Taxes

Is Taxing the Wealthy Good For Our Health?

GRIT TV

Does healthcare reform stand a chance against the conservatives' antitax fantasies? Rep. Maxine Waters, Columbia Business School Professor Eric Schoenberg and others weigh in.

John Oliver Reveals Tea Party Tyranny

The Daily Show : Humor

British correspondent John Oliver attends a tax day protest to see what has the colonists' knickers in a twist.

Executive Excess on Capitol Hill

Charlie Cray & Christopher Hayes : Congress

Faced with a no-brainer fix to close a tax loophole, Senate Democrats are dithering, caught between the interests of their donors and their voters.

Look Who's Taxing

Christopher Hayes : States

Weary of tax cuts for the rich, state politicians are rethinking their aversion to tax-and-spend.

Tax the Rich, End the War

Nicholas von Hoffman : Iraq War

Congress should levy a Victory Over Terror tax on the superrich which would expire once our troops are safely home.

Memo to Dems: About Those Earmarks

Christopher Hayes : Congress

As Democrats clean up abuse of earmarks, they can't ignore the ones that masquerade as targeted tax breaks.

Leave No Tax Cheat Behind

John C. Fager : Education Policy & Reform

If President Bush and the Republican Congress would close the loopholes on tax cheats--especially the superrich--there would be ample money to improve the quality of education in the nation's public schools.

Tax Refund Scheme Targets the Working Poor

Bernice Yeung : Poverty

Corporate tax preparers like H&R Block continue to target taxpayers hungry for rapid refunds with questionable loans.

Taking the Offensive on Wealth

Gar Alperovitz : Progressives, Liberals, & The American Left

Strategies that unite the vast majority against a tiny elite are sure to win.

The Gipper's Economy

William Greider : Ronald Reagan

The Cruelest Month

Bobbi Murray : Banks & Banking

Greenspan's Con Job

William Greider : Social Security

Socking It to the States

James K. Galbraith : Economic Policy

And the Poor Pay Taxes...

Roy Ulrich : Gap Between Wealth & Poverty

Sacrifice Is for Suckers

Robert L. Borosage : Budget

Next time you see a picture of a soldier caked with dust in the desert think of the CEOs cheering him on from the beaches in Bermuda.

Bush's Big Bad Budget

Robert L. Borosage : George W. Bush

Bush's Gulf of Credibility

: George W. Bush Administration