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This week on Talk Nation Radio: Billionaires and their ever-expanding billions. Our guest is Omar Ocampo, who is a researcher for the Program on Inequality and the Common Good at the Institute for Policy Studies. He is coauthor of the study, Billionaire Bonanza 2020: Wealth Windfalls, Tumbling Taxes and Pandemic Profiteers, and of the recent article, “Twelve U.S. Billionaires Have a Combined $1 Trillion,” which you can find at Inequality.org. https://inequality.org/great-divide/twelve-us-billionaires-combined-1-trillion

Chuck Collins is a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies, Director of the Institute for Policy Studies' Program on Inequality and the Common Good and the Co-Editor of Inequality.org. As the grandson of entrepreneur Oscar Mayer, Chuck made the inspiring youth decision to give away his inheritance in order to authentically live a life devoted to addressing inequalities.-He is the author of the books, "Is Inequality in America Irreversible?" and "Born on Third Base: A One Percenter Makes the Case for Tackling Inequality, Bringing Wealth Home and Committing to the Common Good" (Chelsea Green, 2016).-Collins is co-author, with Bill Gates Sr., of "Wealth and Our Commonwealth", (Beacon Press, 2003), a case for taxing inherited fortunes, and, with Mary Wright, "The Moral Measure of the Economy", a book about Christian ethics and economic life. As an expert on U.S. inequality and the racial wealth divide, his team's Billionaire Bonanza 2020 report continues to gain global traction.-Timestamps:6:55 - 9:00 - Chuck talks how our society is judged by least among according to the Bible and that wealth isn’t everything9:00 - 15:45 - Talking about giving away his inheritance18:23 - 20:00 - Definition of wealth as archeological history of generational advantage and disadvantage and how this leads to a racial wealth divide20:45 - 24:00 - how billionaires made more money from the COVID 19 pandemic27:15 - 29:30 - Charity Stimulus Package33:00 - 35:30 - Oligarchy and Plutocracy Prevention Program - Surtax - stop distortion of our democracy38:20 - 42:00 - Global Tax System44:21 - 48:00 - Current movements exposing white privilege and inequality as America’s preexisting condition49:50 - 52:00 - How the Media is made up of 6 primary companies and how to break them up56:10 - 57:57 - Civic Imagination, it does not need to be this way - devote yourself

On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Lord John Bird, founder of the Big Issue. He discusses Boris Johnson’s decision to end homelessness practically overnight due to the coronavirus pandemic, why homelessness is a political decision, how coronavirus forced the government to reckon with equality and end homelessness temporarily, the prospect of 500,000 homeless due to a coronavirus economic collapse, his calls for banning evictions for two years until the coronavirus crisis has been weathered, why a rise in homelessness would be ultimately more expensive for the government, how Britain has a tradition of being progressive at home and being reactionary abroad, and more! Finally, we speak to Omar Ocampo, co-author of the ‘Billionaire Bonanza 2020: Wealth Windfall, Tumbling Taxes and Pandemic Profiteers’ report. He discusses how inequality is an ‘American pre-existing condition,’ the astronomical growth of the wealth of Amazon’s Jeff Bezos during the Covid-19 pandemic which has at the same time rendered 40 million Americans jobless, how Amazon is arguably risking the lives of its workers while Bezos gets richer, how the rich avoid paying taxes through philanthropy and charity, how the government ends up borrowing money from billionaires, how taxes paid by billionaires have fallen 80 percent between 1980-2018, and more!

COVID 19 and the billionaire bonanza. An unauthorized history of the NRA.  Plus Bill Press on what Obamagate is really about. . How pandemic profiteers are deepening America’s wealth gap. Plus, the unauthorized history of the NRA. And Bill Press talks with David Corn, Washington Bureau Chief for Mother Jones.   Chuck Collins Chuck Collins is a long time advocate for greater economic equality in America. He says billionaires are only getting richer during the pandemic, and if we don’t act now, inequality will only get worse. Frank Smyth Journalist Frank Smyth has been writing about the NRA for over 20 years. He’s brought that work together now in a new book that offers a definitive account of America’s most powerful, secretive, and controversial nonprofit, and how far it has strayed from its origins.  David Corn From birtherism to Obamagate. Bill Press talks with David Corn, Washington Bureau Chief for Mother Jones about Trump’s phony narratives and the politics behind them. If you'd like to hear the entire interview, visit BillPressPods.com. Jim Hightower What’s the charitable thing to do about inequality?

