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media mention March 29, 2013 Governing: How to Talk About Tax Expenditures
(Original Post) There are ways to take some of the partisan heat out of the discussion. BY: Justin Marlowe | April 2013 Tax reform is, with apologies to Twitter, a… -
media mention March 27, 2013 The State: How SC taxes balance out each other
(Original Post) Published: March 27, 2013 By CINDI ROSS SCOPPE — Associate Editor Columbia, SC — WHEN THE liberal Institute on Taxation & Economic Policy released its latest “Distributional Analysis… -
media mention March 27, 2013 Associated Press: Ark. panel advances income, capital gains tax cuts
By Andrew De Millo on March 27, 2013 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Proposals to cut Arkansas’ income and capital gains taxes won a House panel’s support Tuesday, as legislative… -
media mention March 26, 2013 Kalamazoo Gazette: Michigan tax increases hitting more Kalamazoo-area families this April
(Original Post) By Yvonne Zipp | [email protected] on March 25, 2013 at 5:10 PM, updated March 26, 2013 at 8:57 AM KALAMAZOO, MI – As Kalamazoo-area residents fill out their… -
media mention March 26, 2013 The Reading Eagle: Pa. tax policies skewed against poor
(Original Post) The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy recently released a study of taxing policies in all 50 states. It found that the tax system in every single state… -
media mention March 22, 2013 The Lens: If everyone wins, as Jindal claims, his tax plan math is bogus
(Original Post) By Tyler Bridges, Staff writer Gov. Bobby Jindal says everyone wins under his plan to eliminate personal income and corporate taxes in Louisiana and jack up the state’s… -
media mention March 22, 2013 Toledo Blade: Taxing services
(Original Post) Published: 3/21/2013 Gov. John Kasich’s proposal to expand Ohio’s sales tax is provoking a high degree of bipartisanship in Columbus. Unfortunately for the governor, most of it is… -
media mention March 21, 2013 Public News Service: Pump Prices Could Increase By Summer
(Original Post) March 21, 2013 ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Proposals to increase the gas tax in Maryland appear to be gaining steam. The House of Representatives is debating legislation this week… -
media mention March 20, 2013 The Washington Post: Paul Ryan wants to cut income taxes. Bobby Jindal wants to kill them dead.
(Original Post) Posted by Dylan Matthews on March 20, 2013 at 11:45 am Most conservative policymakers at the federal level just want to sharply reduce the income tax, not eliminate… -
media mention March 20, 2013 St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Missouri Senate declares class war against citizens
(Original Post) By the Editorial Board Midway through the first session of the 97th Missouri General Assembly, the state Senate — in the name of tax “reform” — has declared… -
media mention March 19, 2013 The Daily Advertiser: Lawmakers ponder tax reform
Mar. 19, 2013 1:07 AM Written by Bill Decker If Gov. Bobby Jindal’s tax reform plan hurts working people, state Rep. Joel Robideaux doesn’t see how. “I have yet to… -
media mention March 18, 2013 The Atlanta Journal Constitution: Bill would hinder Georgia’s future
(Original Post) Posted: 6:02 p.m. Sunday, March 17, 2013 By Jay Bookman The Atlanta Journal-Constitution If you want to pay higher taxes, state Sen. David Shafer, the Senate president pro… -
media mention March 15, 2013 The Journal News: New York drivers pay highest gas taxes
At $4 per gallon of fuel, 69 cents in tax is paid at the pump Mar 14, 2013 Written by Theresa Juva-Brown As if the yo-yoing of gasoline prices isn’t… -
media mention March 15, 2013 San Jose Mercury News: California’s gas tax and what we do with it
(Original Post) By Gary Richards [email protected]: 03/14/2013 12:01:00 AM PDT Q Gary, here’s your chance to be an unbelievable hero. I’m a senior and remember back in the ’50s when… -
media mention March 15, 2013 The Atlanta Journal Constitution: Jay Bookman Ga. ‘tax reform’ will mean big tax hike for many
7:54 am March 15, 2013, by Jay If you want to pay higher taxes, state Sen. David Shafer, the Senate president pro tem from Gwinnett County, has just the plan… -
media mention March 14, 2013 Reuters: Road funds on empty; more states weigh gasoline tax hikes
(Original Post) By Nanette Byrnes Thu Mar 14, 2013 11:50am EDT (Reuters) – Tight state budgets and jammed roadways this year are prompting some state governments to make one of… -
media mention March 13, 2013 The Star Democrat: Jacobs reports on busy session
(Original Post) Posted: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 12:41 pm By CRAIG O’DONNELL [email protected] ANNAPOLIS – When the week began, there was just one month left in the General Assembly session.… -
media mention March 13, 2013 The Hartford Courant: Cutting Tax Credit Socks It To Hard-Working Poor
(Original Post) March 11, 2013|By JIM HORAN | OP-ED, The Hartford Courant Just two years ago, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy proposed, and Connecticut adopted, a state Earned Income Tax Credit,… -
media mention March 13, 2013 WPRI: Labor, liberals push income tax hike on wealthy in RI
Paiva Weed, Fox, Chafee skeptical about 7.99% rate Updated: Tuesday, 12 Mar 2013, 10:07 PM EDT Published : Tuesday, 12 Mar 2013, 5:25 PM EDT By Ted Nesi, WPRI.com Reporter… -
media mention March 11, 2013 Steamboat Pilot and Today: Steamboat joins growing group of cities looking to grow their stake in the outdoor manufacturing industry
(Original Post) By Scott Franz Sunday, March 10, 2013 There’s nothing modest about Outdoor Retailer’s winter trade show in Salt Lake City. #For four days in January, the downtown Salt… -
media mention March 11, 2013 The Advocate: Tax overhaul linked to business rankings
(Original Post) By Mark Ballardand Michelle Millhollon Capitol news bureau March 11, 2013 At the top of a “talking points” memo handed to legislators, Gov. Bobby Jindal justifies overhauling the… -
media mention March 11, 2013 The Austinist: Texas Economy Trails Slowly Behind Income Tax States
(Original Post) A new report just released by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy shows the Lone Star State economy lagging far behind states that have income taxes. Reviewing… -
media mention March 6, 2013 The Lawrence Journal-World: ITEP report says race to no income tax based on flawed theory
(Original Post) Sunday, March 3, 2013 By SCOTT ROTHSCHILD, The Lawrence Journal-World The effort by Gov. Sam Brownback and several other Republican governors to eliminate personal state income taxes is… -
media mention March 1, 2013 The Daily Kos: Republican tax shifters wrong about states with no income taxes performing better
(Original Post) Meteor Blades for Daily Kos Economics Across the South and Midwest—in Georgia, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Louisiana, Indiana, Kansas and elsewhere—Republican-dominated states seek to eliminate income taxes and replace… -
media mention March 1, 2013 Think Progress: Contrary To GOP Rhetoric, Low-Tax States Have Worse Economic Growth
(Original Post) By Pat Garofalo on Feb 28, 2013 at 3:45 pm Republicans love to claim that low-tax states such as Texas enjoy a disproportionate amount of economic success, while…