Outside of investigations, the GOP will try to use leverage from must-pass bills to force through ideological priorities.
Internal Revenue Service
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Will the Green Transition Build Worker Power? The IRS Will Help Decide.
The IRS and Treasury should ensure that companies receiving tax credits stick to the labor standards in the Inflation Reduction Act.
Posted inPolitics
Republican Ideas on Economics Are as Bad as Their Ideas on Abortion
Democrats have gone all in on abortion rights as the primary midterm message. But pro-corporate, trickle-down GOP policies are worth highlighting too.
Posted inEducation in America
Why It’ll Be Tough for Republicans to Cancel Student Debt Cancellation
There are significant legal hurdles, and if Democrats implement debt forgiveness quickly, significant political ones as well.
Posted inEconomic Policy
IRS Edges Closer to 21st-Century Computing
Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, the agency now has funding for significant IT upgrades—but the devil is in the details.
Posted inEducation in America
Implementing Student Debt Relief Is Critical
There are a lot of ways the government can mess this up.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Winners and Losers on Tax Policy
The big winner in the eleventh-hour concessions to Kyrsten Sinema was the private equity industry.
Posted inTAP
Is the Tax Reform in the Schumer-Manchin Deal for Real?
Today on TAP: Amazingly, the package includes provisions that have long eluded progressives.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
It’s Past Time to Replace IRS Chief Charles Rettig
No more Trump cronies overseeing the tax authority
Posted inPolitics
If Republicans Win in 2024 by Fraud …
… Large-scale civil disobedience could ensue. One tactic: mass tax revolt.