Money & Power

The debt ceiling is used to take the country hostage demanding spending cuts as ransom. Cutting through the noise, we discuss how it works and possible…
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The Supreme Court is an instrument of minority rule, made more consequential by its growing power over our democracy. We discuss proposals to rein in…
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Capital gains get preferential tax treatment. A look-back approach can be used to tax capital gains as ordinary income, eliminating the tax system's…
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Proposals to change the tax system to incentivize corporations to accept limits on political spending.
How our campaign finance system turns money into power without accountability
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Forty years of the mantra of shareholder value have worked to change our system to bring corporate profit to new heights. Corporations today have…
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Corporations are more profitable than ever
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Tax expenditures redistribute wealth — upward!
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How our tax system helps people become oligarchs
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