Trump or taxes?

Republicans have picked their battle line for 2018: “We cut your taxes, the economy is booming, stick with us.” Will Democrats take that fight? Or is there a better path to victory? Maybe the Republican tax bill will be the political and economic disaster that Washington Democrats say it is. But, hey, Democrats don’t have…

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Bankrupt GOP

Set aside what the Republican tax bill does to people and the economy. Look at how they passed it, why they did it and what it says about who they are. House and Senate Republicans rushed through massive bills that affect the entire economy – with no hearings, no transparency and none of John McCain’s…

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This should do the trick

The Republican tax bill should pretty much cinch a big Democratic year in 2018. The bill does exactly what Americans suspect Republicans want to do: reward their big donors at the expense of everybody else. When you take away a tax break for teachers who pay out of their pockets for school supplies – and…

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