The Senate parliamentarian scotched the Republicans’ plan for a simple bill title.
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The Koch Brothers’ Best Investment
How a $40 million political outlay yields a $500 million tax cut.
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How to Restore Taxes on Inheritances
With the estate tax further weakened, is it time to pivot to an inheritance tax?
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The Tax Act Actually Promotes Off-Shore Tax Tricks
The Tax Act creates additional incentives to shift income offshore for purposes of tax avoidance, and what is worse, it creates incentives to shift actual jobs.
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Why the Tax Act Will Not Boost Investment
Will lower corporate taxes generate an investment boom? The evidence suggests not.
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How the Tax Act Embodies the Republican Culture of Corruption
The Tax Act is a Christmas tree of special-interest tax breaks. The only thing more corrupt than the substance was the way it was enacted.
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Demonizing the IRS to Protect Tax Evaders
Weakening tax enforcement combined with new complexity invites evasion and massive illicit tax savings for the rich.
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Want to Expand the Economy? Tax the Rich!
If Democrats want to win big in November, they must do more than just renounce trickle-down economics. They need to replace it.
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The Top Ten Fallacies About the New Trump-GOP Tax Act
Like most of Donald Trump’s policy agenda (and the rest of his career and life), the GOP tax cut has been sold on bluster, exaggeration, and outright lies. Here are ten of the biggest myths associated with the 2017 Republican Tax Act.
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The Broad Support for Taxing the Wealthy
Why Democrats should run on rolling back the tax cut and raising taxes on the rich