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tax cuts

Conservative Defenses of the GOP's Tax Bill Are Getting Creative

Some thoughts on penmanship and partisanship, in the 18th century and now.

By Nathan Pippenger

The Tax Bill's Hidden Culture War

How the congressional tax bill will exploit changes to higher education to fight the culture wars.

By Ben Miller

Tax Cut? I Don't Want It.

I’m a member of the one percent and I don’t need a tax break, but Donald Trump wants to give me one anyway…at the expense of everyone else.

By Morris Pearl

“Competition” and the Tax Reform Debate

Where exactly does this word fit into the corporate tax debate? Nowhere, it’s a talking point, not an argument.

By Josh Bivens

Tyranny of Tax Math

There will be tax cuts...for the top 1 percent.

By David Kamin