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media mention December 17, 2012 Outcome Magazine: U.S. tax loopholes allow some highly profitable companies to skate
(Original Post) February 22, 2012 By ANTHONY HALL The U.S. corporate tax code just became the biggest sidebar under jobs for the national election campaign. It should be clear to… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Huffington Post: Obama Corporate Tax Plan Would Create Big Winners And Big Losers
(Original Post) Dan Froomkin Senior Washington Correspondent, Huffington Post Posted: 02/23/12 03:18 PM ET | Updated: 02/23/12 03:30 PM ET WASHINGTON — Every one of the dozens of corporate tax… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Think Progress: Kansas Conservatives Move Bill That Raises Taxes On The Poor While Cutting Them For The Rich
(Original Post) By Pat Garofalo on Feb 24, 2012 at 3:35 pm In what one state Democrat has called “Robin Hood in reverse,” Kansas’ tax committee this week approved a… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Sacramento Bee: Congress needs to overhaul corporate taxes
(Original Post) Published: Friday, Feb. 24, 2012 – 12:00 am | Page 12A With loopholes as big as locomotives in the federal tax code, many of America’s most profitable corporations… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Accounting Web: Obama’s Corporate Tax Plan Begins to Take Shape
(Original Post) Posted by AccountingWEB in Tax, Income Tax on 02/27/2012 – 16:46 By Ken Berry The battle lines are being drawn. Last week, President Obama unveiled the framework for an… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Chicago Tribune: The case for a graduated income tax in Illinois
(Original Post) Tuesday, February 28, 2012 If Illinois were to adopt the same graduated income tax rate structure as Iowa, Illinois would raise $6.3 billion more in revenue than it… -
media mention December 17, 2012 International Business Times: GE Taxes Again Under Scrutiny: Only 2.3% Paid Over 10 Years, Group Says
(Original Post) By Ashley Portero February 29, 2012 1:30 PM EST General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) again stands accused of employing tax-dodging techniques to avoid paying a fair rate of… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Wichita Eagle: Laffer’s claims about taxes, growth are empty
(Original Post) By William T. Terrell Published Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, at 5:25 p.m.Updated Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, at 5:26 p.m. It’s amazing that economist Arthur Laffer is having a… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Associated Press: Wash. House Dem freshmen call for tax code changes
(Original Post) JONATHAN KAMINSKY, Associated Press THE ASSOCIATED PRESS STATEMENT OF NEWS VALUES AND PRINCIPLES OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Washington state’s freshman House Democrats on Wednesday called for wide-ranging changes… -
media mention December 17, 2012 The Street: U.S. Corporate Taxes Need to Go to Zero
by Chris Markowski March 10, 2012 On April 1, our ally Japan is playing a cruel little April Fools’ Day joke on us: The country is lowering its corporate tax… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Montgomery Advertiser: Rally calls for end to state tax on groceries
by Brian Lynn March 15, 2012 Speakers at a State House rally Thursday said repealing the state’s sales tax on groceries and a federal income tax deduction would create tax… -
media mention December 17, 2012 The Columbus Dispatch: Still a good catch?
(Original Post) By Tim Feran The Columbus Dispatch Sunday March 18, 2012 9:40 AM When Ohio offered Sears big money in hopes the retailer would relocate its headquarters to central… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Birmingham News: Alabama’s tax system is unfair and immoral, but lawmakers have yet to ease the burden on most families
(Original Post) Once upon a time six years ago, the Legislature, prodded by a governor and shamed by a tax study, actually took a baby step toward tax fairness. Lawmakers… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Journal News: Gas taxes fail in their purpose
11:02 PM, Mar. 19, 2012 Written by A Journal News editorial Sunday’s report on gas taxes in New York helps codify the pain and anguish so many New Yorkers feel… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Cincinnati Enquirer: Will lower income tax bring jobs to Ohio?
(Original Post) Kasich thinks so, but our taxes aren’t really so high8:02 AM, Mar. 22, 2012 Written by Paul E. Kostyu COLUMBUS — Lower Ohio’s burdensome personal income taxes. Create… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Lawrence World Journal: Brownback active in promoting agenda
(Original Post) By Scott Rothschild April 2, 2012 Tax-cut proposals harmful, group says The League of Women Voters of Kansas issued a news release critical of Gov. Sam Brownback’s tax-cutting… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Kansas Reporter: Will KS plan cut taxes or just shift them?
Posted on Tuesday, April 03, 2012 By Gene Meyer | Kansas Reporter TOPEKA — Gov. Sam Brownback and state lawmakers say they want to cut income taxes. So what? tax… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Bluffton Today: Why demonize poor people?
(Original Post) Posted: April 4, 2012 – 12:23am By BARBARA KELLYLowcountry Liberal “A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.” These words of Franklin Delano Roosevelt would… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Salon: States shush corporate critics
(Original Post) Wednesday, Apr 4, 2012 7:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time From factory farms to home foreclosures, state governments are helping hide corporate wrongdoingBy David Sirota You can’t be outraged… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Orlando Sentinel: Shamu the shrewd? SeaWorld sees record earnings – and no income tax
(Originial Post) 5:56 p.m. EST, April 4, 2012| By Jason Garcia, Orlando Sentinel SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment had a banner year in 2011. Attendance and guest spending rose across its… -
media mention December 17, 2012 The Orlando Sentinel: SeaWorld an example of why people want tax laws changed
(Original Post) By Jason Garcia — The Orlando Sentinel Posted: 12:00am on Apr 9, 2012; Modified: 1:38am on Apr 9, 2012 ORLANDO, Fla. — SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment had a… -
media mention December 17, 2012 The Hill: 26 top corporations paid subzero tax rate
(Original Post) By Bernie Becker – 04/09/12 07:52 PM ET Twenty-six Fortune 500 companies paid a tax rate of less than zero over a four-year span, according to a new… -
media mention December 17, 2012 PressTV: Fortune 500 companies make money from taxes
(Original Post) Instead of giving money to the government, it turns out more than a few U.S. companies are actually making money off their income taxes. In a recent report… -
media mention December 17, 2012 The Examiner: Report shows profitable corporations paid no tax in 2011
(Original Post) April 10, 2012 Robert BowenEconomic Policy Examiner A new report released today shows that many very profitable corporations paid no federal tax in 2011. In fact, many received… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Market Watch: Nearly 30 Fortune 500 companies dodge taxes since 2008
(Original Post) April 10, 2012, 2:02 PM Twenty-six Fortune 500 companies including General Electric and Boeing paid no net federal income taxes from 2008 through 2011, according to a new…