Tag: tax cuts
The 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is a case study...
Republicans passed tax cuts — then profited
Eight ways the Trump-GOP tax cuts have made the rich richer...
In the two years since Congress passed the Republican tax law, the richest 1 percent have been the big winners.
How Trump has betrayed the working class
The consequences of Trump’s and the Republicans’ excessive corporate giveaways and their failure to improve the lives of ordinary working Americans are becoming clearer by the day.
The yuge Republican lie about the deficit
It’s not social spending that’s causing the federal deficit to soar. It’s Republican tax cuts, especially on corporations and the wealthy.
The big cheat of 2018: Corporations make billions in profits, demand...
These captains of American capitalism are brazenly ignoring their responsibility to their own nation, a nation in desperate need of funding for education and infrastructure and job training.
Did billionaires pay off Republicans for passing the Trump tax bill?
A Center for Public Integrity analysis suggests the timing of big donations may be more than a coincidence.
Progressive Briefing for Thursday, September 13
Democratic lawmakers demand answers from FEMA , Trump cuts FEMA budget to pay for ICE, Midwest abandons Trump, and more.
House Republican ‘2.0’ tax plan includes ill-conceived ‘universal savings account’ proposal
The USA is fundamentally flawed: it would do little to boost private savings, drain federal revenues, and overwhelmingly benefit the nation’s wealthiest households.
Progressive Briefing for Friday, August 31
Corporate profits reach new heights, Trump cancels pay raise for federal workers, Canada rescinds Trans Mountain pipeline approval, and more.
Progressive Briefing for Friday, August 10, 2018
Trump rule would give $2.5 billion tax cut to big bank fat cats, Judge blocks Trump administration from deporting asylum seekers, Argentina Senate votes against legalizing abortion, and more.
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Sander’s monumental mistake: failing to explain exactly what a democratic socialist government is
It’s time that Sanders speaks out, explains what democratic socialism is and reminds Americans that it is a central part of this country, and that’s why he espouses that political ideology.
What will happen to Bernie?
“Make no mistake—in a world where Sanders falls short of the majority of delegates, he will have the nomination stolen from him again.”
Yale study says Medicare for All would save US $450 billion, prevent nearly 70,000...
The study in The Lancet found that Medicare for All, supported by Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, will save money and is more cost-effective than “Medicare for All Who Want It."
Wells Fargo agrees to pay $3B over massive fraud scandal
“We are hopeful that this $3 billion penalty, along with the personnel and structural changes at the Bank, will ensure that such conduct will not reoccur.”
MSNBC’s Chris Matthews suggests four more years of Trump might be better for Democratic...
"Do they want Bernie to take over the Democratic Party in perpetuity? Maybe they'd rather wait 4 years and put in a Democrat that they like."