Steve Meacham - 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

Steve Meacham is Tenant Organizing Coordinator of City Life/Vida Urbana in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts.

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Issue 248

Will Rent Control Make a Comeback in Boston?

How tenants' efforts to reinstate rent regulation in Boston were thwarted, for now.

Steve Meacham Jul 1, 2003