Have Average Taxpayers Become Freeloaders?

Opponents of the proposal for a 5.4 percent health care reform surtax on America’s wealthy seem to be getting a bit desperate. They’ve even turned their fire onto middle-income Americans.

From Tax Breaks to Tax Hits

In the struggle for a less unequal America, could the House health care surtax on the wealthy turn out to be a game-changer?

Beyond Kyoto: Time to Switch Targets?

To curb climate change, suggests a new report from a top-notch global scientific team, we really ought to start focusing on rich people, not rich nations.

Budget Cuts and IOUs: What’s Squeezing States?

The Great Recession has shoved state governments over the fiscal edge. But what brought states to that edge in the first place?