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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.
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“Entitlements” and Our Dollar Democracy
How did it happen that billionaire farmers are entitled to their
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Crossroads’ Tax Return Shows Big Donors, But Doesn’t Name Them
Crossroads raised more than twice as much in 2012 as it collected in 2010 and 2011 combined.
European Progress Toward a Financial Transactions Tax
Federal election results virtually have assured that Germany will adopt a financial transactions tax. Where Germany leads, the rest of the EU is likely to follow, notwithstanding UK resistance.
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Rip-Off: High Out-of-Pocket Social Costs are a Stealth Tax on the Middle Class and the Poor
The most pernicious myth in American politics holds that only around half the population pays taxes.