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media mention December 17, 2012 Politifact: Joe Kyrillos says United States has highest corporate tax rate in the world
(Original Post) Says the United States has the “highest corporate tax rate in the world.” Joseph Kyrillos on Thursday, October 4th, 2012 in a debate on NJTV Republican U.S. Senate… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Business Spectator: Huawei’s legitimacy struggle
(Original Post) Alexander Liddington-Cox Published 9:53 AM, 10 Oct 2012 It’s becoming increasingly clear that if China’s largest telco equipment company Huawei wants to do a meaningful amount of business… -
media mention December 17, 2012 The Bellingham Herald: Pro and con- Pierce Transit tax
Published: October 15, 2012 By Jonah Jensen, John McCluskey & Erik Bjornson — Contributing writers NO: Measure would burden the poor and harm Tacoma’s economy Tacomans have been extremely generous… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Bloomberg: California’s Fiscal Delusion, and America’s
(Original Post) By Josh Barro Nov 2, 2012 4:34 PM ET I spent most of the last week in Los Angeles. And when I discussed Bloomberg View’s recent editorial on… -
media mention December 17, 2012 MSNBC: Doing the Math- How Much Prop. 30 Costs You
By SAM BROCK NBCBayArea.com updated 11/9/2012 9:18:16 AM ET California legislators are breathing a little easier now that voters surprisingly, and through a solid majority, approved the governor’s tax hike,… -
media mention December 17, 2012 The Badger Herald: Obama must start prioritizing poverty
By Aaron LoudenslagerTuesday, November 13, 2012 1:00 a.m.Updated Tuesday, November 13, 2012 1:12:40 a.m. President Barack Obama was re-elected with a resounding victory over former Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass., in… -
media mention December 17, 2012 The Hays Daily News: Childhood poverty
Published on -11/25/2012, 9:37 AM Kansas First Lady Mary Brownback has accepted a difficult responsibility. As unofficial adviser to a task force studying ways to reduce childhood poverty in the… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Orange County Register: Why state tax increases are reasonable
(Original Post) Published: Nov. 26, 2012 Updated: 6:18 p.m. By HAO-NHIEN VU / Journalist, blogger and math teacher Proposition 30’s passage is not just about education, but it heralds in… -
media mention December 17, 2012 The Street: AT&T, Verizon Face Tax Windfall Lapsing
(Original Post) NEW YORK (TheStreet) — As telecom giants AT&T (T_) and Verizon (VZ_) finish multi-billion dollar network upgrades in the fight for new Apple (AAPL_) iPhone and Google (GOOG_)-Android… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Washington Post: The teetotalers’ solution to the austerity crisis
(Original Post) Posted by Dylan Matthews on December 3, 2012 at 1:49 pm It’s basically a given at this point that any austerity crisis deal will involve new sources of… -
media mention December 17, 2012 The Atlantic: Will We Finally See an Increase to State and Federal Gas Taxes?
(Original Post) Eric Jaffe11:07 AM ET The idea of raising the gas tax, which pays for road and transit projects across the country, has been been a political poison at… -
media mention December 17, 2012 New York Times: Tax Arithmetic Shows Top Rate Is Just a Starter
(Original Post) By JACKIE CALMESPublished: December 8, 2012 WASHINGTON — Despite hints in recent days that President Obama and House Speaker John A. Boehner might compromise on the tax rate… -
media mention December 17, 2012 The Huffington Post: Business Roundtable Fiscal Cliff Proposal Bargains For Concessions On Corporate Rates
(Original Post) Ben Hallman Posted: 12/12/2012 7:26 pm EST After spending months opposing tax increases for the wealthiest Americans, the Business Roundtable, an influential corporate lobbying group, this week relented,… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan: A Widening Divide
(Original Post) By Nathan [email protected]: Saturday, December 1, 2012 12:58 AM CSTDoes it matter that income inequality is increasing in South Dakota? A report by the Center on Budget and… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Indiana Economic Digest: Pence tax cut would mostly benefit the rich
(Original Post) 12/17/2012 12:27:00 AM Dan Carden, Times of Northwest Indiana INDIANAPOLIS | Republican Gov.-elect Mike Pence is standing by his proposal to cut Indiana’s income tax rate, despite a… -
media mention December 12, 2012 The News Tribune: Lawmakers should tread carefully with tax breaks
Democratic lawmakers are beginning to roll out ideas for raising taxes in order to increase education funding. The state Supreme Court says substantial increases are required to meet the constitution-al…