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Taxes
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Now Is a Time for Growth
Now that our government is up and running again, the nation's first priority should be economic growth.
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Whether or Not You Like It, You’re Helping McDonald’s Succeed
That is, U.S. taxpayers, whether they eat at McDonaldu2019s, Subway, etc. or not, are subsidizing the very fast food restaurants that offer criminally underpaid jobs.
The IRS Scandal That Wasn’t
In reality, this is a story about how bureaucratic bungling was turned into scandal by right wing politicians desperate to spin gold from straw.
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Public Education in the Crosshairs – ALEC’s Private Scholarship Tax Credits
ALEC's model bills for scholarship tax credits for private school tuition harm the people they are purported to help.
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A Trumped-Up War on Welfare
One way the top 1 percent is trying to ease concerns about inequality is pretending that our safety net is too generous to the bottom 1 percent.
Washington’s Contradictory Policy on Tax Avoidance
US policy towards tax havens is highly hypocritical. Washington is pursuing two opposing policies: increasing the repatriation of assets, and tacitly allowing US territories to continue their offshore financial …
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A Cautionary Tale on Privatizing Tax Collection
Since the founding of our nation, there's always been strong and clear distinctions between public space and private space, and between things that are done by the government and …
Enormous, Humongous Trade Deficit Grows
The July trade report is out. Exports are rising, but imports are rising even more.
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President Offers To Give Republicans The Store, They Demand More
The President offered Republicans a corporate tax reform plan that gives them everything they want.
Detroit Red Wings Get New $400 Million Taxpayer-Financed Stadium While the City Goes Bankrupt
Frank Hammer: Detroit's road to ruin was paved by an ill-conceived economic model.