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The text of the GOP tax complication legislation
The Republicans, after holding one sham "public hearing" on their conference bill (without any text released) have on late Friday released the text of their (Republicans only) agreed-upon final bill...
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Do GOP House and Senate reps even know what they voted for?
The House passed the awful "tax complication bill of 2017" on Tuesday. The Senate had to make a few changes because it didn't comply with the Byrd rules, and then will presumably pass it today. It'll...
View ArticleGOP Congress: my (wealthy) donors made me do it
The GOP's tax-complicating, deficit-increasing, wealthy-subsidizing, Arctic destroying, Health Care damaging, $1.5 trillion tax "reform" package is unpopular with most Americans, destructive to the...
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What is the GOP goal? A return to the "gilded age" (or worse)
When right-wing Roy Moore said that the time when America was great was during slavery, he revealed something key to the current GOP members of Congress and state legislatures--their primary goal is to...
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Trump celebrates his (very expensive) tax cuts for himself and his rich...
Remember how Trump sold the Republicans' $1.5 trillion-deficit-creating tax cut plan as a boon for the middle class that was going to create jobs and raise wages? That was in September, when he told...
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Dan Shaviro (NYU) and Tim Smeeding (WISC) on NPR's Detroit Today Show
For those of you who may not have the opportunity to tune into Stephen Henderson's radio program Detroit Today on NPR, it might be useful to have a short summary of the January 9 discussion of the...
View ArticleBloomberg's Plan for Addressing Economic Inequality: not a wealth tax
A week ago (Jan 8, 2020), the New York Times described Michael Bloomberg's plan1 for addressing the income and wealth inequality in the United States that has been a constant topic of discussion by...
View ArticleThe Democratic Debate in Des Moines: progressive candidates on means testing...
Dana Chasin at 2020 Vision does a good job of encapsulating key issues that surface in the Democratic debates. Let's get this out first: most listeners will admit that the debates seem both too long...
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Everybody's Talkin''Bout Taxes--especially Wealth Taxes and Mark-to-Market of...
Not surprisingly for those of you who are members of the ABA Tax Section, there is a meeting of that group next week in Florida when a thousand tax lawyers (give or take a few) will be talking about...
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Trump Administration Continues to Attack the Environmental Projections First...
If you, the reader, are uncertain whether to support Trump or whoever the Democratic candidate turns out to be, I urge you to consider the devastating reduction in protections for clean air, clean...
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