An obscure provision in the Trump tax plan—the territorial system—would further encourage multinationals to shift profits to low (or no) tax havens.
Justin Miller
Justin Miller covers politics and state government for the Texas Observer. He is a former Prospect writing fellow, and has also written for The Intercept, The New Republic, and In These Times. Follow @by_jmiller
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Janus: A New Attack Presents Old Challenges for Unions
There’s a new case against public-sector unions headed to the Supreme Court. But the challenges it presents are anything but new.
Posted inWorking in America
Both Red and Blue States Rely on Prison Labor
As a Louisiana sheriff’s off-the-cuff remarks and the California wildfires remind us, all states depend on and profit from putting prisoners to work—and that’s a problem.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Right’s Legal Attacks Go After Remaining Fragments of Worker Power
Conservatives’ crusade to limit worker rights through the courts is coming to a head.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Freedom Caucus’s Man on the Inside
Mick Mulvaney has his dream job as director of OMB. Given the general chaos in Trump-world, what can he make of it?
Posted inEconomic Policy
Trump Gives Tax Cuts to Rich and Fairy Tales to Everyone Else
Republicans are selling Trump’s tax plan by saying it will help the middle class. But, as we knew all along, it’s written for the rich.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Target Takes the $15 High Road. Where’s Walmart?
Target, one of the largest retail employers in the country, announced Monday that it will raise its minimum wage for employees to $11 an hour starting in October, and gradually increase it to $15 an hour by the end of 2020. The new standard applies to Target’s 323,000 regular employees as well as to the […]
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Labor Leader Runs for Iowa Governor on Progressive Populism
In the wake of GOP-led attacks on workers, a long-time nurses union president thinks bold politics will win back voters in the Heartland.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Trump Swears He Doesn’t Want to Cut Taxes for Wealthy
The president and GOP leaders would have you believe their tax cuts will help the middle class, not the rich. Reality would suggest otherwise.
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Trump Stacks Labor Department with Friends of Big Business
His appointees made their bones on the management side of the table.