Let’s Stop Subsidizing Economic Inequality Let’s Stop Subsidizing Economic Inequality
Why must you and I foot the bill, via our taxes, for the callousness of Wal-Mart or Domino's?
May 28, 2014 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Entertainment Companies Get $1.5 Billion in Tax Breaks Each Year—Yet They’re Offshoring Musicians’ Jobs Entertainment Companies Get $1.5 Billion in Tax Breaks Each Year—Yet They’re Offshoring Musicians’ Jobs
Currently, 39 states and Puerto Rico subsidize the entertainment business to the tune of about $1.5 billion. Yet many of these agreements lack concrete mandates to direct how compa...
May 14, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Chen
The Politics Around Welfare Show Why the Poor Need a Real Break, Not Just a Tax Break The Politics Around Welfare Show Why the Poor Need a Real Break, Not Just a Tax Break
Whatever setback they’ve encountered, poor people don’t need more “incentives” to lift themselves out of poverty.
Apr 9, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Chen
High Time for a Robin Hood Tax High Time for a Robin Hood Tax
A properly implented FTT can benefit the economy from top to bottom.
Feb 19, 2014 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Politicization of the IRS This Week in ‘Nation’ History: The Politicization of the IRS
This isn’t the first time the IRS has been accused of tareting political opponents—and it hasn’t always been right-wing groups who have drawn its scrutiny.
May 25, 2013 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Mad About the IRS Mess? Blame Congress Mad About the IRS Mess? Blame Congress
It’s absurd to expect agency auditors to sort out confusing, outdated campaign finance laws and regulations.
May 15, 2013 / Editorial / The Editors
The Austerity Doctrine Exposed The Austerity Doctrine Exposed
Budget cuts arise because of crises, not vice versa. Will congressional Republicans ever learn?
Apr 23, 2013 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Hello, Supply Side! Hello, Supply Side!
On Tax Day, let's consider a right-wing Zombie Idea that won't die despite even being debunked in National Review: that "tax cuts pay for themselves."
Apr 15, 2013 / Blog / Rick Perlstein
John Nichols: Democrats Will Break With Obama on Social Security Cuts John Nichols: Democrats Will Break With Obama on Social Security Cuts
As Obama unveils his budget proposal, many members of his own party are already opposing the chained-CPI adjustment.
Apr 10, 2013 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Progressives’ Budget Merits a Closer Look Progressives’ Budget Merits a Closer Look
While the mainstream media obsesses over Paul Ryan's extremist budget proposal, the Congressional Progressive Caucus has quietly devised an effective plan to create jobs and cut th...
Mar 19, 2013 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel