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Opinion: By Opposing Minimum Wage Increase, Republicans Scam Taxpayers and Endorse Poverty

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Sun, Feb 28th, 2021

While Republicans love to falsely claim that tax cuts for the wealthy pay for themselves through increased economic activity, in the case of increasing the minimum wage, it’s actually true.

As Wealth Tax Debate Heats Up, What Does it Mean to Invest in America?

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Sat, Nov 9th, 2019

Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax proposal has certainly sparked debates not just about basic questions of fairness, of morality, but also about the economic effectiveness and very meaning of taxation. The debate raises the question of what it means to invest in America. Beto O’Rourke, in the last debate, jumped on the Warren-bashing bandwagon, accusing Warren’s…