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Taxing Financial Transactions Is More Strategic Than Taxing High Wealth
If we rely overwhelmingly on taxing a small group of super-rich people, they could simply renounce their citizenship.
![Former Vice President Joe Biden waits to be introduced during the Democratic Polk County Steak Fry on September 21, 2019, in Des Moines, Iowa.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/10/2019_1001-joe-biden-400x300.jpg)
Will Trump’s Ukraine Scandal Turn Biden’s Campaign Into Collateral Damage?
Getting sucked into the Trump scandal is the last thing Biden's campaign needs.
![Sen. Bernie Sanders, former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Elizabeth Warren on debate stage](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/09/2019_0929-sanders-biden-warren-400x300.jpg)
New Polls Show Three-Way Race Emerging Among Biden, Sanders and Warren
Sanders has tied for first with Biden in Nevada while Warren has moved into second in South Carolina.
![Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks during a town hall event September 19, 2019. in Iowa City, Iowa.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2019/09/GettyImages-1169640282-400x300.jpg)
Warren Accuses Congress of Complicity in Trump’s Continued Abuses
“Do your constitutional duty and impeach the president,” she said.
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Warren Unveils “Most Sweeping Set of Anti-Corruption Reforms Since Watergate”
Sen. Elizabeth Warren says her proposed reforms would put power “back where it belongs -- in the hands of the people.”
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Elizabeth Warren Calls for Withdrawal of US Troops From Afghanistan
Warren said, “We're not going to bomb our way to a solution in Afghanistan.”
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Biden’s “Best Night” Was Pretty Damn Bad
Biden’s previous performances set the bar lower than whale feces at the bottom of the sea. Thursday wasn't much better.
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Warren’s Social Security Reform Is Not as Ambitious as Sanders’s
Sanders demands that billionaires pay more while Warren politely asks them to contribute a fair share.
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Another Crowded Democratic Debate, Another Chance to Gloss Over the Issues
Key issues will get short shrift in this debate -- but the dynamics between candidates will be worth watching.
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Shifting Blame Is a Favorite Habit of Polluters and This President
In the owl-infested forest we call the present, this is a special kind of hoot.