Economy and Business
This Tax Plan Is Going to Cost a Lot More Than Advertised
House Republicans and Donald Trump are ballyhooing the wonders of their new tax plan. It’s called the "Tax Cuts and Jobs Act," which we’re told will mean "More Jobs, Fairer Taxes, and Bigger Paychecks." Hallelujah! We can see the Promised Land! But before we pop the...
Your Taxpayer Dollars Are Funding Corporate Propaganda
While Congress hasn’t accomplished much in 2017, it did manage to pass a budget resolution — and within that budget, a sum of $3 million stands out. Congress appropriated that $3 million to fund the Agricultural Biotechnology Education and Outreach Initiative. That's...
Cubans Are Starting Small Businesses, but the U.S. Is Hurting Them
On November 8, just as President Trump was clinching new business deals with the repressive Communist government of China, the Trump administration announced new rules rolling back President Obama’s opening with Cuba. The new regulations are supposed to punish hotels,...
Stop Talking About ‘Winners and Losers’ from Corporate Tax Cuts
Republicans are pushing a huge corporate tax cut bill through Congress. You might've seen a lot of coverage trying to sort out “who wins” and “who loses.” All that misses the point. The driving motivation behind this bill, rhetoric and packaging aside, is to deliver a...
Forget the Nordic Diet. Try their Tax Plan.
You’ve heard, no doubt, of the miraculous Mediterranean diet, which is said to keep Italians and Greeks living healthy lives into their 80s and beyond. The Japanese diet is popular, too, as the Japanese live the longest lives in the world. Then there’s the Nordic...
Washington’s War on Poor Grad Students
The Republican tax plan winding its way through Congress includes a special middle finger to the nation's graduate students. It's a little bit wonky, so stay with me here. I'll explain how it affects me, since I'm an actual graduate student. Going to grad school...
One Monstrosity Trump Won’t Want His Name On
If you've been to any of the cities graced with a Trump hotel, casino, or resort, you know that The Donald splashes his name in giant, gaudy letters across every structure he owns — preferably in gold. Now he's taken ownership of a massive new structure, but he might...
Serving the Middle Class…
Republicans Admit Their Tax Plan Is All About Rich Donors
Sometimes I have to remind myself that people in “real America” with “real jobs” don’t while away their mortal hours reading about politics. But God help me, if you’ve suffered through any coverage of the Republican tax plan, you’ve probably heard three things. First,...
The Best of Times, The Worst of Times
Charles Dickens opened A Tale of Two Cities, perhaps his most famous tome, with the now iconic line, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.” The book is set in London and Paris during the late 1700s, the lead up to the French Revolution. While...
