Increasing minimum wage to $15 an hour would be very good news for American workers.
Budget
Posted inEconomic Policy
Over 100 Academics Endorse Sanders’s Student Debt Cancellation Plan
The economists and professors say that debt relief can improve and stabilize the U.S. economy.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Man Who Liberated the Republican Party
How Arthur Laffer taught the GOP to govern without restraint
Posted inEconomic Policy
How to Replace the Trump Tax Cuts Is the Story of 2020
Democrats need to be specific about repealing the Trump tax cuts.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Boomers and Millennials Unite
Refocusing the Social Security debate around intergenerational justice will ensure the viability of retirement for all.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Every American Pays for Rape
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and it is important to understand how the trauma of rape affects every taxpayer: Many sexual-assault survivors depend on federal, state, and local government programs to help heal, recover, and restart their lives. According to a 2017 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study, rape costs 25 million […]
Posted inEconomic Policy
Putting Veterans at Risk
Even VA privatizers agree that the MISSION Act is likely to stumble.
Posted inEconomic Policy
New Legislation Would Rein In Corporate Offshoring
It’s a necessary step in identifying progressives’ tax priorities.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Pelosi’s Perverse PAYGO Play
The PAYGO rule not just a relic of another era, but of an era when Democratic assumptions about fiscal politics were revealed as self-deceptions.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Why Democrats Need to Save the IRS
An ambitious, progressive agenda must begin with fixing the IRS.
