A billion-dollar corporation pays $0 in taxes.

The people making their products barely make $15/hour.

Here’s how income inequality is rigged from the top down:

In 2022, 55 of America’s largest corporations paid nothing in federal taxes.

Zero. Not a single dollar.

These companies made a combined $40 billion in profits.

At the same time, their workers struggled to cover rent and groceries.

How? Tax loopholes and corporate lobbying.

They use offshore accounts, subsidies, and legal tricks to avoid paying their share.

Meanwhile, the average worker pays 13% of their income in federal taxes.

The wealthy? Often less than 5%.

This system wasn’t accidental—it was built this way.

Over decades, corporate lobbyists have shaped tax laws to benefit the rich.

The result? America’s richest 1% now controls more wealth than the bottom 90%.

And the gap keeps growing.

The human cost of this inequality is staggering:

Families skipping meals, living paycheck to paycheck, and falling further behind.

But it doesn’t have to be this way.

Countries with higher corporate taxes and worker protections have smaller wealth gaps.

Here’s what we can do:

• Close tax loopholes.

• Enforce fair wages.

• Shift tax burdens off workers and onto corporations.

Because a system that rewards greed and punishes hard work is broken.

It’s time to fix it.