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...
Taxation
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...
A Time When Government Never Shut Down
Did America’s rich 50 years ago live on a different planet? Or reside in some parallel universe? Taxing today’s rich could, of course, help fill these budget shortfalls and avoid...
Pay Up, Corporate Tax Dodgers
We're chumps unless we force Congress to stop tax haven abuse. Instead of cutting state and federal budgets, the United States should crack down on the corporate tax dodgers thumbing...