Reports

Washington Billionaires Got $151 Billion Richer Over First 10 Months of Pandemic, Their Collective Wealth Jumping Nearly One-Half

Gains of 13 Richest Residents Could Cover State’s $3 Billion Budget Shortfall Fifty Times Over & Still Leave Billionaires as Rich as They Were Before Pandemic  State Wealth Tax Getting Hearing in Legislature Today Could Raise Billions a Year While Barely Slowing the Growth of Billionaire Wealth The collective wealth of Washington State’s 13 known […]

10 MONTHS INTO CRISIS, U.S. BILLIONAIRES’ WEALTH CONTINUES TO CLIMB, UP $1.1 TRILLION—NEARLY 40%

660 Billionaires’ Collective Gain During COVID Crisis Could Pay for All of the Working Family Relief in Biden’s Coronavirus Response Plan  Even as freshly empowered Democrats in Washington bring new focus to defeating the pandemic, not much has changed for America’s billionaires in the midst of the crisis—except the further swelling of their bank balances. […]

DEAL WITH THE DEVIL: BILLIONAIRES BACKED TRUMP WITH ALMOST $240 MILLION IN CAMPAIGN DONATIONS

Disgraced President Gave Tax Cuts in Return that Helped Billionaire Fortunes Jump by $1 Trillion During Pandemic; Adelson Alone Supplied Half the Cash Twice-impeached President Donald Trump was enabled with a total of almost a quarter billion dollars in campaign contributions from 134 of America’s billionaires during his short, violent political career, more than half […]

NET WORTH OF U.S. BILLIONAIRES HAS SOARED BY $1 TRILLION— TO TOTAL OF $4 TRILLION—SINCE PANDEMIC BEGAN

Wealth Increase in 9 Months Exceeds Likely $908 Billion Cost of Covid Relief Package GOP Has Stalled as Too Costly  The collective wealth of America’s 651 billionaires has jumped by over $1 trillion since roughly the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic to a total of $4 trillion at market close on Monday, December 7, 2020. […]

CHARTBOOK: TRUMP-GOP TAX CUTS FAILING WORKERS & THE ECONOMY

Eight principal promises about the benefits of the Trump-GOP tax overhaul that helped speed its enactment in late 2017 have failed to come true. Two years into the Republican plan—officially named the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA)—we’ve seen predictions about who would benefit most from the tax cuts (including a $4,000 family pay-raise guarantee), […]

STATE REPORTS ON BILLIONAIRES WEALTH GROWTH DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, MARCH-OCTOBER 2020

National report: Since pandemic began, U.S. billionaires’ net worths jump $931 billion, or nearly one-third, as working families suffer Click here for a Master List of the state data. Arizona state report California state report Colorado state report Connecticut state report Florida state report Georgia state report Illinois state report Iowa state report Massachusetts state […]

SINCE PANDEMIC BEGAN U.S. BILLIONAIRES’ NET WORTHS JUMP $931 BILLION, OR NEARLY ONE-THIRD, AS WORKING FAMILIES SUFFER

Meanwhile State & Local Government Services Face Deep Cuts as Congress Prioritizes Confirmation of Anti-ACA Supreme Court Justice Over Passing an Overdue Coronavirus Financial Aid Package The collective wealth of America’s billionaires has jumped by $931 billion, or nearly one-third, since mid-March, roughly the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, even as the U.S. economy was […]

BILLIONAIRE WEALTH GREW BY $845 BILLION, or 29%, AS AMERICA STRUGGLED THROUGH FIRST SIX MONTHS OF PANDEMIC

While Millions Lost Jobs, Businesses, Health & Lives, Nation’s 643 Richest Saw Their Collective Fortune Leap Nearly 30%  Half a year into a paralyzing pandemic that has cost millions of Americans their livelihoods and lives, the nation’s 643 billionaires have racked up $845 billion in collective wealth gains, a 29% leap since March 18. America’s billionaires […]

Pandemic Profiteers: New Jersey’s Corporations and Wealthiest Individuals Reap Billions While Local Communities Suffer



STATE REPORTS ON BILLIONAIRES WEALTH GROWTH DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC, MARCH-JUNE 2020

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