Poverty, unemployment, underemployment, hunger, food insecurity, and overall deprivation affect million of households in the world’s richest country USA. Why? It’s because both right wings of its war party devote most of the nation’s discretionary income for militarism, maintaining the Pentagon’s global empire of bases, and endless aggression in multiple theaters – along... 

Not long after Gov. Andrew Cuomo promised free college tuition to DREAMers, New York launched a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its nationwide tax cuts because they hurt the state’s “fiscal health.” “New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are launching a coalition to sue the federal government to reverse the unjust tax laws,” Cuomo tweeted. “We will not stand idly by as the... 

Picture from 2010 when Democrats voted for the largest tax increase in US history – Obamacare. Democrats are at it again. On November 16, 2017, the US House voted on the tax cut and jobs act. 227 Republicans voted for tax cuts for working Americans. 0 Democrats voted for tax cuts for working Americans. On December 2, 2017, the US Senate voted 51 – 49 for the tax cut and jobs act. 51 Republicans... 

In late April President Donald Trump proposed a historic tax plan that would offer US businesses and workers major relief from their tax burden. The new plan cuts corporate taxes and middle class taxes. The law reduces the seven brackets to three brackets. The business tax will be reducedt to 15%. The new law also repeals the death tax. But Speaker Paul Ryan rejected the Republican president’s plan. Ryan... 

New Zealand’s Prime Minister, John Key, has won an emphatic victory in the country’s general elections, securing a third term in office. “This is a great night. This is a victory for those who kept the faith,” the leader of the center-right National Party told a cheering crowd in Auckland on Saturday. “This is a victory for those who refused to be distracted and who knew that a vote for... 

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Thursday there is “no justification” for extending tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, firing the latest salvo in a brewing battle over taxes. The leading Democrat and Republican in the House dug in their heels on Thursday, but it will likely be the Senate that acts first on the tax legislation. Senate Democrats may bring up the measure the week of...