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Administration's New Rules For Companies Renouncing Citizenship
Corporate taxes used to be 46 percent. Corporations played an extortion game, saying lower our taxes or we'll move out of the U.S. The U.S. gave in and "reformed" the tax rate to 35 percent. Now the corporations are back for more.
GOP Defrauds Voters
Voter ID laws prevent voting by people Republicans detest, the derided “47 percent” that GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney spit on. Republicans are robbing citizens of the fundamental right to vote. It’s criminal.
100 Zephyrs: Why The Left Must Challenge Corporate Democrats
Bill Scher concludes that there are only minor differences within the "Democratic family" which are best resolved without “war”-like primary challenges. It’s an attractive vision. Unfortunately, its also wrong.
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No, Zephyr, Democrats Don't Need to Have a Civil War
Is Zephur Teachout strategically correct when she says an army of primary challengers is the wisest way to maximize liberal influence within the Democratic Party? Recent history suggests not.
Progressive Breakfast
Treasury Begins Inversion Crackdown Treasury issues new rules to curtail inversions. Time: "[Secretary] Lew announced a new set of measures meant to make inversions less appealing to U.S. companies, including by eliminating some of the ways those companies gain access...
Five Steps To A Family-Friendly Economy
As the White House holds a Summit on Working Families today, here are five policies with broad popular support that could make a family-friendly economy a reality.
The Cost To Our Economy From Republican Obstruction And Sabotage
Republicans have obstructed every effort to help the economy. In the Senate they filibustered hundreds of bills. In the House they refused to allow votes on efforts to help the economy. And then there's the sabotage.
The Mysteries of Inequality are Only Mysterious to Elites
While the explanations that blame inequality on technology can get complicated, there were three items in the last week that painted the picture very clearly for the rest of us.
How Ayn Rand Brought You the Cult of Self-Obsessed Celebrity
What does pure self-interest really look like? It looks an awful lot like Kim Kardashian. Or Paris Hilton. Or other recent manifestations of America’s celebrity culture.
Beyond Ferguson: If You Want Our Vote, Mind The Black Wealth Gap
Getting out the vote in African-American communities is important, but that effort needs to be supported by policies that communities can support to close the persistent wealth gap between black and white people.
