Obama’s Take On Inequality
The president shifts focus to the next administration to solve inequality.
Will Any Presidential Candidate Connect Federal Tax Policy and Police Killings?
Tax policy and police brutality are inextricably linked, yet no one’s talking about it. Here’s why they should.
Economic Rapture Might Be around the Corner
If the deficit disappears, our economic nightmare might finally come to an end.
Job-Killing Tax Breaks
If the government is going to give anyone tax breaks, they should give them to people like me before I became an entrepreneur.
Republicans Find the Culprit
It turns out that Mitt Romney is that lazy, too-good-for-your-minimum-wage-job unemployed guy GOP lawmakers have in mind when they try to cut off unemployment benefits.
Pawlenty’s Tax Proposal Caters to the Richest Americans
He sure knows how to mark an anniversary
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?
Talking The Talk
President Obama seems to be shifting his message but not his actions when it comes to reducing military spending and reigning in the Bush tax cuts.
Obama Tax Deal Further Concentrates Wealth: Stop the Death Spiral to Plutocracy
President Obama’s tax deal fails the moral test by worsening America’s inequality of wealth and power.
Obama’s New Christmas Carol: Deck the Halls with Windfalls for the Wealthy
A breakdown of what was gained (not much) and what was lost (a lot) in the Obama Tax Compromise.
The Problem with the Obama Tax Compromise
Should we really be negotiating with a party that is dominated by corporatists who are happy with the increasing concentration of wealth?
The Bush Tax Cuts and The U.S. Nuclear Arsenal
What extending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy really means for national security.
Ain’t No Stopping A Progressive Agenda: Part 3
PROGRESSIVES IN POSITION TO MOVE FORWARD: PART 3 of Hill Progressives WON!
A Few Thoughts on the Mid-Term Elections
As we enter a more challenging political landscape, IPS will continue to utilize its inside-outside strategy to promote true democracy and challenge concentrated wealth, corporate influence, and military power.
The Small Business Case for Ending Tax Cuts for the Wealthy
If Congress wants to help small businesses, they shouldn’t spend $700 billion over the next decade in poorly targeted tax cuts.