From the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (http://www.pennbpc.org): The Senate tax cut bill is an assault of economic and political equality as well as Medicare and the Affordable Care Act. Some of the worst features of the Republican tax proposals … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/11/21/new-report-details-13-terrible-things-about-senate-gop-tax-plan Published on Tuesday, November 21, 2017 by Common Dreams Americans for Tax Fairness warns that the bill gives most of the tax cuts to the richest 1%, makes 82 million middle-class families pay more in taxes, and … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): We need your help TODAY! The Senate could vote on their massive tax bill as early as late tonight, or early tomorrow morning. The huge deficits these tax cuts will run up will … Continued
From CLASP (http://www.clasp.org/): On November 16, the House passed the biggest overhaul of the tax code that will impact our country’s economy for decades. The vote broke down primarily along party lines, with only 13 Republicans breaking away to vote … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2017/11/16/vote-future-house-just-voted-transfer-trillions-middle-low-income-people-corporations-millionaires/#.Wg4CqVtSwdU By CHN November 16, 2017 Editor’s note: Deborah Weinstein, Executive Director of the Coalition on Human Needs, issued the following statement Thursday, Nov. 16 in response to the House vote in favor of H.R. 1, the massive tax-giveaway … Continued
Ultra-wealthy fossil fuel executives have made billions of dollars ruining our climate. Now, they want a huge new tax break – and Congress is ready to give it to them. The House and Senate tax plans are a disaster for … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): In a new paper, EPI’s Josh Bivens provides evidence that corporate tax cuts will not boost American wages and productivity, as claimed by the Trump administration’s Council of Economic Advisers. Bivens finds that wages actually … Continued