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You probably paid more income tax than Verizon, GE, and others combined
You may be surprised to learn that you probably pay more income tax than a number of the world’s most profitable corporations combined. This seems unfathomable, but a recent report for the Citizens for
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Income inequality, taxes, and power
Guest Blog by Jonathan Shapiro This post is about the rising level of income inequality in this country , its relationship to taxes, both corporate and individual , and the effect that it has
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Whose vote? Our vote.
This was initially a response to a comment from Albert J who wrote the excerpt below, but then the length seemed to warrant a post in and of itself: “… The way Americans have
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Money buys too much influence in our political system
I am a 31-year old with a Masters degree in Architecture who runs a branch of a family-owned business. My grandfather moved to America with almost nothing and started the business which has now
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Political Strategy Schedule Change
On 3/31/12, the Political Strategy working group made the following meeting time schedule changes: Last Saturday of each month, 1:00-2:30 pm will be a forum for discussing, defining, sharing viewpoints about the issues and
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Demand an end to Corporate Control of Elections – Jan 20th
FACEBOOK EVENT LINK HERE We must put the American people back in charge of our democracy. If the Supreme Court refuses to allow Congress and individual states to regulate the role of money
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New York City Council passes resolution against corporate personhood
The City Council of New York City passed a resolution yesterday rejecting Corporate Personhood. Our own Albany became the second state capitol on the country, when the Common Council passed a similar resolution in
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Political Strategy Statement / Press Conference
We released the following, which was approved by the GA in early December, at a press conference earlier today: “The People of Occupy Albany hereby make the following statement, which represents a powerful commonality
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