U.S. Politics in Real Time<p>'Time to Ground These Fat Cats': Markey Proposes Tax Hike on Private Jet Travel | "Billionaires and the ultra-wealthy are getting a bargain, paying less in taxes each year to fly private and contribute more pollution than millions of drivers combined on the roads below."</p><p><a href="https://www.commondreams.org/news/markey-private-jets" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">commondreams.org/news/markey-p</span><span class="invisible">rivate-jets</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/CommonDreams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommonDreams</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/TaxHike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxHike</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/PrivateJetTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PrivateJetTravel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/UltraWealthy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UltraWealthy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pollution</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a></p>