Article • Dean Baker’s Beat the Press
The Wall Street Journal apparently believes this is a better way to reduce the federal budget deficit than making rich people pay the taxes they owe. That’s fine, but it should not try to hide its priorities from readers.
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The objective of universal social benefits provided without charge to all comers may be disparaged as radical and impractical, but the idea of the common school — a system of free, non-sectarian education open to all children — goes back to the founding o
Article • Dean Baker’s Beat the Press
In the strongest commitment to paid family and medical in history, President Biden’s budget calls for $325 billion to fund a permanent paid family and medical leave program.
Article • Dean Baker’s Beat the Press
Article • Dean Baker’s Beat the Press
Article • Dean Baker’s Beat the Press
Article • Dean Baker’s Beat the Press
Article • Dean Baker’s Beat the Press
Article • Dean Baker’s Beat the Press
