by Bill Scher | Apr 12, 2012 | Blog
Notice something odd about the conservative excuses for opposing the Buffett Rule? *** ...the money that would be brought in by the government through this sort of tax increase would hardly reduce the growing federal debt. The debt is too large, and the revenue would...
by Richard Eskow | Apr 12, 2012 | Blog
Today the Western world is divided between two visions of our economic future. One vision is of austerity and the other is of growth. One is of hope and possibility, the other of despair and cynicism. The battle between these two visions has divided the United States...
by Leo Gerard | Apr 12, 2012 | Blog
A long time ago, in an historical America, lawmakers determined a progressive tax code to be the fairest and most logical for all. The legislators asked more of those who had benefitted most from the advantages America provides. They asked less of those who benefitted...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 12, 2012 | Blog
It is no surprise that the 2013 federal budget proposal that President Obama released today is deemed "dead on arrival" in Congress. Most White House budget proposals are. That, however, does not make it irrelevant, especially in an election year that is a contest...
by Robert Borosage | Apr 12, 2012 | Blog
The following was originally published at Politico Texas Gov. Rick Perry this week will try to revive his flagging presidential campaign by embracing an old conservative fancy — the flat tax, while calling for “scrapping the 3 million words of the current...
by Sam Pizzigati | Apr 12, 2012 | Blog
President Obama has proposed a specific new minimum tax rate for millionaires. Should America's rich feel angry or relieved? We check the IRS tax data archives for an answer. The most famous secretary in America works “just as hard” as her billionaire boss — according...
