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Tax Cuts
We Could Eliminate Extreme Global Poverty If Multinationals Paid Their Taxes
The cost of global corporate tax avoidance is $500 billion and poor countries are bearing 40 percent of it.
Walmart Got a $2.2 Billion Tax Cut. Now It’s Laying Off Workers
Walmart is one of many companies that shared a windfall from its GOP tax cut with shareholders while laying off workers.
With No Wage Growth, Study Shows Trump Tax Cuts Are for Oligarchs
The GOP tax law hasn't done much for workers, but it has sparked stock buybacks benefiting rich executives.
What We Have Learned From the Trump Tax Cut
Those of us who thought the Trump tax cut was a pointless giveaway to the rich were right.
Who Really Got a Tax Cut This Year? Corporations and the Wealthy.
Nearly two-thirds of U.S. voters want Trump's tax law repealed.
McConnell Estate Tax Repeal Would Hand Billions to Walton and Koch Families
If passed, the bill would accomplish the longstanding GOP goal of completely eliminating the estate tax.
26 Billionaires Own as Much as World’s 3.8 Billion Poorest People
The wealth of the world's poorest fell by $500 million each day in 2018.
Louisiana Offers Fossil Fuel Exporter Largest Local Tax Giveaway in History
Louisiana plans to collect no property tax from the $15.2 billion Driftwood liquefied natural gas export terminal.
The GOP Tax Cuts Are Already Hurting Social Security
The higher federal deficits caused by the cuts will be used by the GOP to attack Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
Trump Tax Cuts at Election Time: Failing on Schedule
The tax cut is turning out as most of us expected: a huge handout to people who were already very rich.