The House Speaker’s ACA “replacement” is not a health care plan; it’s a Reverse-Robin-Hood scheme that takes from the poor and gives to the rich.
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
Posted inEconomic Policy
Emboldened by Trump, Minimum-Wage-Hike Opponents Fight Back
In a direct repudiation of voters, the business lobby and state Republicans (and some Democrats) are trying to undermine minimum wage increases.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Kevin Brady: Trickle Downer of the Week
The House Ways and Means chair wants American consumers to pay for massive corporate tax cuts.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Puzder’s Out, But Acosta Raises Questions
Trump’s new, more-traditional labor secretary nominee is still a hardline conservative—and labor advocates have questions.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Jeb Hensarling: Trickle Downer of the Week
Wall Street’s favorite congressman wants to gut consumer protections.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Will Puzder Be the First to Fall?
Inside the battle to resist Trump’s ‘Anti-Labor Secretary’ nominee.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Q&A: Tom Perez Makes His Case
The former labor secretary talks about why he’s the person who can turn around the Democratic Party.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Q&A: How Democrats Can Win the Voter Suppression Argument
Jason Kander, a rising Democratic star, is leading a new organization that hopes to turn the tables on Republican voter suppression.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Another First for Trump: A Policy Arm Operating Totally in Secret
Donald Trump isn’t the first president to enjoy the support of nonprofit groups that promote his policy agenda, but he may be the first whose outside backers operate entirely in secret. When Trump allies announced last week the formation of America First Policies, a 501(c)(4) issue group that will be the president’s main outside advocacy […]
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Gary Cohn: Trickle Downer of the Week
In which Goldman Sachs deregulates itself—and tells you it’s for your own good.
