GOP Goes Gordon Gekko
The GOP has a rare moment in which they get real about their tax plan, featuring Chuck Grassley and Orrin Hatch telling America how they...
Corporate Crime Built Into the Business Model
I am an old-fashioned kind of guy: when I do business with a company, I want to purchase good products and services for a reasonable...
Trickle Down vs. Bottom Up? Easy Choice.
Mike's an old Clinton-ite, so he knows a thing or two about good economic policy. Spoiler alert: trickle down is not it.
Rapists and Vampire Squids
With Roy Moore and Trump's tax plan at the forefront of the news, Mike tackles both rapists and vampire squids in one episode.
Democrats Face an Intersection
We Won Big, Thank Goodness: But How Do We Keep It Going? It was a joy, and frankly a relief to see that Democrats can sometimes win big...
The Tax Plan Has A Koch Problem
The Koch brothers are doing their best to pass the #TrumpTaxScam. You know, the one where the rich get massive tax breaks and low and...
Don’t Call It Tax Reform: It’s Just Tax Cuts
Republicans are describing their effort to change America’s tax laws as “reform,” but their proposals are really just one more giveaway...
Why Democrats Don't Need Wall Street
My old colleague Doug Schoen from the Clinton White House days has an op-ed out in the New York Times that is remarkable for its...
What Kinds of Businesses Get Helped by the Republican Tax Plan?
Republicans have officially stopped caring about the deficit they bemoaned constantly for the eight years Barack Obama was president. And...
Don't Trickle On Me
The Republicans are in fantasy land again with their proposed tax "reform" for the budget. Want to know why it's really called...