Working Life

You’ve heard repeated as if it’s gospel: tax cuts boost economic growth. Except there has never been any evidence to back up what has to be seen as middle-ages alchemy divorced from reality. And here are some facts to prove it.

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   Oh, those poor "job creators"…they just can’t get any respect–except from Republicans, and too many Democrats, who run around undercutting jobs programs because of some phony idea that taxing the wealthiest Americans will hurt jobs. Oooopppsss…nope… Embedded in the report out from the Congressional Research Service–which annoyingly doesn’t post reports publicly–which tell us this: [...]

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