Further Debunking GOP Claims, Small Businesses Say Tax Bill Won’t Bring Benefits to Workers

While corporations are enjoying a permanent tax cut which has mainly benefited their shareholders, small businesses also say the law has done little to even the playing field by Julia Conley, staff writer at Common Dreams Just a few months after President

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Battle Lines Drawn as GOP Moves Closer to ‘Greatest Transfer of Wealth to the Super-Rich in Modern American History’ by Jake Johnson, staff writer With their passage of a deeply unpopular $1.5 tax cut bill on Thursday, House Repubicans did their part

Really? This is Tax Reform to Improve the Lives of Middle Class Americans? NOT!

They’re introducing #TaxReform today which will provide massive tax cuts for corporations ….. to a mere 15% …. and guess who’s paying for that … YOU and me!  And just so you understand what I mean, they’re dumping all “Obamacare” subsidies and

Cracking Down on Abusive Debt Collectors

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau must stop this national crisis. — by LeeAnn Hall Have you ever picked up your phone to find an aggressive voice on the other end demanding payments on a debt you know nothing about? You’re far from

If You’re Going to Rant About the Federal Budget—Tell the Truth

Before you start believing the drivel Republicans are spreading about rising deficits, maybe you need to understand the difference between two terms that are frequently used in error: overall National Debt and the Federal Budget Deficit.  Republicans are counting on 93% of the

What Makes Our Economy Grow?

Well, it’s certainly NOT what deadbeats Sen. Dean Heller and Rep. Mark Amodei have to offer. Both voted yesterday to let the U.S. default on it’s debts, wreak havoc on the world economy and put the world reserve currency status of the

The Wreckless, Heavy Toll of the Iraq War

— Mar 19, 2013 | By ThinkProgress War Room Today is one anniversary that is definitely not cause for celebration. Ten years ago today, President George W. Bush made the fateful decision to launch the unnecessary Iraq War. The consequences of this