Cutting the Net When We Need It Most Cutting the Net When We Need It Most
At the very time when the social safety net is most needed, investors the world over are calling it a drag on the world economy.
May 24, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Taxes, Spending, or Race? Taxes, Spending, or Race?
What's driving the Tea Partiers to the streets in a rage? It's not money...
Apr 16, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Tax Grousing Tells Half The Story Tax Grousing Tells Half The Story
It's tax time again, the time of year when Americans grouse about forking over part of their hard-earned cash to the dear old government.
Apr 15, 2010 / Laura Flanders
Glenn Beck Dodges Incoming Plane at CPAC Glenn Beck Dodges Incoming Plane at CPAC
As CPAC opened its annual convention last Thursday, the same day that computer engineer Joe Stack flew his Piper Cherokee into an IRS office in Austin setting it ablaze, the consen...
Feb 22, 2010 / Leslie Savan
Is Taxing the Wealthy Good For Our Health? Is Taxing the Wealthy Good For Our Health?
Does healthcare reform stand a chance against the conservatives' antitax fantasies? Rep. Maxine Waters, Columbia Business School Professor Eric Schoenberg and others weigh in.
Jul 29, 2009 / GRITtv
John Oliver Reveals Tea Party Tyranny John Oliver Reveals Tea Party Tyranny
British correspondent John Oliver attends a tax day protest to see what has the colonists' knickers in a twist.
Apr 20, 2009 / The Daily Show
Executive Excess on Capitol Hill Executive Excess on Capitol Hill
Faced with a no-brainer fix to close a tax loophole, Senate Democrats are dithering, caught between the interests of their donors and their voters.
Nov 12, 2007 / Feature / Chris Hayes and Charlie Cray
Look Who’s Taxing Look Who’s Taxing
Weary of tax cuts for the rich, state politicians are rethinking their aversion to tax-and-spend.
May 3, 2007 / Feature / Chris Hayes
Tax the Rich, End the War Tax the Rich, End the War
Congress should levy a Victory Over Terror tax on the superrich which would expire once our troops are safely home.
Jan 9, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Memo to Dems: About Those Earmarks Memo to Dems: About Those Earmarks
As Democrats clean up abuse of earmarks, they can't ignore the ones that masquerade as targeted tax breaks.
Dec 21, 2006 / Feature / Chris Hayes