Ninety-eight percent of hotel workers were laid off when the pandemic hit. Real estate investors smelled an opportunity.
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Posted inBuilding Back America
The Stupid Technicality That Could Down the Biden Agenda
The Congressional Budget Office is restricted from scoring additional tax enforcement as yielding stronger tax collection.
Posted inEducation in America
Start Governing and Good Things Happen
The Education Department’s changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program can serve as a powerful lesson.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Corporate Tax Dodging Won’t Go Away Until We Fix Our Tax Code
New research shows that corporations pay no or negative tax even after being profitable for a number of years.
Posted inPolitics
How Biden Can Profitably Piss Off Republicans
Promoting good policy can also compel the GOP to defend the indefensible.
Posted inBuilding Back America
Infrastructure Summer: Republicans Attempt to Pull the Football on Bipartisan Deal
This was always going to happen, and Democrats should be prepared for it.
Posted inEconomic Policy
One Weird Trick to Force Billionaires to Pay Taxes
The ‘economic substance doctrine’ could be employed by the IRS to crack down on tax avoidance.
Posted inPolitics
Bipartisan Infrastructure Plan Could Come Down to One Number
Team Biden is thankfully resisting privatization. But the deal will hinge on how much both sides agree they can wring out of increased tax enforcement.
Posted inTAP
Hypocrites of the Year—Summers and Rubin
Today on TAP: The former Treasury officials who weakened the IRS
Posted inBuilding Back America
Undoing Welfare Reform
If Congress makes the expanded Child Tax Credit permanent, simple, and universal, it could have reverberations across the entire welfare state.