Tax Cut

  • The world turned upside down

    Democrats are now going after congressional Republicans for having opposed the "largest tax cut in history" -- the stimulus.
    By Alex Koppelman February 23, 2009

  • Voodoo economics

    The economy's bogged down by a lack of demand, so why is the GOP still falling back on the usual supply-side ideology?
    By Alex Koppelman February 17, 2009

  • The do-not-call list -- expanded version

    Put an end to those pesky political calls!
    Cartoon by Mark Fiore October 2, 2003

  • Democratic rivals target Bush -- and Dean

    Bush's tax cuts for the rich have to go, Democrats agreed at Thursday's debate. But when the Vermont doctor took some barbs, he flashed his famous temper.
    By Eric Boehlert September 26, 2003

  • The Enronization of Washington

    The White House is playing fast and loose with the numbers in order to mislead its "shareholders" -- the American people.
    By Arianna Huffington June 4, 2003

  • Yes, Virginia, there is an insanity clause

    How else can you explain Congress getting away with something as loopy as cutting child tax credits for poor families?
    By Joyce McGreevy May 30, 2003

  • The Bush economy doesn't play in Peoria

    The president says a big tax cut for the rich will create jobs for the hard-hit middle class. In this city of faded glory, few believe him.
    By Patrick Arden April 30, 2003

  • Will rebel Republicans sink Bush tax plan?

    GOP senators aren't happy with the imperious White House, and some might take it out on the budget-busting tax cut.
    By Anthony York January 15, 2003

  • Republican moderates balk at Bush tax cut

    Resistance from McCain, Snowe, Chafee and others could spell trouble for the president's radical proposal.
    By Anthony York January 9, 2003

  • Bush's dividend payoff

    The president's tax plan offers $300 billion for a handful of plutocrats, but pennies for the rest of us.
    By Scott Rosenberg January 7, 2003

  • Greenspan's New Deal

    Save the poor! No breaks for the rich! Has the Fed chairman become a tax-and-spend Democrat?
    By Damien Cave September 28, 2001

  • Bush's budget goes for broke

    The new budget numbers make it clear that the president's tax cut was aimed at bankrupting the treasury all along.
    By Robert Scheer August 28, 2001

  • Welcome to my world

    Why we need to cut taxes deeper, reexamine American education and tune out "The Sopranos."
    By Camille Paglia March 21, 2001

  • Bush's shaky hand

    The president's loose talk of recession and hype for his tax cut have economists worried he'll wreck the economy.
    By Andrew Leonard March 16, 2001

  • Other people's money

    President Bush's proposed tax cut would wrest control from tax-and-spend Democrats and return power to the people.
    By David Horowitz March 5, 2001

  • Plutocrats to the rescue!

    While the spineless Dems dither, the stiffest resistance to Bush's outrageous tax plan comes from an unlikely quarter: Warren Buffett and Bill Gates Sr.
    By Joan Walsh February 15, 2001

  • Freshen up your $1,000 tax cut, hon?

    What those oft-mentioned waitresses say about Bush's plan.
    By King Kaufman February 15, 2001

  • Why capitalists should like estate taxes

    From Adam Smith to Thomas Jefferson, lovers of freedom have demanded that social privilege be earned -- not inherited.
    By Sam Fleischacker February 15, 2001

  • Bigger, longer, uncut

    From gun curbs to tax cuts, President Clinton seeks a legacy in his last, long-winded State of the Union address.
    By Kerry Lauerman January 28, 2000

  • Letters to the Editor

    If children are cursing, blame the parents; battle of the sexes on "Family Law"; since when is Jeeves an Internet character?
    Letters to the Editor October 1, 1999
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