by Dave Johnson | Apr 15, 2014 | Blog, Tax Reform
It's Tax Day! And right now Congress is working on Tax Day giveaways for the big corporations. When corporations avoid paying their fair share of taxes, the rest of us end up picking up the tab. So Happy Tax Day! Have you heard politicians screaming about "the...
by Bill Scher | Apr 15, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism
On Saturday, Sen. Rand Paul traveled to New Hampshire and addressed conservative activists at the Freedom Summit. In his remarks he described his vision to "grow our movement" and attract new constituencies to the Republican fold. Namely, "We can't be the party of the...
by Leo Gerard | Apr 15, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Rejecting dozens of heroic characters, from Captain America to Underdog, Republicans last week chose instead a villain for their figurehead. They selected Prince John, the guy who coddled the rich and tried to crush Robin Hood. House Republicans voted to elevate...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 15, 2014 | Blog, Tax Reform
A great thing happened at the end of 2013: A pack of corporate tax breaks that long ago should have been weeded out of the tax code finally expired due to congressional inaction and were dispatched to the graveyard of tax inequity. But today, as millions of Americans...
by Robert Borosage | Apr 14, 2014 | Blog
The following email was sent to Campaign for America's Future supporters today. Last week, Speaker John Boehner had a chance to follow the Senate's lead and put the bipartisan unemployment extension up for a vote in the House. We asked you to call his office. You told...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 14, 2014 | Blog
Last week House Republicans passed the "Ryan budget." It won't become law because it won't get through the Senate and President Obama would veto it. But because it's the budget statement of the Republican Party going into the fall elections, it shows voters who the...
