I’m writing because it’s obvious to me that Supreme Court justices bought off by billionaires have no place ruling on whether those billionaires should be paying taxes on their unrealized wealth gains. Yet that’s just what Clarence Thomas is about to do.
In October, the Supreme Court will hear a case that is relevant to each of Clarence Thomas’s newly-revealed billionaire benefactors: Moore v US. At issue is the ability to tax unrealized gains, which is exactly what many of us have been fighting for in the Billionaire Minimum Income Tax―taxing the wealth gains each year of households worth more than $100 million.
If Thomas and his SCOTUS colleagues rule in favor of millionaires, billionaires, and executives, and against the American people, it would shield the ultra-wealthy from paying taxes on their obscene wealth gains. This would show conclusively that Thomas is engaging in an intolerable quid pro quo with his benefactors.
Clarence Thomas needs to resign, but at the very least he must recuse himself from Moore v. US, based on clear conflicts of interest. As my representative I expect you to call for this. Will you? I’ll take my answer in writing. Thanks.
First sent on August 14, 2023 by Jess Craven
