Author: Isaiah Jerome Lewis Poole
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Grassroots Push Needed For Sanders\’ Infrastructure Bill
Flooded streets, broken bridges and overcrowded public transportation make the case for Sen. Bernie Sanders\’ $1 trillion spending plan. So do the 13 million jobs that the bill would create.
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Corporate Tax Break Scheme Is Gaining A Momentum We Must Stop
Politicians in both parties and in both houses are coalescing around a plan to pay for transportation improvements by giving corporations a deep tax break on profits they have held overseas.
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Schakowsky\’s Call To Progressives: \”Draw A Bright Line\” (Audio)
In a webcast by Progressive Majority and the Campaign for America\’s Future, a key House Progressive Caucus members urges Democrats to not shy away from policy fights that show them on the side of \”the little guy.\”
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Needed: The Case For Public Investment In Public Infrastructure
The White House today announced the creation of an infrastructure bonds program designed to attract private financing for transportation projects. It\’s a workaround for the cowardice and obstruction in Washington.
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This Weekend: #ReclaimMLK
National People\’s Action is highlighting an effort to \”reclaim\” the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. memorial holiday from \”efforts to soften, sanitize, and commercialize\” his legacy.
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Single-Payer System Would Free $375 Billion For Health Care (Audio)
What U.S. spends on billing and insurance-related costs is enough to provide coverage for every uninsured American and improve coverage for millions of the underinsured, a researcher explains in this interview.
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Another GOP Mission Accomplished: \”Devastating Erosion\” At The IRS
The New York Times notes that in the last four years, the IRS budget \”has been cut by 17 percent after taking inflation into account.\” The passive \”has been cut\” language begs the question: Who cut the IRS budget?
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Senate Democrats Propose Wealthy Pay A 30 Percent Minimum Tax
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse has released a \”tax fairness plan\” that would ensure that people with multimillion-dollar incomes pay their fair share in taxes. Meanwhile, conservatives cling to their tax-cuts-for-corporations agenda.
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Is New Democratic Tax Plan The Best Way To \’Grow Paychecks\’?
Rep. Chris Van Hollen released a major tax proposal that he says is \”the start of a conversation\” about how to raise the incomes of working-class people. And indeed it raises some important issues to talk about.
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A \’Moral Monday\’ Protest Against School Funding Inequity in New York
A protest featuring Rev. William Barber coincided with a report by the Alliance for Quality Education that said that educational inequality had grown to record-setting levels under New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.