Taxing Progressively
Health Care Reform’s Hidden Tax Gem
The new health care reform legislation that President Obama has signed into law takes a little-noticed but precedent-setting swipe at executive pay excess.
Budget Cuts in Perspective: A Tale of Two Ikes
Local government elected leaders are claiming we have no alternative to king-size budget cuts. But their numbers don’t add up.
The ‘Party of No’ May Now Rate a New Label
Republicans in Congress have introduced a breathtaking new budget plan that would essentially put America’s plutocracy on steroids.
Not Soak the Rich, Just a Little Sprinkle
President Obama’s new federal budget blueprint won’t end plutocracy in America. But this second Obama budget, if adopted, might actually inconvenience it.
A Banker Bonus Dilemma for Reformers
Would a stiff tax on banker bonuses blunt Wall Street profiteering — or let the vast majority of America’s wealthy off the hook?
What Ever Happened to That Prosperity the Tax-Cutters Promised?
Don’t expect an answer from the ranters and ravers who frequent ‘Tea Parties’ — or the politicians who egg them on.
The Most Promising Push Yet for a Maximum Wage
Across the pond, in the UK, the idea of capping income is suddenly starting to make a respectable splash.
Of Flat Tax, Fat Tax, and ‘Fat Cats’
A health care reform surtax on the rich makes great budget sense — and even more sense, over the long haul, for our actual health.
Have Average Taxpayers Become Freeloaders?
Opponents of the proposal for a 5.4 percent health care reform surtax on America’s wealthy seem to be getting a bit desperate. They’ve even turned their fire onto middle-income Americans.
From Tax Breaks to Tax Hits
In the struggle for a less unequal America, could the House health care surtax on the wealthy turn out to be a game-changer?
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