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media mention December 21, 2012 Chicago Sun Times: Cash-strapped Illinois rejects back-to-school tax holiday
August 7, 2011 Gannett news service Unlike last year, there will be no “back-to-school” sales tax holiday in Illinois this year. State Sen. Toi Hutchinson (D-Chicago), who was chief sponsor… -
media mention December 21, 2012 Christian Science Monitor: Jon Huntsman vs. Rick Perry: Shoot-out at the GOP corral
Original Post August 21, 2011 by Brad Knickerbocker Jon Huntsman and Rick Perry represent very different views of how a Republican can beat Barack Obama in 2012. To jazz up… -
media mention December 21, 2012 OpEd News: Why the Rich Should Pay Higher Taxes
Original Post August 22, 2011 by PAUL BUCHHEIT Most wealthy Americans will recoil at the suggestion that they should pay higher taxes, likely responding with the tired mantra that the… -
media mention December 21, 2012 Washington Post: The Trouble with the Fair Tax
Original Post August 24, 2011 By Dylan Matthews Greg Sargent has been doing some great reporting on Rick Perry’s walk-back on his past support for repealing the 16th amendment, which… -
media mention December 21, 2012 Los Angeles Times: An undeserved attack on the ‘undeserving poor’
Original Post August 31, 2011 by Michael HiltzikCriticism of low earners who pay no federal income tax is in fact a not-so-veiled assault on government aid for those in need.… -
media mention December 21, 2012 Think Progress: Perry Brags About Texas’ Tax System That Charges The Poor Four Times As Much As The Rich
Original Post September 16, 2011 by Pat Garofalo Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) was on the campaign trail in Newton, Iowa today, reviving his stump speech promise to make government… -
media mention December 21, 2012 St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Effort to kill Missouri income tax has begun in earnest
Original Post September 26, 2011 by Virginia Young JEFFERSON CITY • Wrestling with your state income tax return? Missouri legislators are weighing a plan that would do away with that… -
media mention December 21, 2012 Huffington Post: Poverty Is Rising, But State Tax Systems Burden The Poor, While Rich Get Off Easy
Original Post September 27, 2011 by Tyler Kingkade WASHINGTON — Newly released U.S. Census data reveal that poverty levels have skyrocketed, but in most states, the tax systems disproportionally burden… -
media mention December 21, 2012 Hawaii Reporter: Tax Commission To Weigh Elimination Of State Income Taxes
Original Post October 5, 2011 BY JIM DOOLEY The Hawaii Tax Review Commission is soliciting the services of a consultant to study the fairness of Hawaii’s tax system and recommend… -
media mention December 21, 2012 Anniston (AL) Star: Alabama’s poverty problem: Economy will strengthen if poverty is addressed
Op-ed by Kimble Forrister October 7, 2011 “Anytime we create more jobs, we get more people off the unemployment rolls and out of poverty,” state Sen. Del Marsh, R-Anniston, said… -
media mention December 21, 2012 The Emporia (KS) Gazette: The “Class Warfare” Nonsense
October 7, 2011 by Bob Grover When President Obama released his most recent plan to create jobs and address the national deficit, he proposed that wealthy Americans and corporations should… -
media mention December 21, 2012 Fox 4 TV News Kansas City: Will Kansas Eliminate Income Tax?
October 25, 2011 by John Pepitone and Christie Walton A new group wants Kansas to join nine other states that don’t have an individual income tax. Supporters claim states… -
media mention December 21, 2012 Baltimore Sun: Panels Recommended Higher MD Taxes, Fees
Original Post Groups say funds needed for roads, transit, pollution cleanup By Michael Dresser and Timothy B. Wheeler, October 25, 2011 Two groups charged with figuring out how the state… -
media mention December 21, 2012 Maryland Reporter: Increased Tax Proposals Get Mixed Reception
October 27, 2011 by Megan Poinski Although the next legislative session is still a couple months off, it’s becoming apparent that new taxes will be one of the central issues… -
media mention December 21, 2012 Business Insider: Guess What? General Electric Didn’t Pay Any Income Taxes In 2010 Either
(Original Post) Vivian Giang Nov. 3, 2011, 6:01 PM In March, we reported that General Electric made $5.1 billion in U.S. profits, yet managed to dodge paying any federal taxes.… -
media mention December 21, 2012 Market Watch: 280 Most Profitable U.S. Corporations Shelter Half Their Profits from Taxes; Thirty Companies Paid Less Than Zero in Taxes in the Last Three Years
(Original Post) WASHINGTON, Nov. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Citizens for Tax Justice and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy Release “Corporate Taxpayers and Corporate Tax Dodgers, 2008-2010”… -
media mention December 21, 2012 The Grand Rapids Press: 30 U.S. corporations paid ‘less than zero’ income tax from 2008-2010
(Original Post) Published: Thursday, November 03, 2011, 2:58 PM Updated: Thursday, November 03, 2011, 9:36 PMTroy Reimink | The Grand Rapids Press By Troy Reimink | The Grand Rapids Press… -
media mention December 21, 2012 Seattle Post Intelligencer: Report claims Boeing paid no taxes over past three years
(Original Post) By AUBREY COHEN, SEATTLEPI.COM STAFFPublished 09:53 p.m., Thursday, November 3, 2011 Boeing has paid less than nothing in taxes on its billions of dollars in profits over the… -
media mention December 21, 2012 Daily Mail: Thirty of biggest U.S. companies paid zero income tax over last three years despite making combined profits of $160 billion
(Original Post) Average tax rate for 280 companies in study was 18.5 percent – less than half the statutory rate of 35 per cent Total tax subsidies given to all… -
media mention December 21, 2012 News Leader: Verizon workers, protesters, seek to ‘Unify Main Street’
10:27 PM, Nov. 3, 2011 Written by Spencer Dennis OLIVUE — It wasn’t a strike, and it wasn’t a protest. As the Occupy movement seems to gain steam, local supporters… -
media mention December 21, 2012 Seattle Times: Few companies pay anything close to 35 percent federal tax rate
(Original Post) A report on corporate taxation released Thursday calls out Bellevue-based truck maker Paccar and more than two dozen other major corporations for paying no net federal income taxes… -
media mention December 21, 2012 Star News: 35% corporate tax rate? Not even close for some big companies, study finds
(Original Post) November 3rd, 2011 05:05pm by Wayne Faulkner The corporate tax rate is 35 percent. But an examination of 280 of the nation’s largest corporations suggests that many aren’t… -
media mention December 21, 2012 Accounting Today: 30 Major Corporations Avoided Federal Income Taxes
(Original Post) Washington, D.C. (November 3, 2011) By Michael Cohn, Accounting Today The 280 most profitable U.S. corporations are sheltering half their profits from federal income taxes, and 30 of… -
media mention December 21, 2012 Tax.com: I Thought the ‘Dodgers’ Were a Baseball Team?
(Original Post) Christopher Bergin | Nov. 3, 2011 11:13 AM EDT There’s a report that’s getting a lot of attention this morning that concludes that many large U.S. corporations paid… -
media mention December 21, 2012 Daily Kos: Thirty American Corporations Paying Zero Income Taxes between 2008 – 2010
(Original Post) Thu Nov 03, 2011 at 02:16 PM PDT NetminderElite I know this is probably old news for a lot of us, but if I get one person to…