The Republicans are about to start an ambitious tax reform effort. Here’s where it will end up.
Paul Waldman
Paul Waldman is a weekly columnist and senior writer for The American Prospect. He also writes for the Plum Line blog at The Washington Post and The Week and is the author of Being Right Is Not Enough: What Progressives Must Learn From Conservative Success.
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10 Lessons From the Republican Health-Care Debacle
The terms of the health-care debate have clearly changed.Â
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Republicans Have Already Lost the Health-Care Debate
They may pass their awful ACA repeal bill. But they’ll be judged on standards Democrats established.
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Americans Must Liberate Themselves From the Oppression of Health Coverage, Say Republicans
For Paul Ryan, gutting Obamacare isn’t about the millions who will lose coverage. It’s about freedom.Â
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Every Bizarre Trump Eruption Is a Rehearsal for When It Really Matters
His accusation that Obama tapped his phone is crazy. But look at it closely to see why we should really be worried.
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The Democratic Party Gets Up Off the Mat
To leftists angry about Keith Ellison not being the party’s next chair: Give me a break.
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Why Democrats Need to Forget About “Reaching Out”
The time for that will come—but it’s not now.
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One Horrific Week in, Trump Remains Who He Always Was
Everything liberals warned the country about is coming true.
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The Media Will Be Trump’s Enemy as Long as He’s President
This is a war he’ll never give up.
