Sam Pizzigati
@sgp.bsky.social
Co-editor, Inequality.org
Institute for Policy Studies associate fellow and author, ‘The Rich Don’t Always Win: The Forgotten Triumph over Plutocracy that Created the American Middle Class, 1900-1970’ and ‘The Case for a Maximum Wage’
Institute for Policy Studies associate fellow and author, ‘The Rich Don’t Always Win: The Forgotten Triumph over Plutocracy that Created the American Middle Class, 1900-1970’ and ‘The Case for a Maximum Wage’
Trump’s rich donors for his new White House ballroom, whether contributing directly or via a foundation, get tax breaks up to 90%. Of every $1 million used to bribe Trump for private gain, taxpayers are footing as much as $900,000 of the bill! mailchi.mp/extremewealt...
November 25, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Trump’s rich donors for his new White House ballroom, whether contributing directly or via a foundation, get tax breaks up to 90%. Of every $1 million used to bribe Trump for private gain, taxpayers are footing as much as $900,000 of the bill! mailchi.mp/extremewealt...
“Why are the ultra-rich buying up so much of the media?...As vast wealth concentrates in the hands of a few, this small group of the ultra-wealthy may rationally fear that a majority of voters could try to confiscate their wealth.”
#democracy #inequality robertreich.substack.com/p/billionair...
#democracy #inequality robertreich.substack.com/p/billionair...
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
“Why are the ultra-rich buying up so much of the media?...As vast wealth concentrates in the hands of a few, this small group of the ultra-wealthy may rationally fear that a majority of voters could try to confiscate their wealth.”
#democracy #inequality robertreich.substack.com/p/billionair...
#democracy #inequality robertreich.substack.com/p/billionair...
Billionaire bros, just hanging out in a parallel universe . . .
www.ndtv.com/offbeat/tril...
www.ndtv.com/offbeat/tril...
November 24, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Billionaire bros, just hanging out in a parallel universe . . .
www.ndtv.com/offbeat/tril...
www.ndtv.com/offbeat/tril...
The price we pay for tolerating intensely concentrated wealth: US economic output outpaces China’s by 6 times. Yet the US now hosts more abjectly poor households than China.
#inequality www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#inequality www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
November 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The price we pay for tolerating intensely concentrated wealth: US economic output outpaces China’s by 6 times. Yet the US now hosts more abjectly poor households than China.
#inequality www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
#inequality www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
In 2000, political contributions from America’s richest 100 supplied $1 of every $400 spent in that year’s federal election campaigns. The comparable stat for top 100 political spending in 2024: about $1 of every $13 spent.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int... #plutocracy #inequality
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int... #plutocracy #inequality
November 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
In 2000, political contributions from America’s richest 100 supplied $1 of every $400 spent in that year’s federal election campaigns. The comparable stat for top 100 political spending in 2024: about $1 of every $13 spent.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int... #plutocracy #inequality
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/int... #plutocracy #inequality
Americans today support the notion of limiting grand fortunes.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Americans today support the notion of limiting grand fortunes.
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Americans increasingly blame the ultra-wealthy for the financial squeeze average Americans feel.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Americans increasingly blame the ultra-wealthy for the financial squeeze average Americans feel.
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Most Americans believe the nation has become a tech billionaire ball game.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Most Americans believe the nation has become a tech billionaire ball game.
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New polling data: 94% of Americans believe a wealth gap exists, with 73% seeing this #inequality as a serious national issue. Across all ages and political beliefs, Americans want to see limits on wealth accumulation and support the idea of a wealth tax. theharrispoll.com/wp-content/u...
November 21, 2025 at 12:15 AM
New polling data: 94% of Americans believe a wealth gap exists, with 73% seeing this #inequality as a serious national issue. Across all ages and political beliefs, Americans want to see limits on wealth accumulation and support the idea of a wealth tax. theharrispoll.com/wp-content/u...
Our globe’s richest 1% has captured 41% of new wealth since 2000 while humanity’s bottom 50% has increased its wealth by just 1%. This richest 1% has seen its average wealth jump $1.3 million. The bottom 50% rise: just $585.
g20.org/g20-media/la...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Our globe’s richest 1% has captured 41% of new wealth since 2000 while humanity’s bottom 50% has increased its wealth by just 1%. This richest 1% has seen its average wealth jump $1.3 million. The bottom 50% rise: just $585.
g20.org/g20-media/la...
g20.org/g20-media/la...
