Quote by David Cay Johnston Download Open image ““Today the United States is by far the most unequal rich democracy in the world.”” — David Cay Johnston ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare
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“Wage insurance works best when all workers are covered under the same plan and the coverage starts at the beginning of their working lives.… — David Cay Johnston 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 not kill”… — 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 stagnation or… — David Cay Johnston 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 has at… — David Cay Johnston Copy Share Image
“By 2012 the average income of the vast majority had shrunk to the equivalent of 45 weeks of 1973 income—a 13 percent decline to… — David Cay Johnston Copy Share Image
“No person, I think, ever saw a herd of buffalo, of which a few were fat and the great majority lean. No person ever… — David Cay Johnston Copy Share Image
“The worst of these are laws in nineteen states that let companies pocket the state income taxes withheld from their workers’ paychecks for up… — David Cay Johnston Copy Share Image
“it shouldn’t be the case that the only route out of poverty is to get married to someone who also has a job.” — David Cay Johnston 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 not an… — David Cay Johnston Copy Share Image
“The real income reported on federal tax returns by the vast majority of Americans, the 90 percent, doubled between the end of the war and 1973.” — David Cay Johnston Copy Share Image
You, as a wage earner have to pay your taxes every year on your income for that year. So if you have a one-time… — David Cay Johnston 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 members of… — David Cay Johnston Copy Share Image
