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Think Progress: Two Weeks After Slashing Taxes For The Rich, Ohio Governor Wants More

July 19, 2013

(Original Post) By Alan Pyke on Jul 19, 2013 at 9:00 am Gov. John Kasich (R) wants to get the top income tax rate in Ohio down below 5 percent, Cincinnati.com reported Thursday. The speech came 18 days after Kasich signed a budget that gives top earners in the Buckeye State a $6,000 per-person tax […]

KSFR: Nuestra America July 16

July 18, 2013

(Original Post) Gerry Bradley, Research Director of New Mexico Voices for Children, discusses a new report on Tax Contributions of undocumented immigrants in the United States and New Mexico

Think Progress: North Carolina Lawmakers Ram Through Plan That Would Increase Taxes On Poor People

July 18, 2013

(Original Post) By Igor Volsky on Jul 16, 2013 at 12:45 pm Gov. Pat McCrory (R-NC) (Credit: Takaaki Iwabu/The News & Observer) North Carolina lawmakers rammed through massive tax reforms on Tuesday that would disproportionately benefit higher-income earners, bringing the measure to a vote in the House after approximately 25 minutes of debate. The legislative […]

San Antonio Express-News: The economic case for immigration

July 18, 2013

(Original Post) EXPRESS-NEWS EDITORIAL BOARD : JULY 16, 2013 : Updated: July 16, 2013 5:14pm The U.S. House wants to embark on piecemeal efforts on immigration reform that are to comprehensive what a handful of sand is to a beach. It is unlikely, in any case, that it will do whatever it’s going to do […]

Floyd County Times: Study examines the value of immigration reform

July 18, 2013

  Kentucky News Connection BEREA – A new study shows that Kentucky would get a boost in revenue if the state’s estimated 80,000 undocumented immigrants were allowed to work legally. The analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy claims Kentucky could gain more than $23 million a year. Anna Baumann, an analyst with […]

Hattiesburg American: Fact, fiction of immigration reform remains problematic

July 18, 2013

(Original Post) Jul. 17, 2013 12:53 PM Written by Sid Salter For more centrist Republicans, the 2012 election cycle was enough to jump start a new discussion of compromise from hard right-wing dogma on immigration reform both at the national and state level. Yet what was a promising start for the 2013 version of immigration […]

Stateline: Little Financial Aid to States in Immigration Plan

July 18, 2013

(Original Post)  By Daniel C. Vock, Staff Writer The immigration overhaul passed by the U.S. Senate could put a big squeeze on the budgets of state and local governments. The proposal does not help states pay for costs incurred by required policy changes, including ramped up English classes and greater  access to public hospitals and […]

Bloomberg BNA: Sales Tax Slice: Attention Shoppers – A Sales Tax Holiday is Occurring in a State Near You

July 15, 2013

(Original Post) Thursday, July 11, 2013 by Rebecca Helmes Your kids may have just finished school for the summer, but it’s time to start devising your back-to-school shopping plan.  A break from sales taxes may come as a welcome respite for consumers and retailers.  But these tax vacations have been consistently panned from a fiscal […]

CBS Denver: Immigration Changes Will Help Colorado Revenue

July 15, 2013

(Original Post) July 13, 2013 3:59 PM DENVER (AP) – An analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy says Colorado would gain almost $43 million in tax revenue if people in the state who entered the country illegally were allowed to work legally. The institute says people living in the country without legal […]

OPB: Undocumented Immigrants In Oregon Paid About $94 Million In Taxes

July 15, 2013

(Original Post) OPB | July 12, 2013 3:38 p.m. | Portland, Oregon A new national report indicates that undocumented immigrants in Oregon paid about $94 million in state and local taxes in 2010. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy findings are based on figures from the 2010 U.S. Census and the Pew Research Hispanic […]

Crain’s Detroit Business: Immigrants pay taxes, too

July 15, 2013

(Original Post) Now that the U.S. Senate has approved a bipartisan immigration bill, and it is all but dead in the Republican-controlled U.S. House, those supporting reform are pointing to a report released last week by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy as another reason to support overhauling the system. The report provides a […]

Capital Journal: What South Dakota is doing seems to be working

July 15, 2013

(Original Post) Posted: Sunday, July 14, 2013 10:46 pm David Rookhuyzen  Dakota voices As a born-and-raised Arizonan I will always have a special place in my heart for the Grand Canyon State. But I have to say, in the past 10 months I’ve become a little enamored with my new home. South Dakota is certainly […]

NY Daily News: Republicans give immigrants a reality check on expecting immigration reform

