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media mention December 17, 2012 Bloomberg: Back to School Means Back to Sales Tax Holidays, But Are They Worth It?
(Original Post) August 1, 2012 by Kathleen Caggiano t’s that time of year again – the end of summer signals back to school for many families. And it also signals… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Bloomberg BNA: Back to School Means Back to Sales Tax Holidays, But Are They Worth It?
(Original Post) Wednesday, August 1, 2012 It’s that time of year again – the end of summer signals back to school for many families. And it also signals the start… -
media mention December 17, 2012 The Portland Press Herald: Bush-era tax cuts? Maine candidates have range of opinion
(Original Post) Posted: August 1Updated: Today at 7:06 AM By John Richardson [email protected] House Bureau It will likely be one of the first orders of business for Maine’s next U.S.… -
media mention December 17, 2012 National Journal: Should Wind Tax Credit Stay or Go?
Original Post OPINION:Not Extending Wind Credit Hypocritical Scott Sklar, President, The Stella Group, Ltd & Adjunct Professor GWU August 6, 2012 In light of the massive existing subsidies for petroleum… -
media mention December 17, 2012 The Journal Gazette: Report- Rich benefit most in Pence plan
(Original Post) Published: August 8, 2012 3:00 a.m. Niki Kelly | The Journal Gazette INDIANAPOLIS – The majority of benefits from an income tax cut proposed by Republican gubernatorial candidate… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Forbes: New York AG’s Private Equity Investigation- Money Grab or Shameless Politics?
(Original Post) It must be a Presidential election year because otherwise normal people are debating arcane provisions of the federal tax law and some seem to actually be enjoying it.… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Wisconsin Public Radio: Lawmakers Hear Calls for Reviewing Tax Breaks
(Original Post) 6:23 pmThu September 6, 2012 By Shawn Johnson Several tax experts told a special legislative panel today that any income tax reform in Wisconsin should consider eliminating the… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Pierce County Herald: Lawmakers lectured on taxes
Published September 11, 2012, 04:34 PM By: Sen. Kathleen Vinehout , Pierce County Herald “We’ve really got a mess,” Todd Berry told the group. Lawmakers are “mucking up the tax… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Winona Daily News: Lawmakers lectured on taxes
(Original Post) By State Sen. Kathleen Vinehout Alma, Wis. “We’ve really got a mess,” Todd Berry told the group. Lawmakers are “mucking up the tax code with a lot of… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Slate: Debunking Romney’s 47 Percent: The Poor Pay Their Fair Share
(Original Post) By Eliot Spitzer Posted Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012, at 6:18 PM ET Two numbers now define our political discourse. One number, made famous by Occupy Wall Street, is… -
media mention December 17, 2012 South Bend Tribune: Here’s a better idea on Indiana’s sales tax
ANDREA NEAL 5:46 a.m. EDT, September 19, 2012 At 3.4 percent, Indiana’s personal income tax is one of the nation’s lowest. A half dozen states, including Texas and Florida, don’t… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Facing South: Corporations are the real moochers
(Original Post) By Phil Mattera, Dirt Diggers Digest The firestorm over Mitt Romney’s closed-door comments depicting nearly half the U.S. population as parasites is coming mainly from those defending seniors,… -
media mention December 17, 2012 The Huffington Post: Poor Americans Pay Double The State, Local Tax Rates Of Top One Percent
(Original Post) The Huffington Post | By Bonnie Kavoussi Posted: 09/21/2012 3:48 pm EDTUpdated: 09/21/2012 4:07 pm EDT Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney may be almost right in claiming that… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Current TV: All 50 states have a regressive tax system — how does that impact the ’47 percent’?
(Original Post) Viewpoint StaffSeptember 21, 2012 So the issue of the week is all about taxes — who pays how much to the government, and do the rich pay more… -
media mention December 17, 2012 San Francisco Chronicle: Calif. voters face 2 tax measures on ballot
(Original Post) Wyatt BuchananUpdated 11:30 p.m., Saturday, September 22, 2012 Sacramento — Californians will decide two tax measures on the November ballot that would have similar impacts on their wallets… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Business Insider: Every State’s State/Local Tax System Taxes the Poor More than the Wealthy–And All Exceed Federal Taxes
(Original Post) Sep. 24, 2012, 8:11 AM by Kenneth Thomas Every State’s State/Local Tax System Taxes the Poor More than the Wealthy–And All Exceed Federal Taxes A new report from… -
media mention December 17, 2012 The News-Sentinel: Alternative to Gregg, Pence plans: roll back sales tax to 6.5 percent
(Original Post) By Andrea Neal For The News-SentinelMonday, September 24, 2012 – 9:44 am At 3.4 percent, Indiana’s personal income tax is one of the nation’s lowest. A half-dozen states,… -
media mention December 17, 2012 The Huntsville Times: Looking for a spare $1 billion
(Original Post) Published: Monday, September 24, 2012, 7:29 AM Updated: Monday, September 24, 2012, 7:31 AM Mike Hollis, The Huntsville Times By Mike Hollis, The Huntsville Times Think of it… -
media mention December 17, 2012 The Huffington Post: Will Someone Please Increase My Taxes!?
(Original Post) The article began: Last November, Citizens for Tax Justice and the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy issued a major study of the federal income taxes paid, or… -
media mention December 17, 2012 The Arka-Tech: There’s Lies, Damned lies, and there’s Romney’s 47 Percent
Written by Nicholas Tackett Saturday, 29 September 2012 17:29 Last week, remarks made by Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney came to light, and the results have not been pretty for… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Mercury News: Superrich stay put in high-tax states like California
(Original Post) By Mike Rosenberg [email protected]: 10/01/2012 10:18:54 AM PDTUpdated: 10/01/2012 10:25:43 AM PDT Some of us might love to hate ’em, but we need millionaires in California — or… -
media mention December 17, 2012 Atlanta Journal Constitution: Southerners much of the 47 percent
By Alan Essig It’s time to put an end to the rumor that nearly half of Americans don’t have any “skin in the game” when it comes to paying taxes.… -
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…