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On the News With Thom Hartmann: The Super Rich Have Skipped Out on Paying $100 Billion Dollars in Estate Taxes Since 2000, and More
The super rich have skipped out on paying $100 billion dollars in estate taxes since 2000, and more.

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Local Government Is the Secret Weapon in the Fight Against Economic Inequality
With Congress gridlocked, we must look to local governments to pursue more innovative strategies for promoting equal opportunity.

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GOP Governors – Give Taxpayers Back Their Money!
It's becoming increasingly clear that Republicans don't actually believe their own talking points.

Tax Fairness Coalition Calls for Closing Tax Loopholes as Part of Budget Deal – A Position Strongly Supported by Voters in Poll
Decries cutting pensions of federal workers by $17 billion while maintaining "carried interest" tax break for hedge fund managers saving same amount

House Sequester Bill Curbs Tax Havens
Congressman Lloyd Doggett and Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro today introduced the Sequester Delay and Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act, a bill that would end sequestration and curb corporate use of …

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New Guardian Docs Show ALEC Misled Press, Public
Over the past two years ALEC has been losing corporate members, suffering from major funding shortfalls, and anticipates legal trouble with ethics rules and its charitable tax status.

North Carolina Students Push Past Bad News For Good Policy Proposals
Members of the Roosevelt Institute | Campus Network in North Carolina refuse to be discouraged by the stateu2019s bad news, and propose policy changes that would make a difference …

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New Tax Return Shows Karl Rove’s Group Spent Even More on Politics Than It Said
On its 2012 tax return, GOP strategist Karl Rove's dark money behemoth Crossroads GPS justified its status as a tax-exempt social welfare group in part by citing its grants …

The Skunk Party Manifesto
"The best political system that money can buy is doing a great job for its customers and a lousy job for the rest of us," writes Smith.

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My Charmed Life in the Tax Wars
Scorse describes how one private citizen succeeded in effecting a major change in the law for capital gains reporting.