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The Tax Act Actually Promotes Off-Shore Tax Tricks
The Tax Act creates additional incentives to shift income offshore for purposes of tax avoidance, and what is worse, it creates incentives to shift actual jobs.
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What Else Could We Do with $1.9 Trillion?
If we spent that money on infrastructure rather than tax cuts for the rich, we would get better economic performance and more good jobs.
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The Koch Brothers’ Best Investment
How a $40 million political outlay yields a $500 million tax cut.
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Accelerating the Death of Real Jobs
The Tax Act adds insidious new incentives to turn more jobs into casual contract work.Â
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Penalizing Marriage for the Poor
Incredibly, the Tax Act actually punishes low-income people for getting married.
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Why the Tax Act Will Not Boost Investment
Will lower corporate taxes generate an investment boom? The evidence suggests not.
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How the Tax Act Embodies the Republican Culture of Corruption
The Tax Act is a Christmas tree of special-interest tax breaks. The only thing more corrupt than the substance was the way it was enacted.
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Demonizing the IRS to Protect Tax Evaders
Weakening tax enforcement combined with new complexity invites evasion and massive illicit tax savings for the rich.
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Want to Expand the Economy? Tax the Rich!
If Democrats want to win big in November, they must do more than just renounce trickle-down economics. They need to replace it.
