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McClatchy Washington Bureau: One rich guy who wants to pay higher taxes: Bill Gates Sr.
January 8, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) Brad Shannon | Tacoma News Tribune last updated: January 18, 2011 07:24:02 PM Bill Gates Sr., the retired lawyer and wealthy father of the Microsoft co-founder, thinks Washington state’s tax system is out of whack and needs repair. The poor pay too much tax, the rich pay too little, Gates says. […]
KEPR TV: WA Pays Highest Cell Phone Tax in Nation
January 8, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) By Chelsea Kopta Story Published: Jan 25, 2011 at 5:46 PM PST PASCO, Wash. — Perhaps nothing is certain in Washington State but taxes and complaining about taxes. Now there’s a new hike to gripe about: your cell phone. Cell phones are the tax man’s latest target. And if you didn’t […]
The Charleston Gazette: N.E. Editorial Roundup
January 8, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) November 30, 2009N.E. Editorial Roundup The Associated Press Rutland Herald, Rutland, Vt., Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009: The economic recovery is not occurring as quickly as previously hoped, according to the latest economic reports, which means that when legislators convene in January, the job before them will be daunting. Last week legislators […]
Augusta Free Press: The tax burden on the … who, again?
January 8, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) November 18, 2009 by chrisgrahamStory by Chris Graham If you believe the partisan rhetoric, it’s the wealthy who bear the tax burden, and who are deserving of tax breaks to get the economy moving. A new report by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy and the Virginia Organizing Project puts […]
Richmond Times-Dispatch: States Taxing the Rich: A Very Bad or Good Idea
January 8, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) NEAL PEIRCE © WASHINGTON POST WRITERS GROUPPublished: September 20, 2009 WASHINGTON In a dramatic break from tax trends of recent decades, eight states have voted this year to push up the percentages of income that their wealthiest citizens must pay. Connecticut is the latest to take this step, following Delaware, Hawaii, […]
Vermont Diggers: Truth Squad- Do Dubie’s tax plans help the rich?
January 8, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) By Anne Galloway on October 21, 2010 Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie, Vermont‘s Republican candidate for governor, has said reducing taxes is his No. 1 priority. To do that, Dubie has proposed capping state spending at 2 percent – after he reduces next year‘s budget by $112 million. Once the caps are […]
Rutland Herald: Tax inequities
January 8, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) The economic recovery is not occurring as quickly as previously hoped, according to the latest economic reports, which means that when legislators convene in January, the job before them will be daunting. Last week legislators acknowledged that state government faces an $88 million deficit in the coming budget cycle, even without […]
Vermont Business Magazine: Bush tax cuts present budget-balancing option
January 8, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) Wed Feb 9 2011 Author:Paul Cillo The extension of the Bush tax cuts passed recently by Congress gives Governor Shumlin and the Legislature another option for balancing the state budget in fiscal 2012 and 2013. A new analysis shows that the top 5 percent of Vermont taxpayers will save $190 million […]
VT Digger: Tax reform, Part 1: Where policy meets politics
January 8, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) Posted By Anne Galloway On February 3, 2011 @ 1:39 am In Public Policy | 12 Editor’s note: This is the first in a five-part series about the Vermont Blue Ribbon Tax Structure Commission Report. In addition to this analysis of the politics of taxation, in the coming week, VTDigger.org will […]
Deseret News: Current cuts won’t get Utah through 2011
January 8, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) Down-to-the-bone look at taxes called a necessityBy James Thalman Deseret NewsPublished: Friday, Nov. 27, 2009 4:39 p.m. MST Cutbacks in agency budgets have so far helped Utah handle a tax-revenue pinch, but they won’t do much to get through the blockage awaiting in 2011, local and national budget-policy analysts say. A […]
Salt Lake City Weekly: 9 Reasons the Rich Get Richer
January 8, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) A tax expert’s story on tax myths may not be sexy, but it could arouse you—and not in a good way. By David Cay Johnston Posted // April 13,2011 – For three decades, we have conducted a massive economic experiment, testing a theory known as supply-side economics. The theory goes like […]
Dallas Morning News: Report: Poor Texans shoulder heavy tax burden
January 8, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) 07:44 AM CST on Thursday, November 19, 2009 By ROBERT T. GARRETT / The Dallas Morning [email protected] AUSTIN – Texas’ low-income residents bear heavier tax burdens than their counterparts in all but four other states, a new study shows. The bottom fifth of Texas earners pay just over 12 percent of […]
Politifact: Paul Krugman says poorest 40 percent of Texans pay more in Texas than national average
