The latest incarnation of a Republican tax “plan” includes repealing the estate tax. Republicans love to give it an evil connotation by referring to
Category: Taxes
NBC Nightly News grossly misses fairness and balance
Lester Holt, anchor of NBC Nightly News, could not appear to be more affable and concerned about delivering “straight news.” After Brian Williams bloviated
With Trump, is there a line between business and government?
The idea of a Donald Trump presidency has me musing about what we were supposed to learn in school. We were taught that capitalism
The United States of corporate welfare
Another day, another corporation receiving massive tax breaks by the government. Most recently, it was $7 million from the Trump/Pence administration to Carrier (owned
Remember inflation? Let Trumponomics remind you
It’s been perhaps a generation and a half since America experienced the pain of double-digit inflation. We don’t talk much about inflation these days,
Legislative pickpockets: What 2016 right-wing laws cost MO taxpayers
Paul Waldman described Donald Trump’s “flexibility” in regard to the right-wing gun culture as “a perfect expression of the larger Republican bargain, where the
Kansas raises taxes…reluctantly and nastily
Kansas Governor Sam Brownback [R]—who started the whole mess—knows it. The Republican dominated Kansas legislature—who gleefully made it happen—knows it, too. The radical, right-wing
“We can’t afford it.” The untrue, anti-tax mantra of 21st century government
For the past 30 years, “We can’t afford it” has become the mantra of city councilmen, state legislators and even U.S. Congressional representatives. But
Let the feds be tax collectors for all
In the next few years, two of the biggest potential economic developments in the St. Louis metropolitan area may be a new stadium for
How much does our do-nothing Republican Congress cost taxpayers?
Have you noticed how mainstream media fills up a whole lot of airtime sounding off about our current do-nothing Congress? Just this morning, while