Progressive Breakfast: GOP Tax Cuts Hardwire Inequity for Poor and Middle Class
TODAY: MORNING MESSAGE Sam Pizzigati GOP Tax Cuts Hardwire Inequity for Poor and Middle Class New research from three top inequality analysts shows government policies since 1980 have systematically failed America’s poor. The GOP tax plan re-engineers government to fail America’s middle class, too. If the plan is not stopped, government policies and programs will concentrate on keeping income and wealth concentrated — in the pockets of America’s most comfortable — instead of helping America’s vast non-rich majority. Government May Shut Down Friday DACA fix looms over talks to prevent government shutdown. NPR: “Congress, once again, finds itself days away from a potential government shutdown and a fight over immigration could stand in the way of a deal to prevent it. ‘It could happen,’ Trump told reporters on Wednesday. ‘Democrats are really looking at something that is very dangerous for our country. They are looking at shutting down. They want to have il...