Image
“No natural forces determine income, wealth, and the quality of human life. We make the decisions about who will prosper and who… — David Cay Johnston Economics Copy Share Image
“1969 a Republican president proposed a Family Assistance Plan that would have guaranteed a basic income for all American families. Editorial opinion… — David Cay Johnston American families Copy Share Image
The British use a system where the profits a corporation reports to shareholders is what they pay taxes on. Whereas in America… — David Cay Johnston Book Copy Share Image
Donald Trump ran for office complaining that at $19 trillion, the US debt was completely out of control, and yet what he's… — David Cay Johnston Copy Share Image
Politicians like to talk about the income tax when they talk about overtaxing the rich, but the income tax is just one… — David Cay Johnston Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
“Longer sentences also build incarceration rates and create a chronic condition of social incapacitation for those imprisoned, as they face severe restrictions… — David Cay Johnston Crime Copy Share Image
“Before Ms. magazine was a gleam in Gloria Steinem’s eye, men had quite a deal. Married middle-class men often controlled the purse… — David Cay Johnston Money Copy Share Image
Senior executives can, after a fashion, get a portion of their pay tax-free. You defer part of your income and not have… — David Cay Johnston Business Copy Share Image
“Pope Francis I, denouncing “an economy of exclusion,” has made inequality a centerpiece of his reign: Just as the commandment “Thou shalt… — David Cay Johnston Economics Copy Share Image
“No other modern country gives corporations the unfettered power found in America to gouge customers, shortchange workers and erect barriers to fair… — David Cay Johnston Fair play Copy Share Image
“The worst proposals are to radically transform Social Security by privatizing, which would put people at the mercy of the stock and… — David Cay Johnston Health Copy Share Image
