As we’ve discussed, House Republicans have passed a $1.5 trillion tax cut that, if signed into law, would, among other things, take health care coverage from 13 million Americans and raise taxes on the middle class. You would think those two things alone would be enough to motivate people to call their elected officials and […]
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The Republican tax plan puts graduate students, scientific research and the future of America in peril
Posted in Education, Health, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged academic research, America Cares Act, American aristocracy, American Association for the Advancement of Science, anti-science, call to action, college tax credit, Donald Trump, Erin Rousseau, estate tax, free college tuition, health care reform, higher education, mandates, middle class, Obamacare, Orrin Hatch, research and development, Science, STEM, student debt, student loans, tax credits, tax cuts, those anti-science Republicans, threats to the middle class, Trumpcare, tuition 22 Comments
In a last ditch effort to satisfy their donors, Republicans attempt to kill the ACA and transfer billions of dollars to America’s super-rich by calling it a “middle class tax cut”
Remember how, this past summer, we all came together, fought like hell, and killed the Republican health care plan that would have robbed some 22 million Americans of their coverage? Well, it looks like it’s time for us to get back in fighting shape, as the Republicans seem hellbent on pushing legislation through Congress before […]
Posted in Corporate Crime, Health, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Affordable Care Act, Alan Greenspan, American aristocracy, asshole CEOs, budget deficit, call to action, campaign finance, campaign finance reform, Chris Collins, corporate takeover of politics, corporate tax breaks, corporate tax cheats, deficit, deficit spending, Donald Trump, estate tax, Gary Cohn, Gene Sperling, health care reform, John McCain, Lindsay Graham, Lisa Murkowski, mandates, middle class tax cuts, Mitch McConnell, National Economic Council, Obamacare, Paul Ryan, student loan debt, student loans, Susan Collins, tax policy, tax reform, threats to the middle class, trickle down economics, Trumpcare, wealth inequality 30 Comments