Thanks to the Electoral College, leftists have perhaps the final say this November over whether democracy can hold on for at least another four years, or if fascism will take root and infect all facets of the federal government for decades to come.
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Taxing the Poor
As the gap between rich and poor widens, the political system becomes vulnerable to the sort of class conflict that now divides us – undermining the very possibility of a constitutional democracy.
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Make America Grate Again: Why The Trump Tax Cuts Are Bad for Democracy
What they really do is inflate the national debt while concentrating wealth and political power into fewer and fewer hands.
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Six Big Losers in Our "Booming" Economy
The people in power let the rich grow richer while the poor keep suffering.
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After "Grad Tax" Success, Graduate Students Find Their Voice – and their Power
Women's March organizers would do well to look to one of the most successful grassroots political groups to seize the stage in 2017: graduate students. Last year's successful campaign against the “grad tax” may be their most significant victory yet.
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Paul Ryan Receives Half a Million in Koch Contributions Just Days After Passing Tax Law
“It looks like House Speaker Ryan is quickly being rewarded for passing this legislation that overwhelmingly benefits the Kochs and billionaires like them."
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With Tax Vote Confirmed, Grad Students and Universities Go on the Offensive
Since Nov. 29, more than 40 campuses in 30 states have organized walkouts in a move that could bring classrooms and campuses to a grinding halt, and empowering opposition to the GOP's tax plan.
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An Independent Thinker’s Guide to the Tax Debate
For 40 years, tax cutters in Congress have told us, “we have a tax cut for you.” In exchange, we’ve gotten staggering inequality, collapsing public infrastructure, a fraying safety net, and exploding deficits – as the richest tenth of 1% get richer.
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House GOP Passes Budget That 'Should Not Be Allowed in a Humane Society'
By passing their budget blueprint, Republicans have taken "the first step toward an immoral tax scheme that will hand trillions of dollars to millionaires and corporations."
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Kochs' and Trump Team Up to Cut Billionaires’ Taxes
The Kochs’ much-publicized hostility toward Donald Trump has been replaced by a strategic alliance between the ideologically extreme billionaire brothers and the ideologically fluid but equally self-serving businessman/president.
