The truth is that corporate greed is nothing new.

I am a proud co-sponsor of the Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act, which would establish a per-barrel tax to capture the windfall profits of the largest oil companies and return that money to consumers in the form of a quarterly rebate.

Another major factor is that labor has had less and less bargaining leverage.

The problem is that corporations are making record-breaking profits and over 700 billionaires in American became nearly $2 trillion wealthier during the pandemic while engaging in obscene levels of price gouging.

We have an oligarchy in this country, and we might want to be focusing on that as well.

The rich get richer, and working families struggle. The wealthy buy political campaigns.

the incredible power now held by corporate America, not only over the economic life of this country but the political life of this country and the media life of this country.

I say to Jeff Bezos, why are you spending millions trying to defeat an effort on the part of workers here who want nothing more than decent wages, decent benefits, decent working conditions.

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They understand there is something fundamentally wrong with so few have so much and so many Americans have so little.

Anyone who thinks we do not have an oligarchy right here in America is sorely mistaken.

The President believes, very strongly, that billionaires and those worth more than $100 million, should pay what firefighters, teachers, and nurses pay as their effective tax rate.

The time is now for Congress to raise the minimum wage to a living wage.

The President's budget is a statement of our values and priorities.