Simplifying the Tax Code, or Simply Trickle-Down Economics?
CHN,
November 30, 2017
Editor’s note: The following article, reported by Kalena Thomhave, appears today in the American Prospect. It reinforces many of our own arguments against the GOP tax proposals. Senate Republicans may try to quickly move their tax proposal to a vote this week, attempting to score the GOP’s first legislative victory...
“The Biggest Tax Scam in History”
Lecia Imbery,
November 28, 2017
“The bill Republican leaders are trying to ram through this week without hearings, without time for even a basic analysis of its likely economic impact, is the biggest tax scam in history. It’s such a scam that it’s not even clear who’s being scammed – middle-class taxpayers, people who care...
Early childhood care undervalued in Maryland
Andrew L. Yarrow,
November 27, 2017
Editor’s note: This piece was originally published by the Baltimore Sun on November 12. When my son, now in college, started school in Maryland, he went to a private preschool, and only half-day public kindergarten existed. As for most young children in the United States, then and now, public early...
Outside Tax Prom, Protesters Offer a Different Party
Institute for Policy Studies,
November 21, 2017
Editor’s note: This piece was written by Negin Owliaei, a co-editor and researcher at Inequality.org. It was published on November 17 on Inequality.org, a project of the Institute for Policy Studies. CHN’s Executive Director Deborah Weinstein spoke at the event covered below. On the same day that the House of Representatives...
10 Things We’re Even More Thankful for This Thanksgiving
Lecia Imbery,
November 20, 2017
Thankfulness isn’t the first sentiment that comes to mind these days. Giant tax cuts for the rich at the expense of the poor. Children’s health insurance in jeopardy. Millions of Americans still suffering in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and other disaster sites. Dreamers at risk of losing their future...
