by Isaiah J. Poole | Dec 11, 2012 | Blog
More than 30 of the wealthiest Americans have signed a letter to Congress and the Obama administration arguing that the estate tax should be raised, not lowered, especially at a time when much of the political establishment is calling for the already economically...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 11, 2012 | Blog
Pay attention to what is happening in Michigan, because it will add even more downward pressure to your wages and benefits, wherever you live and work. Republicans in the Michigan legislature have rammed through anti-union "right-to-work" laws making union dues...
by Stan Collender | Dec 11, 2012 | Blog
Whatever Congress and the White House do in the next couple of weeks will reinforce the case for tax reform. The seeming sanctification of low tax rates that occurred with the Tax Reform Act of 1986 has not meant keeping top tax rates low; it has meant only the death...
by Digby | Dec 11, 2012 | Blog
This piece by Aaron Carroll explains in full detail why raising the Medicare age is daft (and cruel): What you’re seeing is life expectancy at age 65 broken out in to the top half of earners and the bottom half of earners, from 1977 to 2007. I got these data from a...
by Leo Gerard | Dec 11, 2012 | Blog
Mitch McConnell, the minority leader of the U.S. Senate, has for six years wielded the filibuster as a weapon in his rebellion against a founding principle of the United States of America – self-governance by majority rule. McConnell’s revolt shows he believes...
by Richard Eskow | Dec 11, 2012 | Blog
It's tempting to read these pieces by Matt Yglesias and Jonathan Chait and decide that, all things considered, liberals should at least consider raising the Medicare age to 67 as part of a budget compromise. They shouldn't. "This seems like a useful time for liberals...
