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media mention April 22, 2013 The Huffington Post: Legalizing Marijuana Would Generate Billions In Additional Tax Revenue Annually
(Original Post) By Caroline Fairchild Posted: 04/20/2013 9:13 am EDT | Updated: 04/20/2013 9:19 am EDT As Washington lawmakers struggle to find ways to balance the national budget, a significant… -
media mention April 22, 2013 Hartford Courant: Rich Paying More Broadens Opportunity For All
(Original Post) April 19, 2013|By WADE GIBSON | COMMENTARY, The Hartford Courant Most people would agree that Connecticut’s wealthiest residents should pay a greater share of their income in taxes… -
media mention April 22, 2013 San Marcos Mercury: Tax misconceptions that distort our perceptions
(Original Post) by LAMAR W. HANKINS “Now a petty, narcissistic, pridefully ignorant politics has come to dominate and paralyze our government, while millions of people keep falling through the gaping … -
media mention April 22, 2013 Think Progress: Christie Revives Tax Cut That Would Give 40 Percent Of Its Benefit To The Top 1 Percent
By Travis Waldron on Apr 18, 2013 at 5:00 pm New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) is reviving a once-failed income tax plan that will give a 10 percent tax… -
media mention April 22, 2013 The Plain Dealer: Kasich’s income-tax plan would save taxpayers more than House proposal
(Original Post) By Brandon Blackwell, The Plain Dealer on April 15, 2013 at 8:00 PM, updated April 15, 2013 at 8:03 PM COLUMBUS, Ohio – Gov. John Kasich’s plan to… -
media mention April 15, 2013 MSN Money: Cut corporate taxes? First figure out what they are
(Original Post) It’s pretty clear that US businesses are socked more than their global peers, but just how much they actually pay is quite murky. By Jonathan Berr Fri 10:58… -
media mention April 15, 2013 The Kansas City Star: Kansas legislation would cost the poor most, critics say
April 12 By BRAD COOPER The Kansas City Star TOPEKA — This could be, for better or worse, the year of the poor in Kansas. The dominant powers in the… -
media mention April 15, 2013 The Wall Street Journal: Is Raising the Federal Gasoline Tax the Best Way to Pay for Highways?
(Original Post) Updated April 12, 2013, 11:48 a.m. ET The federal gasoline tax is broken. Our highways and bridges are in desperate need of improvement and repair and revenue collected… -
media mention April 15, 2013 The Plain Dealer: Firetrucks, productive workers and strong communities
(Original Post) By Plain Dealer guest columniston April 14, 2013 at 3:00 AM On April 13, 2001, my son’s preschool was closed for Good Friday, and I was very pregnant,… -
media mention April 15, 2013 ABC News 2: Institute says quarter percent income tax cut would save most Oklahoma residents about $39 a year
(Original Post) Posted: 04/13/2013 By: Max Resnik TULSA – According to the non-partisan, non-profit Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, the proposed income tax cut currently being discussed by Oklahoma… -
media mention April 12, 2013 The Lansing State Journal: Cutting earned income credit hits families
Apr. 12, 2013 12:45 PM Written by Gilda Jacobs is president and CEO of the Michigan League for Public Policy. Tax day is right around the corner — and if… -
media mention April 12, 2013 The Fiscal Times: Bobby Jindal’s Failure Ruins Chances of Tax Reform
(Original Post) By BRUCE BARTLETT, The Fiscal TimesApril 12, 2013 Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has been a rising star in the Republican Party for some years. But this year he… -
media mention April 9, 2013 The Huffington Post: RILA Business Group Urges Congress To Cut Corporate Taxes
(Original Post) The Huffington Post | By Jillian Berman Posted: 04/08/2013 6:29 pm EDT | Updated: 04/09/2013 11:53 am EDT Walmart, Apple, J.Crew and scores of other famous retailers… -
media mention April 8, 2013 The Times-Picayune: Behind Jindal’s tax plan, an old debate that still rages
(Original Post) By Andrew Vanacore, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune In pushing for an end to income taxes in Louisiana, Gov. Bobby Jindal is calling upon an economic theory about taxes… -
media mention April 8, 2013 The Plain Dealer: Ohio lawmakers to introduce revamped version of Kasich’s budget proposal
(Original Post) By Brandon Blackwell, The Plain Dealer on April 07, 2013 at 12:01 AM, updated April 07, 2013 at 12:05 PM COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio lawmakers have spent weeks… -
media mention April 8, 2013 The Huffington Post: Bait and Switch, CEO Style
(Original Post) Posted: 04/08/2013 8:12 am As the U.S. Commerce Department released a report late last month showing corporate profits at a 60-year high, suddenly the big news was about… -
media mention April 4, 2013 MSNBC: Jindal’s radical tax plan not yet dead
(Original Post) By Steve Benen – Wed Apr 3, 2013 11:45 AM EDT It’s been about three months since Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) unveiled his plan to eliminate all… -
media mention April 4, 2013 The News-Herald: Senate Democrats blame GOP for increases in state income taxes
(Original Post) Published: Wednesday, April 03, 2013 “Governor Snyder and the Republican-led legislature have given away more than $1.8 billion in tax breaks for big businesses at the expense of… -
media mention April 4, 2013 Fox News Latino: Potential Amnesty Program Requires That Undocumented Immigrants Pay Taxes
(Original Post) By Kacy Capobres Published April 04, 2013 The federal government wants everybody earning money in the country to file their taxes — whether they’re in the country legally… -
media mention April 2, 2013 Southern Maryland Online: Business Owners Say They’ll Suffer with Higher Gas Taxes
(Original Post) Posted on March 31, 2013 By AMBER LARKINS ANNAPOLIS — Charlie Kidwell, who has owned FreeState Auto and Truck Service in Capitol Heights for nearly 25 years, said… -
media mention April 2, 2013 Arkansas Times Record: Arkansas Legislature: Bill To Cut State Income Tax Advances
(Original Post) 2:07 pm – March 26, 2013 — Updated: 12:14 am – March 27, 2013 By John Lyon Arkansas News Bureau [email protected] LITTLE ROCK — A proposed $57 million… -
media mention April 2, 2013 The Times Picayune: Gov. Bobby Jindal’s tax plan not ‘dead on arrival,’ House Ways and Means chairman says
(Original Post) By Jeff Adelson, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune on April 01, 2013 at 9:17 PM, updated April 01, 2013 at 11:05 PM Gov. Bobby Jindal’s controversial tax swap plan… -
media mention April 2, 2013 Toledo Blade: A fairer tax system
(Original Post) Published: 3/30/2013 Gov. John Kasich’s proposed changes to Ohio’s tax system, which include broadening the sales tax base and slashing income and business taxes, would reward Ohio’s wealthy… -
media mention April 1, 2013 USA Today: Wyo. named most tax-friendly state; N.Y. worst
(Original Post) 24/7 Wall Street6a.m. EDT March 30, 2013 According to Census data released this week, state and local tax revenue rose in the U.S, for the 13th quarter in… -
media mention March 29, 2013 The Sheridan Press: Who Pays?
(PDF of Original Post) National study examines tax system in all 50 States: Wyoming rates comparatively low