“The idea of generational warfare is pernicious tripe. It gets pushed endlessly in the media because rich people would rather see kids lashing out at their parents than at them.”
@deanbaker13.bsky.social @ceprdc.bsky.social www.patreon.com/posts/rich-p...
@deanbaker13.bsky.social @ceprdc.bsky.social www.patreon.com/posts/rich-p...
November 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
“The idea of generational warfare is pernicious tripe. It gets pushed endlessly in the media because rich people would rather see kids lashing out at their parents than at them.”
@deanbaker13.bsky.social @ceprdc.bsky.social www.patreon.com/posts/rich-p...
@deanbaker13.bsky.social @ceprdc.bsky.social www.patreon.com/posts/rich-p...
One sure sign that our #plutocracy remains pleased as punch with the current big picture: The art market has over $1 billion worth of art — and a gold commode — heading to auction in New York next week.
#inequality #billionaires link.cnbc.com/public/42499...
#inequality #billionaires link.cnbc.com/public/42499...
November 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
One sure sign that our #plutocracy remains pleased as punch with the current big picture: The art market has over $1 billion worth of art — and a gold commode — heading to auction in New York next week.
#inequality #billionaires link.cnbc.com/public/42499...
#inequality #billionaires link.cnbc.com/public/42499...
Remember this classic Gilded Age political cartoon that used to appear regularly in high school textbooks? We need a modern version to show how billionaires like Elon Musk are buying lawmakers today — as this new column by @calebecarma.bsky.social details: oligarchwatch.substack.com/p/what-192-m...
November 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Remember this classic Gilded Age political cartoon that used to appear regularly in high school textbooks? We need a modern version to show how billionaires like Elon Musk are buying lawmakers today — as this new column by @calebecarma.bsky.social details: oligarchwatch.substack.com/p/what-192-m...
Shares of Oracle, Amazon, Alphabet & Meta up over 20% a year over past decade. Tesla & Nvidia up 42% & 76%. At that rate, the top execs at these firms, already the world’s seven richest people, “will likely become #trillionaires in the next three to five years.”
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
November 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Shares of Oracle, Amazon, Alphabet & Meta up over 20% a year over past decade. Tesla & Nvidia up 42% & 76%. At that rate, the top execs at these firms, already the world’s seven richest people, “will likely become #trillionaires in the next three to five years.”
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
New Public Citizen report: If Elon Musk works a 40-hour work week for the next 10 years, his new trillion-dollar Tesla pay package will bring him $50 million an hour.
@bartnaylor.bsky.social @publiccitizen.bsky.social www.citizen.org/article/musk...
@bartnaylor.bsky.social @publiccitizen.bsky.social www.citizen.org/article/musk...
November 9, 2025 at 9:51 PM
New Public Citizen report: If Elon Musk works a 40-hour work week for the next 10 years, his new trillion-dollar Tesla pay package will bring him $50 million an hour.
@bartnaylor.bsky.social @publiccitizen.bsky.social www.citizen.org/article/musk...
@bartnaylor.bsky.social @publiccitizen.bsky.social www.citizen.org/article/musk...
"Being wealthy means there is money you can afford to lose. So it's risk without consequence."
Bruno Fierens, on a panel at the European Parliament
millionairesforhumanity.org
Bruno Fierens, on a panel at the European Parliament
millionairesforhumanity.org
November 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"Being wealthy means there is money you can afford to lose. So it's risk without consequence."
Bruno Fierens, on a panel at the European Parliament
millionairesforhumanity.org
Bruno Fierens, on a panel at the European Parliament
millionairesforhumanity.org
Trump’s family wealth has about doubled since the election, jumping $5 billion. The average SNAP benefit for America’s poor, now under a Team Trump squeeze, amounts to roughly $2,250 a year. www.patreon.com/posts/trump-...
November 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Trump’s family wealth has about doubled since the election, jumping $5 billion. The average SNAP benefit for America’s poor, now under a Team Trump squeeze, amounts to roughly $2,250 a year. www.patreon.com/posts/trump-...
Median full-time U.S. workers earn $62,192/yr. To make $1 billion, they’d need to work 16,079 years. Going back in time, that would mean starting their chase after grand fortune in the Upper Paleolithic. @patrioticmillionaires.org mailchi.mp/patrioticmil...
