The Republicans are about to start an ambitious tax reform effort. Here’s where it will end up.
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By Blocking Medicaid, Brownback Shows There is No Limit to His Trickle-Down Folly
The Kansas governor—our Trickle Downer of the Week—vetoed Medicaid expansion legislation, capping his tenure with one more outburst of cruelty.
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Mick Mulvaney: Trickle Downer of the Week
Trump’s budget chief is testing just how far one can go to peddle feed-the-rich economic policies.Â
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How the Democrats Can Hijack the Tax Reform Debate
Just in case they want an economic policy, here’s one they can win on.
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Republican Governors: Trickle Downers of the Week
GOP leaders in the states are using regressive tax policy to address massive revenue shortfalls.Â
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Obamacare Repealers: Trickle Downer of the Week
Let’s be clear: Repealing the Affordable Care Act would be a tax giveaway to the wealthiest few, at the expense of everyone else.Â
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Putting the REINS on Regulation
In a drastic power grab, the House has approved a measure that would strip executive agencies of the authority to issue significant new regulations.
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Watch Out for Even More Tax Breaks—for the Rich
How we squander resources through the tax code, and how that could get a lot worse in the age of Trump
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The Progressive Tax Reform You’ve Never Heard Of
How ending profit shifting can fix corporate tax cheating and satisfy RepublicansÂ
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We’re Going to Need More Tax Revenue. Here’s How to Raise It.
More tax dollars will be essential to improve our infrastructure, push back on global warming, fight poverty and inequality, and improve health and retirement security.Â
