Debt benefits

January 22, 2022

The national government deficit and debt are historically large amounts and so easy to raise alarms about. But if current borrowing is used productively, this debt burden is actually not necessarily unmanageable.

Tax the billionaires

September 29, 2021

IBON Executive Director on TRAIN and CREATE

July 26, 2021

CREATE Gives Up Revenues Just When They’re Needed Most

February 15, 2021

CREATE Bill Mainly Benefits Large Firms, Not MSMEs

February 15, 2021

CREATE Proponents Make Up Economic Gains

February 15, 2021

CREATE’s three mistakes

February 7, 2021

From a development perspective, the fundamental problem is that CREATE asks the wrong question: what CIT will attract foreign investment? This puts us in a mindless race-to-the-bottom where our fiscal policy is defined by what corporations want rather than what national development and upholding social and economic rights demands.

Money to Vaccinate Everyone for Free

December 22, 2020

Upon COVID-19: Time to tax the super-rich

May 25, 2020

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The Philippines has never had a wealth tax. For as long as there has been a tax system in the country, taxes have been collected from what people pay for what they consume or from what they earn.