Today on TAP: As both presidential candidates endorse eliminating taxes on tips, in Arizona businesses look to reduce the subminimum wage for those same tipped workers.
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Posted inPolitics
A Policy Gimmick Amid the Joy
Kamala Harris borrows from Donald Trump with a perk to the Culinary Union at a raucous rally in Las Vegas: eliminating taxes on tips.
Posted inPolitics
Shapiro’s Call for Corporate Tax Cuts Contrasts With Democratic Goals
Next year in Washington will be all about the tax debate. In Pennsylvania, Josh Shapiro is trying to accelerate corporate tax cuts, at odds with the top of the ticket.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Left’s Fragile Foundations
Could a weaponized Trump IRS wreck the progressive infrastructure by attacking the entire nonprofit ecosystem?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
CEO Compensation Skyrockets While Workers’ Pay Barely Keeps Up
Executive total compensation surged nearly 13% in 2023, outpacing both inflation and worker pay increases.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Taming the Pricing Beast
The government has a variety of strategies to protect the public from price-gouging and information advantages over the consumer.
Posted inTAP
Democracy, Deshmocracy: Mega-Financiers Are Flocking to Trump
Today on TAP: Leading Wall Street and Silicon Valley pooh-bahs believe the tax cuts he’ll give them are a bigger deal than preserving democratic norms.
Posted inLaw and Justice
A Five-Year Prison Sentence for a Public Hero
Leniency is needed for a good kind of civil disobedience.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Real Entitlement Crisis: Good Reporting Is in Short Supply
The preferred journals of the power elite peddle the myth of pending Social Security catastrophe, which is catastrophically wrong.