Article - /pressroom/articles/2018/09/23/Trump-Tax-Plan-2-Cements-Worst-Economic-Policy/
Sept. 23, 2018 - Hot on the heels of last year’s once-in-a-generation tax changes, House Republicans are pushing a new, extended plan to double down on their previous efforts, which primarily awarded tax giveawa...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2018/09/13/Republicans-Scramble-to-Make-Tax-Cuts-Permanent/
Sept. 13, 2018 - House Ways and Means chairman Kevin Brady on Monday unveiled three tax reform bills as part of a Republican-led effort to make permanent many of the tax cuts enshrined in the law that passed last year
Article - /pressroom/articles/2018/08/15/Trump-Snubbed-McCain-The-Media-Snubbed-Us/
Aug. 15, 2018 - If the media deems a petty snub more controversial than a massive, war-mongering spending bill, you can be sure Congress will follow. The bill passed by huge bipartisan margins in both the House and S...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2018/08/03/Defense-Bill-Should-Be-a-National-Scandal/
Aug. 3, 2018 - Democrats and Republicans rubber-stamped a severely bloated war budget.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2018/07/11/Trump-Tells-NATO-Leaders-to-Double-Spending/
July 11, 2018 - Urging Europe to Mirror America's Wasteful War Budget, Trump Tells NATO Leaders to Double Spending John Queally One of the chief reasons that most European nations enjoy a higher standard of livi...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2018/06/14/Military-Industrial-Drain/
June 14, 2018 - As Trump stokes tensions around the world, he’s adding fuel to the fire by demanding even more Pentagon spending. It’s a dangerous military buildup intended to underwrite endless wars and ...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2018/04/17/7-Surprising-Tax-Facts/
April 17, 2018 - Here’s where your tax dollars go (and who isn't paying taxes at all).
Article - /pressroom/articles/2018/04/16/Forget-Work-Requirements/
April 16, 2018 - ...housing subsidies — to work.
Analysis - /analysis/2018/tax-day-2018/tax-day-2018-notes-and-sources/
March 22, 2018 - Tax Day shows how your individual income taxes were spent. Those are a portion of the taxes withheld from your paycheck, and due this year on April 18 (not April 15, as usual).
Analysis - /analysis/2018/tax-day-2018/seven-tax-facts-2018/
March 21, 2018 - Seven surprising facts about where our tax dollars go, and who pays what.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2018/03/21/15-years-Iraq/
March 21, 2018 - First, the economic costs: According to estimates by the Costs of War project at Brown University’s Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs, the war on terror has co...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2018/02/27/Pentagon-Devours-Budget/
Feb. 27, 2018 - Imagine for a moment a scheme in which American taxpayers were taken to the cleaners to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars and there was barely a hint of criticism or outrage.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2018/02/27/Pentagon-Budget-Corporate-Welfare/
Feb. 27, 2018 - Imagine for a moment a scheme in which American taxpayers were taken to the cleaners to the tune of hundreds of billions of dollars and there was barely a hint of criticism or outrage. Imagine a...
Analysis - /analysis/2018/trumps-fy2019-budget-request-has-massive-cuts-nearly-everything-military/
Feb. 12, 2018 - The president's priorities are clear: ever-increasing funds for the Pentagon, nuclear weapons and Homeland Security, and massive cuts to almost everything else.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2018/01/25/Dark-Money-at-Pentagon/
Jan. 25, 2018 - Researchers have discovered trillions of dollars in unexplained military spending. We might never find out where it went.
Article - /pressroom/articles/2017/12/05/Tax-Plan-Medicare-Medicaid-Social-Security-Cuts/
Dec. 5, 2017 - While the Senate and House versions of the highly unpopular GOP tax bill are being reconciled, it's important to remember that the two have one thing in common: adding significantly to the national de...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2017/12/05/Marketplace-TaxPlan-Debt-1trillion/
Dec. 5, 2017 - We get down to the differences between the Senate and House versions of the tax bill, and debt created is one of those differences. Also included is the number of tax brackets, the alternative minimum...
Article - /pressroom/articles/2017/11/13/What-Else-Tax-Cuts-Richest-1-Percent-Buy/
Nov. 13, 2017 - Basic facts remain murky for a public trying to understand what this tax plan means: how much can $1 billion buy?
Analysis - /analysis/2017/what-else-could-tax-cut-richest-1-buy-50-state-perspective/
Nov. 10, 2017 - The richest one percent – with average incomes of $2 million – will collectively get $72 billion in tax cuts in 2018 under the Trump plan. What else could that pay for?
Analysis - /analysis/2017/protecting-our-communities-states-guide-demilitarizing-brighter-future/
July 20, 2017 - U.S. military spending, with its major focus on exerting U.S. influence and dominance overseas, has an analog here at home: spending on policing, incarceration, and immigration enforcement.
