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Billionaires Must Pay Back: Workers Built the Wealth They Claim

October 2, 2026 By Egberto Willies Leave a Comment

Billionaires Must Pay Back: Workers Built the Wealth They Claim

Workers and taxpayers helped build billionaire fortunes. A progressive wealth tax can reclaim that public investment and fund healthcare, housing, and opportunity.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: billionaires, Brendan Boyle, capital gains, corporate power, Economic Justice, Elizabeth Warren, Financial Transaction Tax, middle class, Politics Done Right, Pramila Jayapal, Progressive Politics, Property Taxes, public investment, Tax Fairness, tax the rich, Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act, Unearned Income, Unrealized Gains, wealth inequality, Wealth Tax, working class

Ted Cruz Has a Fantasy That Americans Want More of Trump’s Failed Policies

September 3, 2026 By Egberto Willies

Ted Cruz Has a Fantasy That Americans Want More of Trump’s Failed Policies

Ted Cruz says Americans want Republican “good policies.” Polls and household budgets tell another story as Trump’s agenda raises costs and cuts protections.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: 2026 midterms, affordability crisis, cost of living, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, Economic Inequality, gop, Healthcare', inflation, medicaid, meet the press, middle class, Politics Done Right, Progressive Politics, Republican Congress, Republican Party, Reuters Ipsos, SNAP, Ted Cruz, Trump Economy, Trump policies, Working Families

Republicans Break the Economy, Democrats Fix It—Why Does America Keep Forgetting?

August 20, 2026 By Egberto Willies

Republicans Break the Economy, Democrats Fix It—Why Does America Keep Forgetting

Democrats repeatedly inherit Republican economic wreckage. History, GDP data, jobs, and inflation expose the myth that Republicans manage the economy better.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: barack obama, Bill Clinton, capitalism, Democratic Party, Democrats, Donald Trump, economic growth, Economic Inequality, Economic policy, GDP, George W. Bush, Great Recession, income inequality, inflation, job growth, joe biden, K-shaped economy, Labor, middle class, Paul Waldman, progressive economics, Republican Party, republicans, Supply-side economics, trickle-down economics, Trump Economy, U.S. Economy, Unemployment, wages, working class

The Capitalism Myth Exposed: Workers Build America, Billionaires Take the Credit

April 29, 2026 By Egberto Willies

The Capitalism Myth Exposed - Workers Build America, Billionaires Take the Credit

Workers built America, but billionaires took the credit. A sharp breakdown of capitalism’s biggest myths.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: billionaires, capitalism, corporate greed, democracy, Economic Justice, economic reform, healthcare reform, Labor movement, middle class, Progressive Politics, public investment, unions, wage stagnation, wealth inequality, worker power, workers rights

Why Americans Shouldn’t Sacrifice While Oil Companies Profit From the Iran War

April 4, 2026 By Egberto Willies

Why Americans Shouldn’t Sacrifice While Oil Companies Profit From Iran War

Politicians urge sacrifice, but oil companies profit from Iran war price hikes. Here’s why gas prices are a choice, not a necessity.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: capitalism, corporate greed, Economic Inequality, energy policy, gas prices, Independent media, inflation, Iran war, middle class, Oil companies, price gouging, Progressive Politics, war economy

Middle Class Power: The Truth About Who Really Builds America

December 18, 2025 By Egberto Willies

Middle Class Power: The Truth About Who Really Builds America

Teachers, workers, and public servants power America. This video dismantles Wall Street mythology and calls on the middle class to assert its true value.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: Economic Justice, government investment, income inequality, Labor, middle class, progressive economics, Teachers, Wall Street, wealth inequality

If America stopped redistributing the working and middle class’s money to the rich, we’d be OK.

July 20, 2025 By Egberto Willies

If America stopped redistributing the working and middle class's money to the rich, we'd be OK

America currently supports socialism for the wealthy as it distributes money from the working and middle class to the rich, unlike happy countries like Denmark and the Netherlands.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: middle class, paid leave, redistribution, working class

EXPLAINED: Our rigged economy that transfers our income and wealth to the few on the top.

March 2, 2025 By Egberto Willies

The wealth & income of the rich grows faster than the American economic pie. The rigged behavior is the formula to indentured servitude for the rest of us.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: capitalism, Fight for $15, middle class, monopoly, rigged economy, Walton Family, working class

Stop buying the crap Inflation and working-class angst are inflicted by corporations, PERIOD!

June 20, 2024 By Egberto Willies

Stop buying the crap Inflation and working-class angst are inflicted by corporations, PERIOD!

Corporations drive inflation, exploiting working-class struggles for profit. It’s time to challenge corporate greed and demand economic justice for all.

Filed Under: General Tagged With: CGR, corporate greed rate, inflation, JITI, Just In Time Inventory, just-in-time-inventory, middle class, offshoring

Middle Class Must Assert Its Worth To Assure Their Share Of America’s Wealth v2.0

February 15, 2023 By Egberto Willies

Middle Class Must Assert Its Worth To Assure Their Share Of America’s Wealth v2.0

The poor and middle class continue to bear the brunt of the economic pain totally created by shortsighted corporations who have no care for society but solely for enriching themselves.

Filed Under: Egberto Off The Record Tagged With: middle class

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