Donald Trump and the Republican Party passed a hefty tax cut and tax reform that is perfectly in line with the types of tax cuts provided by Ronald Reagan and George W.

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Donald Trump and the Republican Party passed a hefty tax cut and tax reform that is perfectly in line with the types of tax cuts provided by Ronald Reagan and George W.
Even while the flooding from Hurricane Harvey continues, a 2016 article from an “economist” at Forbes is being shared to remind us how good price gouging is for the economy. The article
There is a fancy new minimum wage study circulating on the internet. Minimum wage ideologues are misrepresenting the study in both mainstream media and partisan Republican sites as some grand evidence to
Texas Congressman Sam Johnson introduced H.R. 6489, the Social Security Reform Act of 2016. His proposal would drastically cut average Social Security (SSA) benefits more than just leaving the program the way
Telecommunications company AT&T would like to merge with media content provider (and telecom itself) Time Warner. Presidential campaigns have voiced views. Donald Trump says he will not allow such a merger to
American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC) issued a letter to top elected officials in Congress, Senators Mitch McConnell and Harry Reid, and House members Paul Ryan and Nancy Pelosi, requesting that leaders “not
“Consumers Union and Consumer Federation of America urge you not to support approval of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement if presented to you this year, or if presented at any time
A new report [PDF] by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) looks at changes in household wealth from 1989 through 2013. The report finds, “The distribution of wealth was more unequal in 2013
In 1983, major changes were made to make Social Security (SSA) able to meet its full obligations for 75 years. Once a year since then, the “trustees” have issued an actuarial document
Every summer, the Social Security Trustees release the annual Trustees Report [PDF]. Resident media scholar on Social Security (SSA) and current presidential candidate Laurence Kotlikoff had this to say to The Wall