Fair Taxation Requires More Brackets at the Top
Some of the most affluent Americans actually pay lower effective tax rates than many middle class Americans.
Finally: Fairer Tax Reporting
At last, investors can’t just fake the numbers on their tax returns when they reap capital gains.
Where Will We Find the Money?
Schools, housing, hospitals, roads aren’t a match for loopholes for the rich.
Libya’s Opposition Calls For A Ceasefire
Despite potential draw-backs, the rebel call for a ceasefire is the best way to diffuse violence, writer says.
Budget Cuts and Corporate Tax Cheats
Global corporations are gaming our tax system and paying nothing, zero, zip toward government services they enjoy.
General Electric: King of the Tax Dodgers
Between 2006 and 2010, GE earned $26.3 billion in profits and paid no U.S. taxes, yet received $4.2 billion in tax refunds.
Stop Corporate Tax Dodging: Talking Points and Background Information
Most of us pay more in taxes than many U.S. corporations, and corporate tax avoidance has increased dramatically in the last 50 years.
Taxes and the Common Good
It’s time to reform our tax system — to quit rewarding obscene wealth, Wall Street gambling, and corporate polluters.
The Road to Budget Sanity
Cutting military spending would make us leaner and meaner; stronger, not weaker.
Pay Up, Corporate Tax Dodgers
We’re chumps unless we force Congress to stop tax haven abuse.
An Unprecedented Attack from Polluters
The House has passed a devastating budget plan that would destroy bedrock safeguards that have protected our health and environment for decades.
Scapegoating Social Spending
Congress is about to slaughter social spending but leave a lot of sacred cows alone.
Taxes Worth Fighting For
Great lumps of cash and property will now pass tax-free from expired rich geezers, who may or may not have earned them, to their kids–who surely didn’t.
Why Egypt Will Not Turn Into Another Iran
The protests in Egypt will produce a democracy, not a theocracy.
SOTU: Use Newfound Corporate Tax Revenue to Invest in America
Some of this revenue should be used for long overdue investments in education, health care, and energy retrofits.