Chuck Collins, The Hill

Chuck Collins

The Hill

Boston, MA, United States

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Past:
  • The Hill
  • Truthout
  • DigBoston
  • Inequality.org
  • USA TODAY
  • BillMoyers.com

Past articles by Chuck:

Lawmakers, fix trust law and close down the billionaire enabler states

To be clear, the ordinary residents of South Dakota, Florida and other trust haven states don’t benefit from these changes. → Read More

Inequality-Fighting Ballot Initiatives Won Big in the Midterms

Voters approved proposals to tax the rich, build worker power, and make housing and education more affordable. → Read More

Guest Opinion: Beacon Hill Inaction Costs Millions That Could Go To Affordable Housing – Dig Bos

“We estimate that over $20 million could have been raised from transfers in just six luxury buildings if the tax had been in place.” → Read More

Don’t give up on taxing billionaires

Federal estate tax has become porous and effectively optional for the wealthiest households. → Read More

Don’t give up on taxing billionaires

Federal estate tax has become porous and effectively optional for the wealthiest households. → Read More

The case for a billionaires income tax

Since the beginning of the pandemic, 745 U.S. billionaires have seen their total wealth increase by $2.1 trillion, a gain of 70 percent. → Read More

South Dakota Is a Major Global Tax Shelter, According to the Pandora Papers

This massive exposé will hopefully boost momentum to fund IRS enforcement to ensure the wealthy pay their fair share. → Read More

Pandora Papers: Stop the enablers that help billionaires dodge taxes

The Pandora Papers show how the super-wealthy play shell games to elude their tax obligations. → Read More

Boost workers and tax billionaires

As the super-rich got richer, the most economically precarious have been pushed to the curb. → Read More

US billionaire wealth skyrocketed 55 percent during pandemic — accelerating inequality

Pandemic inequalities may explain the popularity of proposals to restore progressive income and wealth taxes on the very wealthy. → Read More

Our Taxes Subsidize as Much as 74 Cents of Every Dollar Donated by a Billionaire

Our system subsidizes the "generous" donations of billionaires in the form of lost tax revenue. → Read More

Owners of Hospital Conglomerate Made Billions as Health Care Workers Lacked PPE

The largest for-profit hospital conglomerate in the U.S. has made billions for its biggest shareholders during COVID. → Read More

Time for the Warren-Jayapal Wealth Tax

Billionaires have reaped tremendous gains during the pandemic. A wealth tax will slow the build-up of democracy-distorting concentrations of wealth and power. → Read More

Taxes on the Rich: One-Sixth of What They Used to Be

A new IPS briefing paper highlights the unique role of tax policy in wealth concentration. → Read More

Billionaires Win and We Lose at Pandemic Super Bowl 2021

Even in a pandemic, 64 billionaires have seen incredible gains from the major league sports teams they own. → Read More

US Billionaire Wealth Surges Past $1 Trillion Since Beginning of Pandemic

The wealth of 650 U.S. billionaires has approached a total of $4 trillion, with $1 trillion in growth since March 2020. → Read More

Updates: Billionaire Wealth, U.S. Job Losses and Pandemic Profiteers

Check back for our regular updates on U.S. unemployment and billionaire wealth during the pandemic emergency. → Read More

Twelve U.S. Billionaires Have a Combined $1 Trillion

For the first time in US history, the top 12 U.S. billionaires surpassed a combined wealth of $1 trillion. On Aug. 13, they had a combined $1.015 trillion. → Read More

REPORT: Gilded Giving 2020: How Wealth Inequality Distorts Philanthropy and Imperils Democracy

The growing concentration of wealth and power is distorting philanthropy and imperiling our democratic institutions. → Read More

Raising Corporate Taxes Could Help Cities Facing COVID-19 Budget Crises

Local policymakers are facing pressure to make painful spending cuts, when they could be raising taxes on the wealthy. → Read More