by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 10, 2015 | Conservatism, Tax Reform
Voodoo economics are back with a vengeance. It was George Bush the elder who coined the term as a slander against Ronald Reagan's economic policies, but his son George W. Bush embraced the mysticism of tax cuts that magically increase economic growth and increase...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 8, 2015 | Tax Reform
A campaign launched today by a coalition that includes the Campaign for America's Future, Americans for Tax Fairness and Daily Kos calls on the online retailer Etsy to stop using a tax evasion tactic that besmirches its claim to be a progressive-minded business. As we...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 4, 2015 | Democracy
Rick Smith hosts a daily radio talk show based in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, which bills itself as the place “where working people come to talk.” Smith makes it his business to know the pulse of the labor movement. But he admits to one area where his knowledge was...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 4, 2015 | Jobs and Growth
The National Law Journal this week posted an article that declared that unions received "an early Labor Day present" from the National Labor Relations Board: a memorandum from the board's general counsel that set standards for how union organizers could use online...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Sep 2, 2015 | Jobs and Growth
Today's positive economic news that worker productivity in the second quarter of 2015 was better than expected – up at an annual rate of 3.3 percent – underscores a fundamental question about today's economy: If workers are increasingly productive, why aren't they...
