More Trump lies about tax deal that serves the rich
December 21, 2017
You wouldn’t know it from President Donald Trump’s rhetoric, but the tax overhaul coming into effect is heavily tilted to the rich. It also leaves
GOP tax ‘reform’ primarily benefits the rich
December 14, 2017
Generous tax cuts for corporations and the wealthiest Americans would be delivered in a sweeping overhaul of the tax laws, under a new agreement crafted
Health insurance no longer affordable
December 11, 2017
Margaret Leatherwood has eight choices for health insurance next year but no good options. The cheapest individual coverage available in her market would eat up
Discord among GOP on tax bills
December 6, 2017
Sounding a discordant note among the positive talk on the tax bill, a number of Republicans are delivering a blunt assessment, casting the bill as
Clinton pushes middle class income boost
July 12, 2015
Hillary Rodham Clinton will make boosting middle class incomes and wages the focus of her economic agenda, pointing to stagnant paychecks as the central challenge
Clinton campaign to focus on middle class
April 12, 2015
What will drive Hillary Rodham Clinton’s second bid for the presidency? Boosting economic security for the middle class and expanding opportunities for working families, key
Democrats want to boost middle class, tax the rich
January 12, 2015
Democratic congressional leaders plan on Monday to unveil proposed legislation to boost the middle class by giving many families a tax cut that would be
Biden, somehow, claims good news in jobs report
September 6, 2014
Vice President Joe Biden says the August jobs report, which underwhelmed many economists, is another step forward in the nation’s economic recovery. The economy generated