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Taxes
A Tax Holiday Has Begun for the 1%
The top 1 percent are only taxed during the first six weeks of the year.
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Marshaling Marooned Tax Dollars
Congress needs to shut down offshore tax shelters without rewarding the corporations that built them.
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Robert Samuelson Is Unhappy That Seniors Get Social Security and Medicare
Robert Samuelson wants to raise the retirement age and cut Social Security and Medicare benefits.
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A Tax Cut for Tax Cheats
Spending a dollar on the IRS adds $255 to the federal budget.
An End to “Mindless Austerity”: Obama Pushes for Taxing the Rich to Fund New Spending Programs
President Obama has unveiled a $4 trillion budget proposal for next year Congress that calls for raising taxes on the wealthy and corporations.
Unlikely Allies Agree: Clearer IRS Rules Needed
At a symposium at the National Press Club, the Evangelical Council on Financial Accountability (ECFA), the Center for American Progress, the Alliance Defending Freedom and Public Citizen called for …
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In SOTU, President Punts on Income Inequality
For now, don't really expect further taxes on the wealthy that could help those at the bottom.
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Inequality Is Costing Us Big-Time
Americans pay more for an economy that pumps our treasure to the top than you probably think.
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On the News With Thom Hartmann: Democrats May Tax Wall Street and Give Main Street a Break, and More
In today's On the News segment: Democratic lawmakers have put forth a progressive tax plan, and more.
Democrats Take on Wall Street With Financial Transactions Tax
The House Democratic Party leadership made a remarkable step forward last week in putting out a proposal for a financial transactions tax.