Fight Rising Inequality by Pushing Back on Tip Theft!
Hello from Paris everyone! I will resist here posting pictures of me eating fancy cheeses and drinking wine.
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The GOP-Backed Tax Bill: A Lose-Now, Lose-More-Later Plan for Low- and Middle-Income Americans
GOP-backed tax bills have passed both the House and the Senate. Many of us have already seen charts that...
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Show Me the Savings! Bipartisan Lawmakers Back Transparency to Stop Outsourcing That Costs School Districts More
A large body of research and experience shows that public sector outsourcing often backfires. Rather than resulting in savings...
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The GOP Tax Bill: An Assault on Economic Equality and Democracy
Budgets, it is frequently said, are an embodiment of our moral ideals and commitments. If so, the tax plan...
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New Jersey and the $15 Minimum Wage
With yesterday’s news that the Garden State will move toward a $15 minimum wage next year as pledged by...
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Broad and Narrow Taxes
Last week, just as we were putting out our paper on how to raise revenues without raising taxes on...
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The Budget Our Democracy Deserves
Many of the ideas in this post are components of PBPC’s recently-released “Fair Share Tax Proposal for Pennsylvania.” The...
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New Report: A Fair Share Tax Plan for Pennsylvania
In the wake of Budget Secretary Randy Albright’s mid-year budget briefing and the news that the Pennsylvania budget for...
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Unequal Pennsylvania
For those of us that follow inequality statistics, this December has been a blockbuster month. Most recently the Center...
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On The Mid-Year Budget Briefing: The Full Picture Is Even More Grim
Budget Secretary Randy Albright’s mid-year budget briefing this week brings worrisome news that, at its current level of expenditure...
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Gas Drillers’ New Year’s Eve
On New Year’s Eve, Miss Smith walked out through the automatic sliding doors of the grocery store where she...
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A New Year’s Resolution for PA Lawmakers – Pass a Fiscally Responsible State Budget
It turns out we’re not the only ones waiting for a responsible Pennsylvania state budget that actually raises the...
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