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Politics & SocietyShort Take
Paul D. McNelis, S.J.
Why not tax individuals for what they take out of society instead of what they contribute?
Politics & SocietyEditorials
The Editors
For poor and lower middle-class taxpayers, the bill will mean regressive tax hikes after a few years.
Graduate students rally against the proposed federal tax reform bill Nov. 29 in the Manhattan borough of New York City. Congress must "fix the fundamental flaws" in both the Senate and House versions of the tax bill as lawmakers try to reach an agreement on a final bill, said the chairman of the U.S. bishops' domestic policy committee. (CNS photo/Shannon Stapleton, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyNews
Dennis Sadowski - Catholic News Service
The letter called for a reversal of the bill’s plan to gradually increase taxes on taxpayers in the lowest income brackets while maintaining tax cuts for higher earners, including the most wealthy.
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., points to boxes of petitions supporting the Republican tax reform bill that is set for a vote later this week as he arrives for a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
FaithDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
“No tax reform proposal is acceptable that increases taxes for those living in poverty to help pay for benefits for wealthy citizens.”
A scene from “Junk” (photo: Lincoln Center Theater)
Arts & CultureTheater
Rob Weinert-Kendt
Three plays invite us to look back on the decade that launched Trump as a time of churning ambivalence and upheaval.
"Last Supper of Christ" by Jacopo Tintoretto
FaithIdeas
Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry
Hart argues that the New Testament condemns not only wealth but virtually all private possession.