October 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Median full-time U.S. workers earn $62,192/yr. To make $1 billion, they’d need to work 16,079 years. Going back in time, that would mean starting their chase after grand fortune in the Upper Paleolithic. @patrioticmillionaires.org mailchi.mp/patrioticmil...
Government shutdowns mean big paydays for America’s ultra-wealthy. Our richest exploit shutdowns to evade taxes and skirt consumer protections, moves that maximize profits big-time.
#plutocracy #inequality @taxgreed.bsky.social www.columbiamissourian.com/opinion/gues...
#plutocracy #inequality @taxgreed.bsky.social www.columbiamissourian.com/opinion/gues...
October 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Government shutdowns mean big paydays for America’s ultra-wealthy. Our richest exploit shutdowns to evade taxes and skirt consumer protections, moves that maximize profits big-time.
#plutocracy #inequality @taxgreed.bsky.social www.columbiamissourian.com/opinion/gues...
#plutocracy #inequality @taxgreed.bsky.social www.columbiamissourian.com/opinion/gues...
A rising stock market tide, apologists for our wealthiest like to say, lifts all boats. Not quite. One reason why: America’s most affluent 10% hold 87% of stock shares. The bottom 50% hold 1%. #inequality www.federalreserve.gov/releases/z1/...
October 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
A rising stock market tide, apologists for our wealthiest like to say, lifts all boats. Not quite. One reason why: America’s most affluent 10% hold 87% of stock shares. The bottom 50% hold 1%. #inequality www.federalreserve.gov/releases/z1/...
The US has become a “bubble autocracy.” Trump hasn’t yet consolidated absolute political power. But parts of our society — from the GOP to supposedly independent institutions like CBS — are operating within a bubble that assumes he has. #democracy paulkrugman.substack.com/p/civil-resi...
October 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The US has become a “bubble autocracy.” Trump hasn’t yet consolidated absolute political power. But parts of our society — from the GOP to supposedly independent institutions like CBS — are operating within a bubble that assumes he has. #democracy paulkrugman.substack.com/p/civil-resi...
Why are #millionaires from Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, and Oklahoma all cheering? They all live in states that have so far this year enacted big tax cuts for taxpayers making over $1 million a year. @itep.org itep.org/biggest-stat...
October 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Why are #millionaires from Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, and Oklahoma all cheering? They all live in states that have so far this year enacted big tax cuts for taxpayers making over $1 million a year. @itep.org itep.org/biggest-stat...
What do our super rich do with all their money? Some collect cars. One deep pocket’s collection of 42 autos — Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Bugattis, and more — just sold for a record $87.8 million at a Sotheby’s auction held in Zurich. #taxtherich www.magnetomagazine.com/articles/rm-...
October 16, 2025 at 2:07 PM
What do our super rich do with all their money? Some collect cars. One deep pocket’s collection of 42 autos — Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Bugattis, and more — just sold for a record $87.8 million at a Sotheby’s auction held in Zurich. #taxtherich www.magnetomagazine.com/articles/rm-...
Too much wealth in two few hands = wild speculation. Always.
Latest case in point: New report now counts 450 deep pockets who each hold crypto portfolios worth at least $100 million. Total # of crypto billionaires now at 36, up 29% over past year.
www.henleyglobal.com/newsroom/pre...
Latest case in point: New report now counts 450 deep pockets who each hold crypto portfolios worth at least $100 million. Total # of crypto billionaires now at 36, up 29% over past year.
www.henleyglobal.com/newsroom/pre...
October 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Too much wealth in two few hands = wild speculation. Always.
Latest case in point: New report now counts 450 deep pockets who each hold crypto portfolios worth at least $100 million. Total # of crypto billionaires now at 36, up 29% over past year.
www.henleyglobal.com/newsroom/pre...
Latest case in point: New report now counts 450 deep pockets who each hold crypto portfolios worth at least $100 million. Total # of crypto billionaires now at 36, up 29% over past year.
www.henleyglobal.com/newsroom/pre...
This September’s annual Monaco Yacht Show featured 120 superyachts and assorted other toys for the mega-rich together valued at just north of $5 billion. Among the showcased baubles: a nautical match for your favorite Lamborghini. robbreport.com/motors/marin...
October 7, 2025 at 11:59 PM
This September’s annual Monaco Yacht Show featured 120 superyachts and assorted other toys for the mega-rich together valued at just north of $5 billion. Among the showcased baubles: a nautical match for your favorite Lamborghini. robbreport.com/motors/marin...