There’s a virus in our tax system.
A stealth virus, it was embedded in America’s economic DNA for a century, biding its time, waiting for the appropriate conditions to reveal itself. And then we created those conditions, unleashing it to infect our institutions of culture and democracy, replicate, and burst forth to infect anew.
An oligarchy virus.
In his departing address, President Joe Biden war...
The strongest version of this narrative highlights a systemic failure in the U.S. tax and economic policy, where the ultra-wealthy exploit loopholes to amass unprecedented fortunes while avoiding proportional taxation. The article effectively demonstrates how policy shifts—such as tax cuts, deregulation, and the decline of labor unions—have enabled oligarchic control, with billionaires now wielding disproportionate political influence. The historical contrast between the post-WWII era and today ...