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Taxes

Taxes Are Behind Us: The Wealth Gap Isn’t
There are several factors that have played into a continuing wealth disparity. For starters, non-home wealth has played a vital role in determining affluence.

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When Corporations Get Too Big to Tax
The drive to scrap the corporate income tax won't stop at zero.

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Balancing Trade: Remember The “Buffett Plan“
The enormous trade deficit is doing incredible damage to our economy, and our country's elites used to care about that.

Corporate Tax Breaks: How Congress Rigs the Rules
This week, the House Ways and Means Committee is poised to demonstrate exactly how the rules are rigged.

IPS Report: Pay Subsidies for CEOs Opposed to Minimum Wage Increase
An Institute for Policy Studies report released today puts a price tag on how much taxpayers are subsidizing exorbitant executive pay at the nation's top restaurant chains.

New Law Requires Swiss Banks to Report Customers Evading Tax
Bill Black: Swiss banks have notoriously kept customers' finances secret but European Union law will challenge that structure.

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Conservatives Are Scared Straight by a Frenchman
Raise the Capital Gains tax to 39 percent, where the earned income tax is. It's easy. Reagan actually did it - for one year.

An Indictment of the Invisible Hand
Economist Thomas Piketty's new book has stunned both the economic profession and most political observers. But the economic mainstream is not truly dealing with its most serious implications.

Pay Your Taxes, Go to Gitmo?
Does paying taxes violate the law against providing aid and support to a terrorist organization?

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Want to See Where Your Taxes Go?
The National Priorities Project has done the work for you: Using a customized tax receipt calculator, you can find out exactly how the federal government spent each penny of …