Episode 208: Goldman Sachs/AFL-CIO On Same Page—Pigs Fly!; Taxing The Rich—The Fight Looms

Working Life Podcast

Episode 208: Back in the spring, I had a good chuckle when I found a topic of agreement between the AFL-CIO and Goldman Sachs, as well as agreement from lots of heads of states, many labor folks and business titans—creating trillions of dollars in grants, not debt, to give to poorer countries needing immediate financial aid right away to contend with the pandemic. I’m circling back to this idea I first explored on the podcast in May, this time in a chat with Isaac Evans-Frantz, director at Action Corps, and Don Wiviott, a farmer advocate based in Iowa. Fasten your seat belts! The fight to raise taxes on the very wealthy and corporations is heating up, and, perhaps, the best options for victory will come at the state level. To look at the state of play, I chat with one of my favorite very smart people who knows everything about taxes, Amy Hanauer, executive director of the Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy. In case my email slipped by yesterday—there is still time to pitch in to our Giving Tuesday fundraiser and become a sponsor of Working Life. I pay for most of this out of my own pocket. That’s tough these days because I don’t come from a big money background—but I still want to keep giving voice to workers, union organizers, progressive policy wonks, progressive candidates, and grassroots organizations—with intelligent conversation, not rants. Long before they were household names, Cori Bush, Jamaal Bowman and Beto O’Rourke were on my show talking about their vision for the people. Thanks! -- Jonathan Tasini Follow me on Twitter @jonathantasini Subscribe to the YouTube show, Working Life at: https://www.youtube.com/WorkingLifewithJonathanTasini Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/jonathan.tasini.3