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Taxes
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With Election Over, First Order of Business Is $450 Billion Corporate Tax Break
The first order of business after the election is to give big tax breaks to the corporations.
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The Irish and Water: Why the Water Tax Protests Matter
Irish communities are taking to the streets to protest about a new water tax, but it's not just about water or austerity; it's about the people.
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Leave No Generation Behind
A tax on inherited wealth could eliminate student debt while reducing growing inequality.
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The Roth Blunder Barrels On
Roth accounts are inherently unfair, contributing to the continuation of wealth inequality.
FACT Urges Congress to End Offshore Corporate Tax Dodging Via Extenders and Inversions
The Treasury Department announced new rules designed to stem the tide of inversions, and have been somewhat successful.
US Treasury and Transportation Departments Hold a Privatization Party
Ignoring the benefits of taxes as a revenue source forces us into depending on the people who crashed the economy to fund our infrastructure.
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The Scourge of Siphon-Up Economics
Addressing inequality head-on will put our nation's wealth back where it belongs - with all of us.
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Public Infrastructure, Private Investment? Whose Hands Are in Whose Pockets?
In reading the US Treasury Department's glowing new report on public-private partnerships, truth must be separeted from fiction.
OECD Takes Strong Stance on Corporate Tax Avoidance
The OECD recommends international cooperation to prevent large corporations from avoiding taxes in the countries where they do business.
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Should Taxpayers Subsidize the Pay of College Presidents?
If we can get qualified people to run the Defense Department and Department of Health and Human Services for half this amount, perhaps their school is not the sort …