Taxes

Donald Trump Carrier Factory

Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Is a Full-on Privatization Assault Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Is a Full-on Privatization Assault

There’s a much better way to create jobs and rebuild our country’s crumbling infrastructure.

Dec 2, 2016 / Michelle Chen

Tim Cook Apple

Bad Apples Bad Apples

What will it take to end favorable tax treatment for multinationals?

Oct 20, 2016 / Editorial / Arthur Goldhammer

Clinton in California

Clinton’s New Anti-Poverty Proposal Is Great, but There’s a Catch Clinton’s New Anti-Poverty Proposal Is Great, but There’s a Catch

Poor families stand to gain a lot—if they earn formal wages.

Oct 14, 2016 / Monica Potts

Trump Tax Shrug

Trump Is Tricking You About His Tax Plan Trump Is Tricking You About His Tax Plan

He’s pretending to be tough on the wealthy while sliding them massive benefits.

Oct 13, 2016 / George Zornick

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

What if Donald Trump Were Actually… Normal? What if Donald Trump Were Actually… Normal?

Picture a person who pauses and reflects before he speaks.

Oct 11, 2016 / Tom Tomorrow

Bernie Sanders Points Finger

Bernie Sanders Has a Plan to Fix the Trump-Friendly Tax Code Bernie Sanders Has a Plan to Fix the Trump-Friendly Tax Code

Like few other industries, real-estate developers are showered with special tax treatment. 

Oct 6, 2016 / George Zornick

Panama Papers Protest

Trump Benefits From a Broken Tax System Trump Benefits From a Broken Tax System

Revelations about Donald Trump’s tax returns—and the probability that he has paid no federal income tax for decades—should spur movements to fix our broken tax system.

Oct 6, 2016 / Chuck Collins

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

The Adventures of the Incredible Trump The Adventures of the Incredible Trump

Can the combined power of his macho arrogance and blatant disregard for facts beat his arch-nemesis?

Oct 4, 2016 / Comix Nation / Tom Tomorrow

Donald Trump

Let’s Just Say It: Donald Trump Is a Sexist Pig Let’s Just Say It: Donald Trump Is a Sexist Pig

After a string of new revelations over the weekend, we can just say what has become obvious to everyone. 

Oct 3, 2016 / Joan Walsh

Trump speaks at Detroit Economic Club

Donald Trump Spreads Economic Fairy Dust Donald Trump Spreads Economic Fairy Dust

He’s pushing the same old failures of Reaganomics: tax cuts for the rich and deregulation, along with nostalgia for an industrial era long gone.

Aug 10, 2016 / Jeff Madrick

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