Michael Graetz’s new book explains how clever marketing duped America into shoveling more tax breaks to the wealthy and corporations.
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Posted inEconomic Policy
The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget’s Bad-Faith Criticism of Biden’s Budget Proposal
The organization that claims to champion deficit reduction actually wants to cut your Social Security.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Gulf Coast Petrochemical Buildout Draws Billions in Tax Breaks for Polluters
A new report by the Environmental Integrity Project compiled data on every U.S. plastics plant built, expanded or proposed since 2012, revealing massive growth in Texas.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Biden Should Begin the Tax Wars Now
He needs to highlight his positions against the Republicans’. And not give away too much in interim deals.
Posted inTAP
Second-Term Bidenomics
Today on TAP: When it comes to making the rich fund affordable child care and long-term Social Security, Bernie Sanders has a suggestion.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Domestic Textile Industry Crashing Because of Trade Loophole
The ‘de minimis’ exemption allows Chinese e-commerce companies Shein and Temu to deliver hundreds of millions of packages of cheap clothing without tariffs or inspections.
Posted inEconomic Policy
An Unequal Tax Trade
The business tax credits in the Wyden-Smith deal are five times as generous as the Child Tax Credit expansion, according to government scorekeepers.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Ten Percent of the Way to a Deal on the Child Tax Credit
The minor tweak proposed to the CTC is less important than what the Democrats want to do after the Trump tax cuts expire in 2025.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Best of 2023: Jarod Facundo
Our former writing fellow offers his favorites on taxes, unions, and the economy.
Posted inTAP
Will the Supreme Court Help the Right ‘Starve the Beast’?
Today on TAP: Yesterday’s oral arguments in the ‘Moore’ case suggest some sympathy for a doctrine that could cost the government hundreds of billions in revenue.
