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Make Mitt Pay His Fair Share

We have a lot of work to do in America: jobs to create, infrastructure to build, clean energy to generate, homeowners to save, teachers to hire and student debt to retire. And we can’t pay for it so long as we keep the Bush-era policy of absurdly low taxes for the 1%....

Reagan Appeals For Buffett Rule Passage

There's a lot of discussion right now about the "Buffett Rule." This is the proposed tax rule that says people who make more than $1 million a year should at least pay as much of their income in taxes "as their secretaries." The Senate is getting ready to vote on this...

Why Do So Many Elites Hate Social Security

This week there was another big attack on Social Security by another elite. This time the attack comes from an elite columnist, other times it comes from Wall Street types, wealthy CEOs or the kind of politicians that have been in DC way too long. These attacks never...

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