Today on TAP: The Arizona weirdo has compelled the Democrats to abandon taxing the rich—so they’re proposing to tax rich folks’ unearned gains.
Infrastructure, Housing & Transportation
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Democrats Abandon Middle Class on Build Back Better Resolution
It’s part of a disturbing trend that leaves out an important segment of voters from federal benefit programs.
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Manchin ‘Pro-Life’ Right Up Until Birth
Today on TAP: If Medicaid is expanded in the BBB, the senator doesn’t want it to cover abortions.
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⏩ Alexander Sammon on the Implosion of Centrism
Staff Writer Alexander Sammon sits down with the hosts of the Due Dissidence podcast to elaborate on the humiliating collapse of centrism.
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What If Build Back Better Builds Back Worse?
Joe Manchin’s prescriptions for the Biden bill in some cases even fall short of the status quo.
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Build Back Better’s Housing Investments at Risk
The housing part of the reconciliation bill is transformative. All factions of the party support it. Will it survive the cut-down?
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⏩ Climate, Infrastructure, and Equity: Navigating Build Back Better
Prospect writers discuss the obstacles to Build Back Better posed by climate change, privatization, economic inequality, and more.
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The Dwindling Choices on Build Back Better
Democrats can cut programs, tighten expiration dates, or count tax cuts and spending separately. But so far they’re just posturing and fighting.
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The Undignified Demise of Centrism
Centrist Democrats may force changes to the Build Back Better Act, but their rationale as a political orientation has disintegrated.
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Will Congress Tax the Rich to Finance Build Back Better?
How to pay for Biden’s program is as important as how much we spend and what we spend it on.