July 15, 2013

(Original Post) Forget about a comprehensive immigration bill. And so much for a bipartison bill out of the House. By Albor Ruiz / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS A reality check. That’s what the Republican tactic on immigration reform, announced last Wednesday by the Speaker of the House after a much-publicized closed-door meeting with his party, […]

Ashbury Park Press: Columnist dead wrong on economic equality

July 15, 2013

(Original Post) 5:58 PM, Jul. 12, 2013 Patrick Buchanan’s July 7 column, “The top threat to liberty: Freedom lost when the state mandates equal outcomes,” is peppered with fallacies, distortions and paranoia. Exactly which state programs or policies “mandate equal outcomes,” as Buchanan contends? If the U.S. is so focused on equality, as he argues, […]

About.com: Unauthorized Immigrants Paying Plenty in Government Taxes

July 15, 2013

(Original Post) By Dan Moffett, About.com GuideJuly 15, 2013 A nonpartisan Washington think tank says that unauthorized immigrants generally pay as much in taxes as U.S. citizens and they would pay a lot more to the state, local and federal governments if comprehensive immigration reform happens. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) released […]

KCEC News: Contribución de inmigrantes

July 12, 2013

En medio del debate migratorio, el reporte recién publicado por el instituto de política económica y tributaria, indica que colorado se beneficiaría de decenas de millones de dólares en impuestos adicionales a miles de inmigrantes legalizados bajo una reforma.

Business First: Immigration reform would add $56M to Kentucky, Indiana coffers

July 12, 2013

(Original Post) Staff Business First A newly released study shows that national and state tax revenues in Kentucky and Indiana would increase by nearly $56 million annually if immigration reform passes. As The Courier-Journal reports, the study by the nonpartisan Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy estimates that millions of undocumented immigrants who would obtain […]

Public News Service: Supporters say Immigration Reform Would Boost Ark. Economy & Tax Revenue

July 12, 2013

(Original Post) LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Supporters of immigration reform say it would not only help the Arkansas economy, it would also bring in millions more in state and local taxes. According to the non-partisan, non-profit Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, Arkansas already collects more than $70 million a year from undocumented immigrants, and […]

NJ Spotlight: Immigration Reform Could Boost NJ Tax Revenues by $80M Yearly

July 11, 2013

(Original Post) Higher wages, more spending, increase in income taxes and sales taxes expected if undocumented workers became legal By Hank Kalet, July 11, 2013 Local and state tax coffers could gain see an injection of more than $80 million in taxes annually if federal immigration reforms are passed and undocumented workers are brought into […]

Art Voice: Making Believe in Big

July 11, 2013

(Original Post) by Bruce Fisher Issue v12n28 (07/11/2013) A future based on the rich entertaining the poor? When the Indianapolis Colts play the Denver Broncos on October 20, 2013 in Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, the average ticket price, according to a ticket website called Vivid Seats, will be $467. That is the before-tax weekly […]

Michigan Radio: Two plus two isn’t five

July 11, 2013

(Original Post) Lessenberry commentary for 7/11/2013 I have nothing against the Theater of the Absurd. I was taught French years ago by an odd method based on the comedies of Eugene Ionesco, the master of irrational dialogue. But absurdity doesn’t work very well as a guide to life, unless, say, you are an infant, or […]

The Courier-Journal: Immigration reform would net $23M more for Kentucky

July 11, 2013

(Original Post) Jul. 10, 2013 11:48 PM Written by James R. Carroll WASHINGTON — Calling it “flawed” and “rushed,” House Republican leaders Wednesday snubbed sweeping immigration reform legislation, even as a new study showed that state and local tax revenues in Kentucky and Indiana would increase by nearly $56 million annually if reform passed. “House […]

UALR: Immigration Reform Could Boost Arkansas Revenues

July 11, 2013

(Original Post) By MALCOLM GLOVER A recent analysis by a liberal-leaning think tank estimates that undocumented immigrants pay $72.4 million a year in state and local taxes in Arkansas. Supporters of immigration reform efforts in the U.S. hold a rally in Washington, D.C. and urge Congress to pass legislation. The report from the Institute on […]

MSN Money: Legalized immigrants could add $2 billion in taxes

July 11, 2013

(Original Post) A nonpartisan study shows that granting them such status would allow them to pay a great deal more. By Jason Notte Undocumented immigrants are robbing taxpayers, you say? Well, you could get $2 billion of that back each year if those same immigrants were allowed to work here legally. A study conducted by […]

Philadelphia Inquirer:Study shows financial gains if immigrants can work legally

July 11, 2013

  With the cost to revamp immigration law looming large in the national debate, the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), a left-of-center nonprofit in Washington, released a study Wednesday that estimates big gains in state and local taxes if undocumented immigrants were allowed to work legally. The study estimated that New Jersey would […]