by Dave Johnson | Apr 18, 2017 | Blog
While we're talking about taxes... The Zero Hour with RJ Eskow recently spoke with economist Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, about "A New Way to Make Corporations Pay Their Fair Share." [fve]https://youtu.be/LdaMApH6iJw[/fve]...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 17, 2017 | Blog
We are in a time of fantasy proposals from our country's "leaders." What We the People need is real policy proposals to address our real problems. "Tax Reform" Next up on the Trump/billionaire/corporate agenda in Congress is "tax reform." Whenever you hear Republicans...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 17, 2017 | Blog
Some states have cut worker safety protections and made it difficult for unions to do their job. They say they do this to attract jobs and businesses. What they are really doing is hurting human beings in their race to the bottom, and the nation is following their...
by Sarah Anderson | Apr 17, 2017 | Blog
Did you pay all of your taxes this April? Wall Street banks typically pay much less than the official 35 percent corporate tax rate. And yet after attacking Hillary Clinton for her ties to Wall Street, President Donald Trump is pushing reforms that would make it even...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 17, 2017 | Blog
Thousands of demonstrators marched on Saturday to demand that Donald Trump release his tax returns. But, barring an unexpected surprise – a W2 form issued by Vladimir Putin, or a 1099 from mafia boss Anthony 'Fat Tony' Salerno – we already know Trump’s ugliest tax...
by Bill Moyers | Apr 14, 2017 | Blog
It’s been a week now since Donald Trump once again became our president. Here’s how it happened. After he unleashed missiles on a Syrian airfield, members of Washington’s national security establishment and elite pundits swooned. Top Democrats and Republicans led the...
