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Tag: trickle-down economics

Harris breaks with Biden on capital gains tax based on ‘failed...

Speaking to supporters, Harris emphasized the importance of supporting investment in small businesses and innovation while ensuring that the wealthy pay their fair share.

Does trickle-down economics actually work?

Making big corporations and the rich even richer through tax cuts and regulatory rollbacks doesn’t make the rest of us better off.

The end of trickle-down economics

Percolate-up economics works. Trickle-down does not.

Trickle-down economics doesn’t work but build-up does—is Biden listening?

Trickle-down economics is a cruel hoax. The benefits of build-up economics are real.

How Trump’s war on regulation is trickle-down economics

Trump’s attack on regulation is just another form of trickle-down economics – where the gains go the top, and the risks and losses trickle down.

Why making American corporations more competitive doesn’t help most Americans

Restoring corporations' “competitive edge” has little or nothing to do with helping American workers.

The true path to prosperity

Growth doesn’t “trickle down.” It rises up.

What is the true cost of inequality?

Americans, in effect, are each paying what amounts to an “inequality tax.”

Trump’s trickle-down populism

Trickle-down economics dressed in populist garb is still trickle-down economics.

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Medicaid on the chopping block: GOP budget advances as disabled protesters cry, ‘You will...

Republicans push deep Medicaid cuts in late-night sessions as disabled protesters are arrested, and millions face the loss of life-saving coverage.

‘This is where kids with cancer are’: Israel bombs Gaza hospitals, kills dozens as...

U.S.-backed Israeli strikes destroy hospitals in Khan Younis, killing patients, staff, and journalists as Gaza’s health system nears total collapse under allegations of war crimes.

Poof! It’s gone

The America we once knew...gone!

Trump-GOP tax bill delivers $5 trillion to billionaires while slashing aid for working families

The legislation extends Trump-era tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy, adds new corporate giveaways, and revives controversial provisions targeting civil society, while gutting Medicaid and SNAP.