Spilling Subsidies to BP
BP’s claim that taxpayers will pay nothing is likely to be little more than doublespeak.
Proving That Tea Partiers’ Anti-Tax Extremism Isn’t Even Loved by All Conservatives
Taxing speculation could take us a long way toward reining in Wall Street.
Show Some Guts: Stop the Cuts
More and more Americans are saying: We want to pay for the things that are important to us.
Deficit Fascinates Media–Its Causes, Not So Much
One of the deficit’s biggest causes–George W. Bush’s tax cuts–deserves more attention.
Work vs. Wealth
Low taxes on the income made from investments gives the richest Americans an unfair advantage.
Resurrect the Estate Tax
How can a civilized nation afford to hand the heirs of the super-rich billions of dollars tax-free and not afford to keep teachers in classrooms?
No Fixing Housing Woes Without Dealing with Jobs First
Many Americans are struggling to hang onto their houses and apartments.
Priority Check
The military claims more than half our taxes.
Tax Policy: Maybe It’s Time to Start Over
The rich actually pay a lower percentage of their total income in taxes than do the poor.
The Other 95 Percent
Nearly all Americans got a tax cut but don’t know it.
Injustice Served
Punishing whistleblowers sends the wrong message.
How to Talk to a Tea Party Activist
Progressives and tea party activists: Where we agree, disagree, and how we can find common good.
Tax Day and America’s Wars
Matt Ryan, the mayor of Binghamton, New York, is sick and tired of watching people in local communities “squabble over crumbs,” as he puts it, while so much local money pours into the Pentagon’s coffers and into America’s wars.
Tax Day Talking Points
There are two tax systems in America today: one for the privileged and one for everyone else.
Shifting Responsibility
IPS scholars track how 50 years of tax breaks benefited the wealthiest Americans.