Tim Pawlenty’s Dippy Dive into ‘Deep Doo-Doo’
A top 2012 GOP candidate says the tax cuts for the rich he's proposing will expand America's 'entrepreneurial' class. What does history say? Last week, in a “major policy address,”...
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Ten Years After Bush Tax Cuts, Pawlenty Offers Reckless Plan
10 years on, the Bush tax cuts are a disaster—and we're contemplating more tax breaks for the wealthy. How can we stop the madness? GOP candidate Tim Pawlenty observed the...
A Call from Labor: Ban Big Bank Stock Options
Federal agencies are now preparing new regulations for enforcing the banker pay reforms enacted last summer. These new regs, says the AFL-CIO, need to prohibit the 'incentive' that's still stuffing...
A Decade of Magical Tax Cut Thinking
The 2001 Bush tax cuts added $2.5 trillion to the national debt and disproportionately benefited the wealthiest households. Have we learned anything? Republican leaders in Congress have a one-point program...
The Global Millionaire Roll Showing No Slowing
From a top financial analyst group, more evidence that the human race has never been richer. So why are governments forcing austerity on so many of the world's peoples? “2010...
Madison Avenue Declares ‘Mass Affluence’ Over
The American middle class, concludes a new white paper from the ad industry's top trade journal, has essentially become irrelevant. The chain-smoking ad agency account execs of Mad Men, the...
A ‘Flip’ Solution to Ending Budget Shortfalls
A new United for a Fair Economy report, by standing our current state tax system on its head, is dramatizing the illogic of public service cutbacks. In this spring of...
How Did We Ever Get Higher Ed Backwards?
Back in the mid 20th century, colleges and universities helped America beat down economic inequality. Now they reinforce it. The American Dream isn’t quite unfolding the way Richard Silva expected....
Can Shareholders Stop Over-the-Top CEO Pay?
This year, for the first time, shareholders in the United States can vote on CEO pay. UK shareholders have had that right since 2002, but it hasn't slowed CEO pay excess. A new UK High Pay Commission report explores why.
Philanthropists Gone Wild: A Cautionary Tale
Billionaire cash contributions have been cascading into America's most troubled school districts. Unfortunately, so have billionaire perspectives on education. Philanthropists can be bullies. They can — and do — use...
For Top 400 Taxpayers, a Near-Record Year
America's contemporary rich, new IRS data show, didn't quite match their all-time income record in 2008. But they scored their second-highest showing ever, despite the Great Recession. Their average income:...
We’re Not Broke, Just Twisted
Government must stop doling out ever-larger tax breaks to the super-rich and vast corporations. Have you heard? America is broke, according to many governors and lawmakers. They're calling for deep cuts...