…a bad plan because it will raise taxes on the rich, destroying the “worker paid” nature of Social Security which is what makes SS work.  The payroll tax is limited…

…reducing benefits for everyone. Or, by “making the rich pay” for benefits they don’t receive. Which will make even the honest [and sane] rich work to destroy SS entirely.  I…

…Tax the rich before they kill us all, Carbon Upfront, Lloyd Alter A new OXFAM report finds that the richest 1% of the world’s population is responsible for as much…

…needs to be shouted from the rooftops. It’s the difference between a government that’s capable of responding to what Americans need, and one designed to make the rich far richer….

It is no secret. The Tax Cut and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017 was skewed to the rich, expensive, and failed to deliver economic benefits. As Americans for Tax Fairness…

“For the very rich who will see enormous tax cuts from this bill, it all might end up being a good deal,” wrote Josh Bivens of the Economic Policy Institute….

…workers may well feel that their most “essential need” is a job. Moreover, discussions of what tax rates are appropriate for “the rich” are almost invariably discussions of income taxes,…

…“Rich” as a Distraction: By constantly talking about “taxing the rich,” the “defenders” of the program inadvertently reinforce the idea that the workers shouldn’t have to pay for it. This breaks the “Social…

…treats any discussion of “free markets.” The fundamentalist approach to free markets (that I have sometimes labeled “free marketarianism” or “friedmania”) claims to believe that deregulation helps people by increasing…

…of then House Speaker Newt Gingrich’s “Contract with America” legislative measures. He called it “common sense legal reform.” This was in the early and mid-nineties when many in Washington were…