The Dirtbags Won’t Save Us
There is no path out of our present crisis offered by the exultation of callousness.
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Samantha is joined by Elizabeth Wilkins, president of the Roosevelt Institute, to discuss the economic debate that's roiling the Democratic Party—whether to lean into Republican slopulism about tax cuts, or to embrace broad social programs funded by a broad tax base.
Along the way, they discuss the legacy of Bidenomics, the nuts and bolts of tax policy, the glaring problem of inequality—and ultimately, the question of what it means to all be in this together.
Against Slopulism, For Taxes? (with Elizabeth Wilkins)
Podcast Episode · Neon Liberalism · May 10 · 56m
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Resources
Beyond Who Pays More: How Taxes Form the Foundation of Our Economy and Democracy
In order to understand how to evaluate the coming deluge of tax policy proposals, we must engage in a deeper question: how our tax code structures the very foundations of our economy and democracy.
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