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By Timothy Noah · Launched 2 years ago
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The part of the Inflation Reduction Act that everybody missed
After Kyrsten Sinema rescued the grotesquely regressive carried interest loophole, the Senate slipped in a $73 billion tax on stock buybacks. It's long overdue.
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Will No One Rid Me Of This Turbulent Tax Break?
More on the carried interest loophole and why it refuses to die.
Timothy Noah
Aug 5
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Will No One Rid Me Of This Turbulent Tax Break?
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Sinema Inferno
The senior senator from Arizona is paring down what were already pretty minimal proposed new taxes on corporations and the rich.
Timothy Noah
Aug 4
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Whether We're In A Recession Or Not Doesn't Tell You Much About The Economy
Like everything else that's happened for the past 28 months, the Commerce Department's news tomorrow will reflect a world turned upside down by Covid.
Timothy Noah
Jul 27
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Whether We're In A Recession Or Not Doesn't Tell You Much About The Economy
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The GOP Wants To Kill the Civil Service
Even if Trump isn't re-elected, we probably haven't seen the last of the aptly named Schedule F.
Timothy Noah
Jul 25
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Joe Manchin throws in with foreign tax havens
This is not, I think, what even conservative West Virginians want.
Timothy Noah
Jul 20
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2020: A Smart-Thermostat Odyssey
How an untrue but completely hilarious conspiracy theory that Chinese Communists rigged the 2020 election using Google Nest thermostats took the Trump…
Timothy Noah
Jul 18
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Hearing aids are too goddamned expensive
Help is on the way.
Timothy Noah
Jun 30
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Hearing aids are too goddamned expensive
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