Taxes

The US has a long history of big, publicly funded infrastructure projects undermined by inadequate taxation and a lurch to privatization that is disastrous.

Washington's much-hyped federal budget deal offers little relief for public employees.

The truth is that raising income taxes on rich people and hugely profitable companies actually helps economies and causes companies to hire more and more people, thus lowering unemployment.

Not only do we pay more, but we pay in far more ways than any other country.

What if you cut all benefits? What if all of public life were a giant competition? What libertarianism would look like in real life.

Journalist and author David Cay Johnston says that private federal contractors need better oversight and should be banned from contributing to election campaigns.

The super rich have skipped out on paying $100 billion dollars in estate taxes since 2000, and more.

With Congress gridlocked, we must look to local governments to pursue more innovative strategies for promoting equal opportunity.

It's becoming increasingly clear that Republicans don't actually believe their own talking points.

Decries cutting pensions of federal workers by $17 billion while maintaining “carried interest” tax break for hedge fund managers saving same amount