The problem today certainly has grown, Collins says, yet this appears to have led to greater public attention and concern.
While Collins, Gates and others helped foil the previous attempt to kill the estate tax, wealth concentration and inequality have since gotten worse. Talking about ‘inequality’ back then made folks nervous, even liberals, who thought it sounded a bit, well, like a communist. Bush Administration’s attempt to get rid of the estate tax (which President Trump and Congress are seeking to do again). As editor Tom Paulson notes in his interview with Collins, he and Bill Gates Sr. The point here is that Collins, who inherited substantial wealth as an heir to the Oscar Mayer meat family (if we can call it that), has long been fighting to push back against wealth concentration and its abuses of power in this country. Wealth and Commonwealth: Why America Should Tax Accumulated Fortunes. That’s a much longer book title than his earlier book co-authored with Bill Gates Sr. Collins is the author of several books warning against rising wealth concentration and inequality, most recently Born on Third Base: A One Percenter Makes the Case for Tackling Inequality, Bringing Wealth Home and Committing to the Common Good. allies until the 1970s.For today’s Humanosphere podcast, we talk with Chuck Collins at, a project of the Institute for Policy Studies, a left-leaning think tank in Washington, D.C. Even after the United States replaced the Sherman with the M48 Patton main battle tank during the 1950s, the Sherman served with U.S. The Sherman tank remained in service with both the Army and the Marine Corps after World War II, and saw action throughout the Korean War. Both guns could mow down German infantry or destroy machine gun nests. Although its 75-millimeter gun was less potent than German tank guns were, it still could fire high-explosive rounds that would level buildings sheltering German troops.Īdditional weapons included two M1919 Browning. to Ford Motors cranked out nearly 50,000 Sherman tanks.
The Sherman’s powerplant was a 400-horsepower gas engine that, combined with the ammo on board, could transform the tank into a Hellish inferno after taking a hit.Ĭompanies ranging from the Pullman Car Co. Most tanks at the time ran on diesel, a safer and less flammable fuel than gasoline.
It was roomy, easily repaired, easy to drive. The Sherman was renowned for its mechanical reliability, owing to its standardized parts and quality construction on the assembly line.
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