High prices of homes and rental apartments have very little to do with today’s general inflation, but reflect decades of perverse policies that hurt both renters and aspiring homeowners.
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More Inflation: Now What?
Today on TAP: Some of it is purely opportunistic. We need an excess profits tax and maybe price controls.
Posted inBuilding Back America
Oh No, Joe Manchin’s Talking About a Deal Again
The umpteenth iteration of what Manchin wants out of the Biden agenda is here: some energy investments, paid for by tax and prescription drug reform.
Posted inWorking in America
Predatory Hotel Investment Trusts Are Decimating Workers’ Rights and Democrats’ Most Loyal Unions
Ninety-eight percent of hotel workers were laid off when the pandemic hit. Real estate investors smelled an opportunity.
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Windfalls for Regular People
Today on TAP: As banks and corporations made fortunes from the pandemic, some workers accidentally got too much unemployment comp. Until we enact an excess profits tax, let them keep it!
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
What’s the Progressive Answer to High Gas Prices?
The energy transition is already here, but so are midterm-killing gas increases. Climate hawks are winning the war and losing the battle.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Year of the Tax Cut
State lawmakers are using temporary budget surpluses to pass permanent tax cuts that will force cutbacks in public services and widen inequality.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Remote Workers Punch Holes in City Revenues
Cities hard hit by the pandemic economic slowdown maneuver to keep local income taxes flowing.
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Another Crisis Surrounds Us
Today on TAP: Life expectancy drops almost two years in the U.S., and it’s not just from COVID-19.
