by Jim Hightower | Jul 29, 2014 | Economy, Tax Reform
Did you scramble to get your taxes done this year at the last minute? Yeah, me too. I really didn’t mind paying what I owe — but I hate having to pay the taxes owed by the likes of JPMorgan Chase, ExxonMobil, and Amazon. They’re just a few of the astonishingly...
by Nick Jacobs | Jul 25, 2014 | Economy, Tax Reform
A Senate hearing this week revealed a broad consensus on the need for short-term action against “inversions,” an increasingly used corporate tax-dodging tactic. The Senate Finance Committee’s chairman, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) indicated at its hearing on Tuesday that...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 25, 2014 | Conservatism, Economy
There is at least one fatal flaw in Rep. Paul Ryan's kinder, gentler version of how conservatives would change federal antipoverty programs: The proposal at the center of his vision, as are the conservatives in whose hands Ryan would entrust it, would be neither kind...
by Thom Hartmann | Jul 24, 2014 | Economy
It’s time to put an end to the financialization insanity that’s hurting average people, destroying the American dream, and turning our economy into one big giant casino. One of the most startling trends to come out of the wreckage of the 2007-2008 financial crisis is...
by Sam Pizzigati | Jul 24, 2014 | Economy
Narcissists don’t happen to be particularly nice people. They preen. They grab. And they never ever really feel our pain. Extremely self-centered people, some fascinating new business school research shows, also don’t make for particularly effective corporate CEOs....
by Terrance Heath | Jul 22, 2014 | Conservatism, Economy, Minimum Wage
Sen. Rand Paul mocked President and Mrs. Obama for wanting their daughters to experience working for minimum wage. My own experience taught me “the value of work,” and to value the workers for whom earning a paycheck isn’t always fun, stimulating, or fair. In a...
