by Isaiah J. Poole | May 10, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Health, Tax Reform
It's "Neoliberals Gang Up on Bernie Sanders Week" along the corridor of Washington establishment think-tanks that include the Brookings Institution, the Urban Institute and a Brookings offspring, the Tax Policy Center. Out of this corridor came not one, but two...
by Sam Pizzigati | May 10, 2016 | Blog, Economy, Tax Reform
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong has helped make a little medical history. The good doctor holds over 95 patents. He pulled off the first pig-to-human cell transplant to treat diabetes. And one of the drugs he designed and developed, Abraxane, keeps cancerous cells from...
by Sam Pizzigati | Apr 26, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Tax Reform
Overcrowded classrooms. Crumbling bridges. Shuttered libraries. These have become our everyday realities after over a generation of tax-cutting political bravado. A shrinking middle class. Rising dead-end poverty. The splurges of a new super rich. These have also...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 18, 2016 | Tax Reform
One of the right's favorite talking points is how they'd like the tax code to be so simple that a citizen could file their taxes on a postcard. Here's what the right doesn't talk about: There is already a law on that books that would make tax filing simpler and save...
by Robert Borosage | Apr 18, 2016 | Blog, Tax Reform
Tax day. In the District of Columbia, the main post office stays open until midnight. Taxpayers who waited until the last moment line up to get a receipt showing they filed on time. America’s civic ritual. But not everyone participates. America’s major corporations –...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 7, 2016 | Blog, Tax Reform, Trade
[fve]https://youtu.be/FyOVMqAIFw8[/fve] Global Witness recently presented this TED talk on "how exposing anonymous companies could cut down on crime." Should our own government help oligarchs, billionaires and their corporations, criminals and terrorists hide their...