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media mention January 31, 2013 Business Insider: There’s A Reason Bill Gates And Jeff Bezos Both Call Washington State Home
(Original Post) Megan Durisin | Jan. 31, 2013, 3:43 PM Why does the wealthiest man in America live in Washington? The answer is in a report released this week by… -
media mention January 31, 2013 Birmingham Business Journal: Alabama tax system lands in ‘terrible 10’
(Original Post) Jan 31, 2013, 2:21pm CST Staff Birmingham Business Journal Alabama has one of the nation’s 10 most regressive tax systems, according to a new report from the Institute… -
media mention January 31, 2013 The Huffington Post: 10 States Placing Tax Burdens On The Poor
(Original Post) By Bonnie Kavoussi Posted: 01/31/2013 11:23 am EST Don’t need another reason why it’s so good to be rich? We’re giving it to you anyway. State and local… -
media mention January 31, 2013 Knox News: TN Taxes Hardest on Middle and Low-income Families
Nashville, Tennessee – Like most state tax systems, Tennessee takes a much larger share from middle- and low-income families than from wealthy families, according to the fourth edition of Who… -
media mention January 31, 2013 The Daily World: Study claims state tax structure unfair
Jan 31, 2013 Written by Mike Hasten BATON ROUGE — Like many states, Louisiana’s current tax structure is unfair to low- and middle-income families, a study examining tax structures released… -
media mention January 31, 2013 The Advocate: Low-income taxpayers pay larger share in La.
(Original Post) Capitol news bureau January 31, 2013 Louisiana’s tax system takes a much-larger share from middle-and-low income residents than the wealthy just like most states, according to a national… -
media mention January 31, 2013 The Tennessean: New study calls Tennessee’s tax system ‘unfair’
Written by Bobby Allyn The Tennessean Tennessee is often championed as a low-tax state. But for struggling families, it might not be among the fairest. As a percentage of income,… -
media mention January 31, 2013 The Lens: Louisiana’s poor pay higher tax rate than the rich
(Original Report) By Tyler Bridges, Staff writerJanuary 30th, 2013 The poor in Louisiana pay twice as much of their income in state and local taxes as do the rich, a… -
media mention January 31, 2013 Bloomberg: How Republican Governors Are Pretending to Cut Taxes
(Original Post) By Deborah Solomon Jan 31, 2013 10:37 AM ET Republican governors across the U.S. are engaged in an income tax-cutting frenzy, moving to reduce or even eliminate individual… -
media mention January 31, 2013 Daily Kos: The Republican Land of Oz
(Original Post) Thu Jan 31, 2013 at 05:44 AM PST I am sure that Kansas is a wonderful place, but if Leavenworth Penitentiary is your best known landmark and a… -
media mention January 30, 2013 MSNBC: And the rich pay less
(Original Post) By Laura Conaway – Wed Jan 30, 2013 4:05 PM EST Just about every state’s tax system treats the rich better than the poor, writes the nonpartisan Institute on… -
media mention January 30, 2013 The Town Talk: Tax expert warns that Jindal’s tax plan will hurt lower-income earners
Jan. 30, 2013 4:27 PM, | Written by MIKE HASTEN Gannett Louisiana BATON ROUGE – Like many states, Louisiana has a tax structure that is unfair to low- and middle-income… -
media mention January 30, 2013 Gambit: La.’s poorest pay more than 10% of income in state, local taxes
(Original Report) Posted by Charles Maldonado on Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 4:31 PM A national survey of state and local tax codes by Washington think tank the Institute on… -
media mention January 30, 2013 Pacific Business News: Hawaii’s poorest residents pay highest share of income in taxes
(Original Post) Jan 30, 2013, 12:17pm HST Staff Pacific Business News Low- and middle-income families in Hawaii pay a larger share of taxes than the top 20 percent of earners… -
media mention January 30, 2013 WEKU: Report Says Kentucky Tax System Unbalanced On Backs of the Poor
(Original Post) 4:51pm Wed January 30, 2013 By Kenny Colston, KPR-Frankfort A new report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy shows a big gap between Kentucky’s income levels… -
media mention January 30, 2013 Arkansas Times: Who pays taxes?
(Original Post) Posted by Max Brantley on Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 9:56 AM Arkansas is on the cusp of a Republican-led charge to reshape taxation. Where they don’t want… -
media mention January 30, 2013 Great Falls Tribune: Legislature considers bill to cut taxes on top income earners
(Original Post) Jan. 30, 2013 10:18 AM Written byJOHN S. ADAMSTribune capital bureau HELENA — The Senate Taxation committee on Wednesday heard testimony on a measure that would reduce the… -
media mention January 30, 2013 Honolulu Star Advertiser: Hawaii among most regressive states for taxation
(Original Post) By Erika Engle POSTED: 08:07 a.m. HST, Jan 30, 2013LAST UPDATED: 08:07 a.m. HST, Jan 30, 2013 Hawaii has been declared one of the “Terrible Ten” most regressive… -
media mention January 30, 2013 CBS 42: Ala. among ‘Terrible 10’ most regressive tax states
(Original Post) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Low and middle-income Alabamians pay more than twice as much of their incomes in state and local taxes as the state’s richest households pay,… -
media mention January 30, 2013 Montgomery Advertiser: Alabama’s tax system among most regressive in nation, says report
State not alone: ‘Virtually every state’s tax system is fundamentally unfair’ Written by Brian Lyman Jan. 30, 2013 11:17 AM, | Alabama’s tax system ranks as one of the ten… -
media mention January 30, 2013 Chicago Magazine: Illinois- The Fourth Most Regressive Taxes in America
(Original Post) Posted today at 11:21 a.m.By Whet Moser One of the ongoing complaints about Illinois’s tax system—besides general complaints about it being too high for everything—is its prairie flatness,… -
media mention January 30, 2013 Nashville Scene: We’re No. 6 in Unfair Taxes
(Original Post) Posted by Jeff Woods on Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 12:54 PM Tennessee might rank near the bottom nationally in education spending, per capita income and nearly every… -
media mention January 30, 2013 Keystone Politics: Pennsylvania’s Tax Code is Hideously Regressive
(Original Post) Pennsylvania’s crazy regressive tax code is an issue I think it would be worth picking a Constitutional amendment fight over: Pennsylvania is one of the “Terrible Ten”… -
media mention January 30, 2013 WFPL: Kentucky Tax System Unbalanced On Backs of the Poor
By Kenny Colston A new report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy shows a big gap between Kentucky’s income levels on who pays taxes. The report says Kentucky’s… -
media mention January 30, 2013 Philadelphia Business Journal: Pa. tax system among ‘Terrible 10’ for working families
(Original Post) Jan 30, 2013, 1:27pm EST Staff Philadelphia Business Journal Pennsylvania is among the 10 states with the most regressive tax systems in the United States, the Institute on…