The State of Washington has the most regressive tax structure in the United States. CEO of Gravity Payments Dan Price is working to institute a wealth tax on billionaires to fill the states $3-billion budget gap.
Charlie Cooper with thanks to Bill Harvey
The world’s largest money manager ($9 trillion under “management”) works to keep dark money dark. You have to keep reading to find the dark money part because they do other bad stuff.
Charlie Cooper
https://www.theguardian.com/news/commentisfree/2021/jan/26/covid-inequality-worse-squeeze-super-rich
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Astounding statisic: According to Oxfam, the wealth of the world’s 10 richest individuals has risen by £400bn since the start of the pandemic. That sum could apparently vaccinate every adult on Earth, as well as restore the income lost in 2020 to the world’s poorest people.
Charlie Cooper with thanks to Hank Prensky
Although Harrison, a protégé of Rep. Clyburn, lost by 10 points to Lindsay Graham, he raised the most ever by a Senate candidate. Now Joe Biden wants him to be DNC head and use his skills to raise big money for the Party.
Charlie Cooper and Angad Singh
Combines the original Republican opposition back in 1993 with the Supreme Court ruling against Arizona, and little surprise that an Arizona Republican has introduced a new bill that would repeal the 1993 Motor Voter law. It was introduced in the House on January 4 as bill number H.R. 36, by Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ5).
Marty Wulfe
There are many paths for big money to flow to and to corrupt politicians. Announcements about corporate PACs suspending donations are insufficient. Corporate officials sometimes make political expenditures and contributions – whether from a corporate PAC, from personal funds, or directly from corporate treasury – not necessarily because they like the politician but because they are buying access.
“The Daily Poster contacted scores of companies linked to top SLF and CLF donors, and virtually none committed to taking steps to restrict top corporate officials from continuing to make far larger donations to the super PACs that bankroll congressional Republicans.“
Charlie Cooper
Dear Carl,
Thank you for all the support you've given for our campaigns for a Democracy Amendment to the Constitution. Get Money Out – Maryland requests that Caucus of African-American Leaders. endorse the Democracy Amendment Resolution for 2021. We believe that the 2020 elections gives ample evidence why We the People must amend the Constitution to affirmatively guarantee every citizen's right to vote, reserve Constitutional rights for human beings only, and regulate big money in politics.
Please review the attached request. If CAAL decides to support, please fill out the questionnaire at the bottom of page to indicate your endorsement.
Thanks for your kind consideration,
Charlie Cooper, President
H: 410-578-8291
M: 410-624-6095
Get Money Out – Maryland (GMOM) 
"We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." – Louis Brandeis
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