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The Need for Direct Assistance to Local Governments in Response to the Coronavirus Article
Streaks in the sky form at sunset behind the U.S. Capitol, November 2019. (Getty/Mark Makela)

The Need for Direct Assistance to Local Governments in Response to the Coronavirus

Without substantial, immediate, direct aid to local governments, first responders, teachers, and millions of other vital local government employees will be put out of work—and this will also make the recession deeper and more long lasting.

Alan Cohen, Michael Madowitz

Rising Deficits, Falling Revenues Report

Rising Deficits, Falling Revenues

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act increases federal deficits while failing to address the nation’s most pressing challenges and making inequality worse.

Seth Hanlon, Alan Cohen, Sara Estep

Tax Cut Bill Will Lead to Trillion Dollar Deficits Article
The U.S. Capitol casts early morning reflections on the day that the House and Senate voted on President Donald Trump's tax cut bill, December 19, 2017. (Getty/Mark Wilson)

Tax Cut Bill Will Lead to Trillion Dollar Deficits

Despite claims that the recently passed tax cut bill will lead to a reduction in deficits and debt, CBO projections indicate that the opposite will be true.

Alan Cohen

Trump’s Budget Reveals that He Wants Everyday Americans to Pay for His Tax Cuts for the Wealthy Article
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting, February 12, 2017. (Getty/Chip Somodevilla)

Trump’s Budget Reveals that He Wants Everyday Americans to Pay for His Tax Cuts for the Wealthy

The president's budget pays for his tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations by slashing health care, education, and other critical investments.

Seth Hanlon, Rebecca Vallas, Rachel West, 16 More Katherine Gallagher Robbins, Eliza Schultz, Heidi Schultheis, Kevin DeGood, Annie McGrew, Thomas Huelskoetter, Angela Hanks, Erin Auel, Stephenie Johnson, Ben Miller, Antoinette Flores, Michela Zonta, Rejane Frederick, Alex Rowell, Alan Cohen, John Norris

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