Budget
Biden budget blueprint features paid family leave for all, tax hikes on rich
March 16, 2023“We reject pouring our dollars into outdated ships, malfunctioning planes, or record-breaking contractor CEO salaries while everyday people remain hungry and unhoused."
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One million dead from COVID in U.S. as funds lapse
May 13, 2022As Congress spends $40 billion on arms for Ukraine, it spends not a penny to fight the war against the pandemic here or abroad.
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Biden budget: Hike the military, defuse protests by taxing the rich
March 30, 2022President hopes that tax increases on the wealthy and corporations will defuse some of the anger of progressives.
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$21 trillion for 20 years of war: But no money for human infrastructure?
September 30, 2021The military-industrial-congressional-media complex is killing our future.
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Progressive agenda in trouble on both sides of Capitol Hill
September 20, 2021Republicans, Democratic “moderates,” and their corporate backers fight tooth and nail to block the Build Back Better agenda.
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