January 8, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) Paul Krugman on Monday, February 28th, 2011 in an op-ed column. Paul Krugman says poorest 40 percent of Texans pay more in Texas than national average New York Times columnist Paul Krugman sees Texas as a model for how things might be going wrong across the nation and in his latest […]
Lubbock Avalanche Journal: Letter: Tax analysis shows poor pay disproportionately
January 8, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) Posted: May 4, 2011 – 12:12am State and local legislators should read the 2009 report titled, “Who Pays? A Distributional Analysis of the Tax Systems in All 50 States.” The report, by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a Washington, D.C., non-profit, non-partisan research group is the result of a […]
The Commercial Appeal: A terrible decision
January 8, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) By Staff Reports Friday, November 20, 2009 Tennessee lawmakers who controlled the debate over state tax reform in 2002 can proudly point to Tennessee’s No. 3 ranking on the list of states with the lowest state and local taxes. Per person, Tennesseans paid an average of $3,005 in 2007, according to […]
The Commercial Appeal: Report says Tennessee’s tax system among nation’s most regressive
January 8, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) By Richard Locker Originally published 11:28 a.m., November 18, 2009Updated 12:07 a.m., November 19, 2009 NASHVILLE — The Tennessee tax system is the fourth most regressive among the states, with lower-income families paying a higher portion of their income in state and local taxes than do more affluent households, according to […]
Chattanooga Times Free Press: Liberal group raps state tax regressivity
January 7, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) By: Andy Sher Thursday, November 19, 2009 NASHVILLE — The Tennessee and Alabama tax systems are among the nation’s worst when it comes to favoring the rich over the poor and middle class, according to a study by a Washington-based research organization. The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, a liberalleaning […]
Williston Observer: Taxes and the wisdom of our forebears
January 7, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) July 16, 2009 BY BRIAN MILLER One hundred years ago, on July 17, 1909, Sen. William E. Borah, R-Idaho wrote the words, “The income tax is the fairest and most equitable of the taxes. It is the one tax which approaches us in the hour of prosperity and departs in the […]
Knoxville News Sentinel: Think tank- Tennessee state income tax would help fixed-income families
January 7, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) By Josh Flory Thursday, April 15, 2010 This probably isn’t the best day to bring it up, but a Washington, D.C., think tank has an idea for cutting the tax burden on Tennessee’s fixed-income families: impose a state income tax. The proposal comes from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, […]
Nashville City Paper: Republican-driven resolution would ban state income tax
January 7, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) By William Williams Created 01/13/2011 – 12:48pm A majority of both the House and Senate signed up to sponsor a resolution introduced Thursday to amend the Tennessee constitution to ban the state income tax. “If this amendment passes, Tennessee will never face an income tax battle again,” said the Senate’s main […]
The Commerical Appeal: Reliance on sales tax causes an imbalance
January 7, 2013
(PDF of Original Post) Tennesseans should tell their legislators they’re against a prohibition on state income tax because it ensures the highest earners pay the most. By Erica Thomas, Special to Viewpoint Thursday, March 10, 2011 How we fund our state government — and who pays for it — are key concerns for all Tennesseans. […]
Argus Leader: A lose-lose situation
January 7, 2013
(PDF of the Original Post) Karen Kraut • April 25, 2010 Imagine this: Your state has the option of reducing its residents’ combined federal tax bills by hundreds of millions of dollars a year while at the same time substantially reducing state taxes for 80 percent of its residents, but it chooses not to do […]
Columbia Free Times: Study Says State Tax System Unfair
January 7, 2013
(PDF of the Original Post) by : Al Dozier A new study showing South Carolina’s tax system weighs more heavily on the poor and middle class than the rich is unlikely to spark any restructuring of the state’s tax system, according to local advocates for change. That conclusion comes even as a new study panel, […]
The Times and Democrat: Taxation impact to be considered on all levels
January 7, 2013
(PDF of the Original Post) Monday, November 30, 2009 ISSUE: S.C. taxes OUR VIEW: Impact across the spectrum must be considered Talk of tax reform is an annual event ahead of the Legislature’s return in January. Gov. Mark Sanford has consistently called for lowering the income tax by increasing the tax on cigarettes. He will […]
The State: Study- Middle incomes hit hard
January 7, 2013
(PDF of the Original Post) S.C. taxes favor wealthy, group says By GINA SMITH [email protected] South Carolina’s tax code hits middle-income and low-income families much harder than the wealthy, according to a new study released Thursday by S.C. Fair Share. The Columbia-based nonpartisan organization hopes its findings will be considered by lawmakers as they head […]
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