Coddling the Rich
May 6, 2015 | Congress is gutting vital programs for the poor while heaping billions of dollars of relief on a few wealthy families.
Articles by Bob Lord
A Tax Cut for Tax Cheats
February 4, 2015 | Spending a dollar on the IRS adds $255 to the federal budget.
The 0.01 Percent’s ‘I Reap All’ Accounts
October 29, 2014 | Multi-millionaires and billionaires are shielding vast fortunes from taxation with monstrously huge IRAs.
Worth More: One Man or an Entire City?
July 16, 2014 | What does it say about our society when one hedge fund manager makes a bigger income than the whole population of Springfield, Ohio or Burbank, California?
When Public Servants Demonize the Poor
June 25, 2014 | When I unmasked an Arizona official who made outrageous and anonymous comments on blogs, it revealed more than his bad judgment.
When Corporations Get Too Big to Tax
May 7, 2014 | The drive to scrap the corporate income tax won't stop at zero.
WhatsApp with the Estate Tax?
April 9, 2014 | Weakening financial regulations are driving the economy further down the one-way street of extreme wealth accumulation.
The Way Forward: Tax and Spend
February 26, 2014 | This strategy would reduce joblessness and inequality while stimulating the economy.