0:08 – Trump issues executive order shielding meat plants from COVID protocols, amid chaos in the meat industry with workers and unions terrified of an outbreak. Tom Philpott (@tomphilpott) is a food and agriculture correspondent for Mother Jones Magazine. His latest piece is titled This May Be the Real Reason Trump Is Throwing a Bone to Meatpackers 0:34 – Open lines: We asked listeners to call in and tell us how you're doing, about your life during shelter-in-place, or what you need us to look into. If you did not get a chance to call in, call us on our off-air phone line: (510) 306 – 2371 1:08 – There have been over 75 prisoner actions and resistance documented in response to COVID, and likely many more across the US. Duncan Tarr is a writer and organizer, and editor of the website Perilous: A Chronicle of Prisoner Unrest which is documenting actions and resistance in prisons and jails across the US and Canada, in response to COVID. 1:18 – Update on hunger strikes in ICE detention facilities Yoceline Aguilar is an organizer with Kern Youth Abolitionists (@kyabolitionists). Priya Patel is supervising attorney at Centro Legal de la Raza (@centrolegal).   1:34 – Are our deportations spreading COVID abroad? Jake Johnston (@JakobJohnston) is a senior research associate with the Center for Economic Policy and Research, and author of a new report: “Exporting COVID-19: ICE Air Conducted Deportation Flights to 11 LAC Countries, Flight Data Shows. 1:45 – The economy's tanking. Why are billionaires getting richer? Chuck Collins (@Chuck99to1) is Director of the Program on Inequality and the Common Good at the Institute for Policy Studies, and the co-author of a new report ‘Billionaire Bonanza 2020: Wealth Windfalls, Tumbling Taxes, And Pandemic Profiteers' 1:55 – Poetry flash: ‘All the World' by Kim McMillon Kim McMillon is a poet, playwright, and theater producer and currently pursuing a Ph.D. in World Cultures at the University of California, Merced, with an emphasis on African American Literature.  (Photo: Poultry workers / Wikipedia)   The post Chaos in meat packing plants, as Trump issues executive order forcing them to stay open and shielding owners from responsibility for COVID outbreak; Plus, New report: The economy's tanking. Why are billionaires getting richer?  appeared first on KPFA.

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A new report released by Chuck Collins and Josh Hoxie of the Institute for Policy Studies, "Billionaire Bonanza 2017: The Forbes 400 and the Rest of Us," reveals that only 3 people in the US hold wealth equivalent to the bottom 50% of the population, about 160 million people. The wealth divide is getting more severe every year. Just 7 years ago it was 400 people who owned wealth equivalent to the bottom 50%, now they own wealth equal to the bottom 64%, 204 million people. The numbers of people with zero wealth or who are in debt is also growing and is worse for black and Latinos than whites. We discuss the current wealth divide, what's behind it, how the new tax proposal will affect it and how to resolve it. For more information, visit www.ClearingtheFOGRadio.org.

