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Corporations Are Champion Tax Dodgers »

By Amitabh Pal, April 15, 2013

The gall of companies such as Facebook and GE is breathtaking.read more

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A Financial Transaction Tax is Necessary and Feasible »

By Amitabh Pal, February 8, 2013

The Obama Administration needs to see the light—before its Wall Street friends destroy the global economy again.read more

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Obama should have stood firmer in negotiations »

By Brian Gilmore, January 4, 2013

Hold the high-fives. President Obama’s apparent victory on the fiscal cliff is more like a late-game touchdown that is still being reviewed by replay officials.read more

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Obama's Tax Deal a Net Plus

January 2, 2013

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Obama’s Tax Deal a Victory for His Base—and the Country »

By Matthew Rothschild, January 2, 2013

On balance, the agreement was a net plus. It restored some progressivity to the income tax code, and it helped out the unemployed and the working poor.read more

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Obama Strikes Populist Chord on Taxes »

By Matthew Rothschild, July 9, 2012

It may be an effective tack to take against Mitt Romney and the Hamptons crowd he pals around with.read more

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Harry Reid's Good Surtax Idea

October 7, 2011

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David Brooks Sticks Up for the Super-Rich  »

By Ruth Conniff, September 20, 2011

It takes willful blindness to claim that people whose incomes are bolting into the stratosphere even as tax rates are at their lowest level in 60 years are victims.read more

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Tax deal hurts elderly and disabled »

By Mike Ervin, December 15, 2010

The biggest losers in the deals over tax cuts and stimulus payments are people with disabilities and older Americans who rely on Social Security.read more

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Obama's Capitulation on Taxes »

By Ruth Conniff, December 7, 2010

If Obama won't stand up to the Republicans now, with the economy in shambles, the public on his side, and his party in control of Congress for another month, how can we expect better leadership come January?read more

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Microsoft Millionaire: Why I Should Pay More Taxes »

By Arul Menezes, August 1, 2009

In recent weeks, there has been a lot of discussion about raising taxes on the wealthy. As a higher-income person who would pay such taxes, I have no objection.read more

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Reflections on Teabaggers »

By Matthew Rothschild, April 17, 2009

Fox News and the Republican Party are playing with fire here. Let’s face it, there are a lot of nuts out there. And a lot of guns to go with them.read more

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Teabags are harmless. Bullets aren't.

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