by Dave Johnson | Jan 30, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Tax Reform
Senators Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) have teamed up and introduced a bill to let multinational corporations hiding profits in tax shelters off from paying most of the taxes they owe on those profits. In other words, they are offering companies a...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 29, 2015 | Jobs and Growth, Tax Reform
Details of the proposal by Sens. Rand Paul (R-Texas) and Barbara Boxer to raise money to pay for surface transportation projects though a corporate tax break scheme are now out – and they are as bad as many progressive tax reform advocates feared. This unlikely...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 26, 2015 | Jobs and Growth, Tax Reform
There is no real argument over whether the nation needs to do more to improve its infrastructure – its transportation, water, power and information networks. But there is an argument over how best to pay for it all – and that argument is increasingly turning in a...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 13, 2015 | Blog, Tax Reform
A day after Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) put forward a proposal that melds progressive tax reform ideas with a plan for a broad middle-class tax cut, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse on Tuesday released a "tax fairness plan" that would ensure that people with...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jan 6, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Retirement Security, Tax Reform
The House of Representatives wasted no time Tuesday in setting up schemes that are designed to comfort the comfortable and afflict the afflicted. House Republicans approved on late Tuesday a resolution of operating rules that include several pretty outrageous...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 6, 2015 | Blog, Tax Reform
Corporations and their representatives in Congress and the administration are pushing hard for "corporate tax reform." What this really means is even more tax cuts for the rich. As a vote approaches there will be a well-funded disinformation campaign to push these...
