Chuck Collins
@Chuck99to1
Meet me @chuck77.bsky.social -Campaigner @IPS_DC, co-editor, http://Inequality.org, Author, see: http://www.chuckcollinswrites.com. Dad, cyclist, gardener.
New Yorkers: Tonight: The theatrical premiere of "Death & Taxes: A Documentary Film." Come join me in conversation with Director Justin Schein and Robert Frank of the Wealth Report, CNBC. ifccenter.com/films/death-ta… @IPS_DC @inequalityorg @PatrioticMills
NEW: Once a respected cardiac surgeon, Ralph de la Torre has become a private equity vampire pillaging billions from our healthcare system. It's time to start seriously prosecuting oligarchs like him. IPS @inequalityorg scholar @Chuck99to1 in @thenation: thenation.com/article/societ…
Meet the oligarchs ruining our country. The first of my monthly "Oligarch Watch" features @thenation featuring health care scammer Ralph de la Torre! thenation.com/article/societ… @IPS_DC
Check out Luke Concannon's new anthem for community resilience, "Stick Together and Stay Together" resilience.org/stories/2025-0…
🚨 @HouseDemocrats offered multiple amendments to the GOP's "Big Beautiful Bill," which would've blocked tax cuts to multi-millionaires and billionaires at the expense of workers and the middle class. Republicans rejected each amendment. WATCH:
A climate justice "shot heard round the world" from Concord and Lexington --and their inspiring fight against private jet expansion. See my article in @thenation today and @stopprivatejets thenation.com/article/enviro…
How do billionaires *actually* get away with avoiding taxes? Watch this beautifully-done explainer, ft. IPS @inequalityorg scholars @Chuck99to1 and @AZBobLord:
NEW: Nvidia’s CEO is dodging $8 billion in taxes — legally. He's using estate tax loopholes. Closing them, and taxing the ultra-wealthy, is the only thing that will stop a new American oligarchy. But Trump wants to eliminate the estate tax altogether.
How the billionaires dodge the estate tax! Check out this great explainer video from @MorePerfectUS featuring me and Bob Lord @inequalityorg @IPS_DC
NEW: Nvidia’s CEO is dodging $8 billion in taxes — legally. He's using estate tax loopholes. Closing them, and taxing the ultra-wealthy, is the only thing that will stop a new American oligarchy. But Trump wants to eliminate the estate tax altogether.
OIL-Garchs in Charge...Watch for our monthly report on the Trump wealth surge for fossil fuel billionaires. theguardian.com/environment/20…
The combined wealth of U.S. billionaires increased by $1 trillion over the last 9 months, from $5.7 trillion at the beginning of April to $6.72 trillion at the end of 2024. NEW analysis from IPS scholar @Chuck99to1 in @inequalityorg: inequality.org/article/2024-b…
This will be a good webinar for policymakers and the public to fully dissect alternatives to kerosene based jet fuel...
The aviation industry claims that "sustainable aviation fuels" will all but erase its pollution. On 1/8 at 7 pm ET, don't miss an investigation from experts: 🎙️ @Dlashof, @WorldResources 🎙️ @Chuck99to1, @inequalityorg 🎙️ Neil Rasmussen, @MIT Register: act.sierraclub.org/events/details…
Thanks @SenSanders for standing up against Oligarchy and quoting my @commondreams article @inequalityorg @IPS_DC
We’ve made some progress in the fight against racism, sexism & homophobia. However, we’re losing the struggle for economic justice. While 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck, the gap between the 1% & everyone else is growing wider. So, yes: We must take on oligarchy.…
Friend just sent this: "A tree outside my window is nearly bare. Perhaps it is an image of our national life this morning. We have a choice: to focus on the bare branches or to appreciate the colorful leaves. I suspect I know where your eyes would be." I'm trying. It's hard.
"We should be looking at ways to tax high incomes in wealth & invest it in things that expand opportunity." Great interview with @Chuck99to1 in @theprogressive on wealth inequality reform. Give it a listen ⤵️ progressive.org/magazine/whos-…
The fact that donor-advised funds are virtually untraceable makes them ideal for "the kind of political giving that donors probably wouldn’t want disclosed," says @HelenofIPS of @inequalityorg. We need to address DAFs. NEW from @joefassler in @DeSmog: desmog.com/2024/10/28/fri…
.@Chuck99to1: "The billionaires are displacing the millionaires, and the millionaires are disrupting the housing market for everyone else." commondreams.org/news/wall-stre… #UnitedStates
Great conversation with @theprogressive about the harm of billionaire wealth extraction
Walmart now controls 25% of the grocery market. Curbing this kind of monopoly ownership is one of the most important ways to defend ourselves against billionaires. NEW interview with @inequalityorg scholar @Chuck99to1 in @theprogressive: progressive.org/magazine/whos-…
"The private jet expansion at Hanscom is a direct and immediate threat to Massachusetts efforts to combat climate change." Read more of @Chuck99to1's and @cordoud's recent Op-Ed here: bostonherald.com/2024/10/04/col…
As Hurricane Milton approaches the Florida coast, let's remember the climatecriminals.org that made this all possible with half a century of funding climate denial, distraction, doubt and delay. @ClimateHuman @ClimateDefiance @climatecriminals
Hurricane Hanscom is bearing down on us...yet MassPort is still considering this reckless project. @stopprivatejets bostonherald.com/2024/10/04/col…