This week on Love (and Revolution) Radio, we interview two men who had millions of dollars . . . and chose to give it all away. Chuck Collins and Dariel Garner share their stories of finding the true meaning of wealth, and how they've dedicated their lives to creating more just, equitable, and sustainable economies, wealth, and incomes. Sign up for our weekly email: http://www.riverasun.com/love-and-revolution-radio/ About Our Guests: Chuck Collins is great-grandson of 19th-century meatpacking mogul Oscar F. Mayer. He is now the senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies, and cofounder of Wealth for the Common Good and Inequality.org. He is the author of numerous books, including 99 to 1: How Wealth Inequality Is Wrecking The World And What We Can Do About It. He is the coauthor, with William H. Gates, Sr., of the book Wealth and Our Commonwealth: Why America Should Tax Accumulated Fortunes. In his twenties, he gave away his inheritance. Dariel Garner is a serial entrepreneur who has started over forty businesses. He is a former member of the 0.01% and the inspiration for the fictional novel, Billionaire Buddha. Twelve years ago, he gave away his multi-million dollar fortune. Related Links: Chuck Collins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Collins Inequality.org http://inequality.org/ Billionaire Buddha by Rivera Sun http://www.riverasun.com/billionaire-buddha/ Institute for Policy Studies http://www.ips-dc.org/ Billionaire Bonanza (statistics on wealth inequality) http://www.ips-dc.org/billionaire-bonanza/ The Next System http://thenextsystem.org/ New Economy Coalition http://neweconomy.net/ Resilience.org http://www.resilience.org/ Music by: "Love and Revolution" by Diane Patterson and Spirit Radio www.dianepatterson.org About Your Co-hosts: Sherri Mitchell (Penobscot) is an Indigenous rights attorney, writer and activist who melds traditional life-way teachings into spirit-based movements. Follow her at Sherri Mitchell – Wena’gamu’gwasit: https://www.facebook.com/sacredinstructions/timeline Rivera Sun is a novelist and nonviolent mischief-maker. She is the author of The Dandelion Insurrection, Billionaire Buddha, and Steam Drills, Treadmills, and Shooting Stars. She is also the social media coordinator and nonviolence trainer for Campaign Nonviolence and Pace e Bene. Her essays on social justice movements are syndicated on by PeaceVoice, and appear in Truthout and Popular Resistance. http://www.riverasun.com/

This week on Love (and Revolution) Radio, we interview two men who had millions of dollars . . . and chose to give it all away. Chuck Collins and Dariel Garner share their stories of finding the true meaning of wealth, and how they've dedicated their lives to creating more just, equitable, and sustainable economies, wealth, and incomes. Sign up for our weekly email: http://www.riverasun.com/love-and-revolution-radio/ About Our Guests: Chuck Collins is great-grandson of 19th-century meatpacking mogul Oscar F. Mayer. He is now the senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies, and cofounder of Wealth for the Common Good and Inequality.org. He is the author of numerous books, including 99 to 1: How Wealth Inequality Is Wrecking The World And What We Can Do About It. He is the coauthor, with William H. Gates, Sr., of the book Wealth and Our Commonwealth: Why America Should Tax Accumulated Fortunes. In his twenties, he gave away his inheritance. Dariel Garner is a serial entrepreneur who has started over forty businesses. He is a former member of the 0.01% and the inspiration for the fictional novel, Billionaire Buddha. Twelve years ago, he gave away his multi-million dollar fortune. Related Links: Chuck Collins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Collins Inequality.org http://inequality.org/ Billionaire Buddha by Rivera Sun http://www.riverasun.com/billionaire-buddha/ Institute for Policy Studies http://www.ips-dc.org/ Billionaire Bonanza (statistics on wealth inequality) http://www.ips-dc.org/billionaire-bonanza/ The Next System http://thenextsystem.org/ New Economy Coalition http://neweconomy.net/ Resilience.org http://www.resilience.org/ Music by: "Love and Revolution" by Diane Patterson and Spirit Radiowww.dianepatterson.org About Your Co-hosts: Sherri Mitchell (Penobscot) is an Indigenous rights attorney, writer and activist who melds traditional life-way teachings into spirit-based movements. Follow her at Sherri Mitchell – Wena’gamu’gwasit:https://www.facebook.com/sacredinstructions/timeline Rivera Sun is a novelist and nonviolent mischief-maker. She is the author of The Dandelion Insurrection, Billionaire Buddha, and Steam Drills, Treadmills, and Shooting Stars. She is also the social media coordinator and nonviolence trainer for Campaign Nonviolence and Pace e Bene. Her essays on social justice movements are syndicated on by PeaceVoice, and appear in Truthout and Popular Resistance.http://www.riverasun.com/