Bill Fletcher, Jr. - Dollars & Sense

No Matter How You Look at It, the Big Beautiful Bill is a Monstrosity

Here are three views of the bill's horrific distributional consequences.

John Miller Jul 7, 2025

Left Hook

What’s Different About Today’s Government Deficit and Debt?

As of today, the U.S. government’s current deficit and debt are indeed currently at unprecedented levels for peacetime—once we account for them appropriately.

Robert Pollin Jul 1, 2025

Left Hook

No Tax on Tips

Even the stand-alone No Tax on Tips Act would do far too little to better the lot of low-income workers, even tipped workers.

John Miller Jun 27, 2025

Bill Fletcher, Jr., is the president of TransAfrica Forum, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit educational and organizing center formed to raise awareness in the United States regarding issues facing t

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D&S BLOG

Reflections on a Xenophobic Speech

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Anticipating and sitting through President Trump’s address to Congress last night was arduous, to say

Bill Fletcher, Jr. Mar 1, 2017

Issue 253

The Haiti Crisis: Aristide Is Not the Issue

One of the biggest mistakes people have made looking at the recent Haitian crisis has been to focus on the

Bill Fletcher, Jr. May 1, 2004