Esther Cervantes and Amy Gluckman

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

Esther Cervantes is a recent graduate of the LBJ School at the University of Texas and was a Dollars & Sense intern last fall. Amy Gluckman is a co-editor of Dollars & Sense.

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Issue 251

Who Votes, and How?

Of the last four presidential elections won by the Republican candidate, the two closest ones (in 1980 and 2000) would

Esther Cervantes and Amy Gluckman Jan 1, 2004