…GOP “starve the beast” game. Lowering rates allows wealthy taxpayers and corporations to retain more of their profits, when they already garner a higher share of that income than average…

by Linda Beale Lew’s Senate Finance hearing as Treasury Nominee Jack Lew, former budget director under Clinton and Obama and former Obama chief of staff, answered questions at Senate Finance…

…behavior from the GOP. Bartlett writes: When a study doesn’t support their dogma, the GOP censors it: Nonpartisan Tax Report Withdrawn After G.O.P. Protest Original study still available here: Taxes…

…across the board by 20% will jump-start the economy is “nonsense”, as even conservative GOP economist Bruce Bartlett acknowledges. See Bruce Bartlett, Romney’s Tax Plan and Economic Growth, Economix Blog,…

…lobbying organizations–less regulation, more privatization, more reductions to earned benefits like Medicare and Social Security, and more tax provisions that favor the rich that the GOP labels–without empirical support– as…

…(R-TX) is credited as a principal author of the GOP’s 1994 “Contract with America.” And, during Mr. Connaughton’s years as his partner, Mr. Gillespie advised Senator George Allen (R-VA) on…

…It seems that lots of GOP candidates and economists think sales taxes make sense for ordinary folk–from Herman Cain’s 9-9-9 plan (that would eventually convert to a flat national sales…

…a month ago. Guest post by Tim Martinez Why Tax Cuts for the 1% Are Self-Defeating Annual U.S. income share of the top 1%. A new GOP budget released Tuesday…

…GOP Rep. Blasts Norquist’s Anti-Tax Pledge as “Disingenuous and Irresponsible”, Think Progress.org (Mar. 8, 2012). He ought to do it more straightfowardly–by admitting that it is a mistake to assume…

…recognizes anymore as the GOP’s official emblem—to be offended by someone’s false claim of having received a military honor, especially one awarded for extraordinary valor. Count me among those who…