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media mention December 21, 2012 Birmingham News: OUR VIEW: It’s awful that Birmingham is tied for the highest sales tax rate in the nation among cities with more than 200,000 people
(PDF of Original Post) Published: Wednesday, May 25, 2011, 5:45 AM By Birmingham News editorial board If it’s possible to be No. 1 with a bullet, Birmingham is. It sits… -
media mention December 21, 2012 Ledger-Enquirer: Lobby for the poor won’t make any politician richer
(PDF of Original Post) Alabamians are being inundated, and almost certainly disgusted, by the tawdry details of a federal trial involving big money that lobbyists for gambling interests allegedly paid… -
media mention December 21, 2012 Oregonian: TAXING THE RICH It’s not class warfare, it’s just common sense
(Original Post) The Sunday Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) September 20, 2009 SundaySunrise Edition TAXING THE RICH It’s not class warfare, it’s just common sense NEAL PEIRCE In a dramatic break from… -
media mention December 21, 2012 Shanker Blog: Evasive Maneuvers
Evasive Maneuvers Posted November 10, 2010 Original Post In a previous post, I showed how the majority of funding for education and other public services comes from state and local… -
media mention December 21, 2012 Politifact: Paul Krugman says poorest 40 percent of Texans pay more in Texas than national average
(Orignal Post) Says taxes paid by the poorest residents of Texas are above the national average. Paul Krugman on Monday, February 28th, 2011 in an op-ed column. Paul Krugman says… -
media mention December 21, 2012 Christian Science Monitor: Taxes and the Rich: How Much Do They Pay Now?
(Original post) By Mark Trumbull April 15, 2011 As Republicans square off with the Obama administration on how much to tax the wealthiest Americans, a new report suggests the overall… -
media mention December 21, 2012 New Haven Advocate: Connecticut Can Still Raise Taxes on the Rich, Even if Washington Doesn’t
Original Post By Mark EnglerMay 24, 2011 In 2009, when then-New York Gov. David Paterson signed a temporary tax increase on the state’s wealthiest individuals — one of the so-called… -
media mention December 21, 2012 Post-Star (NY): Commentary: Anti-tax Governors just getting started
Original Post By Matthew Gardner, Executive Director Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy July 28, 2011 Twelve new governors who ran on anti-tax platforms have now signed their first fiscal… -
media mention December 21, 2012 New Haven Advocate: Despite New Law, Poor Still F-ed, Rich Still Whining
NB: CTJ Modified the original story’s title, which can be found in the original article at the URL below. Original Post by Win Vitkowsky August 2, 2011 Connecticut’s wealthiest 1… -
media mention December 21, 2012 Forbes: Massachusetts State No. 17 With 2011 Sales Tax Holiday
Original Post August 2, 2011 by Ashlea Ebeling Down to the wire — again. Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick signed legislation Aug. 1 making Massachusetts the 17th state to officially announce… -
media mention December 21, 2012 La Crosse Tribune: Matthew Gardner: Anti-tax govs just getting started
Original Post July 31, 2011 COMMENTARY Twelve new governors who ran on anti-tax platforms have now signed their first fiscal year budgets. All of them will tell you they were… -
media mention December 21, 2012 Durham (NC) Herald-Sun: A break from tax holidays
August 5, 2011 EDITORIAL Let’s take a holiday from the sales tax holiday. That was a daring thing for any politician to say — voters do so love their… -
media mention December 21, 2012 Fiscal Times: Corporate Taxes: Wake up, Small Business!
Original Post August 5, 2011 by Karen Hube Many executives of big public companies have shared their ideas about corporate tax reform in hearings before policy makers lately. Just last… -
media mention December 21, 2012 National Post (Canada): Are the rich paying more than their share in the U.S.?
Original Post August 5, 2011 by Kelly McParland All good situation comedies produce spin-offs, so it should come as no surprise that the wildly popular laugh-a-thon know as the U.S.… -
media mention December 21, 2012 Daily World (LA): Analyst says tax holiday not prudent
August 5, 2011 BATON ROUGE — State officials say the sales tax holiday today and Saturday only costs the state $3.7 million, but the director of the Louisiana Budget Project… -
media mention December 21, 2012 USA Today: Critics say states should discontinue tax holidays
Original Post August 6, 2011 by Jayne O’Donnell The back-to-school sales tax holidays that start Friday in many states may be popular with politicians and retailers, but critics say revenue-starved… -
media mention December 21, 2012 Virginian-Pilot: Back-to-school shoppers hit stores for tax holiday
Original Post August 6, 2011 by Carolyn Shapiro Rich Tourville stopped Friday morning at JCPenney at Greenbrier Mall to pick up a birthday present and back-to-school clothes for his son,… -
media mention December 21, 2012 Baltimore CityBizList: Tax Flight Debate Is One-Sided, Professor Says
by Len Lazarick August 12, 2011 Professor Roy Meyers, the government budgeting expert at UMBC, says the focus of our ongoing stories and comment strings “on the flight/plight of the… -
media mention December 21, 2012 AOL Daily Finance: The True Cost of State Sales Tax Holidays
Original Post August 12, 2011 by Sheryl Nance-Nash ‘Tis the sales-tax-holiday season, when states give the gift of tax-free shopping for clothing, computers and other back-to-school supplies. It seems like… -
media mention December 21, 2012 Nashua (NH) Telegraph: Leading Latinos: Hudson cardiologist struggles with injustice
August 16, 2011 by Simon Rios EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second in a five-day series of stories profiling leaders in Nashua’s Latino community. Only a small percentage of Americans… -
media mention December 21, 2012 Fox Business: Sales Tax Holidays: Not All that Meets the Eye
Original Post August 17, 2011 by Kathryn Glass There are very few situations in life that are truly a win-win, but the idea of a week of shopping sans sales… -
media mention December 21, 2012 Huffington Post: Texas Tax System Heavily Burdens Poor Residents
Also featured in Huffpost Hill Digest on August 19, 2011 Original Post August 19, 2011 by Laura Bassett During his presidential campaign announcement speech last week, Texas Gov. Rick Perry… -
media mention December 21, 2012 Kansas City Star: Momentum grows to swap income tax for sales tax in states
By DAVE HELLING Talk about a tax break. While all the attention this summer was focused on the federal debt and tax policy in Washington, some lawmakers and activists closer… -
media mention December 21, 2012 AlterNet: Rich Lifestyles of the GOP’s Starve-the-Poor Presidential Candidates
Original Post September 1, 2011 by Rania Khalek With the campaign season for Republican presidential primaries in full bloom, the candidates are falling all over each other in a fierce… -
media mention December 21, 2012 Chicagoist: Illinois Can’t Afford Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday
by Chuck Sudo August 7, 2011 How deadbeat of a state is Illinois? So much so that the state won’t be offering a sales tax holiday for back-to-school sales this…