taxes
Michigan deficit plan: Raise taxes on poor
February 2, 2011Going after those on the low end of the economic ladder, Republicans in the Michigan Legislature want to eliminate the Earned Income Tax Credit for the working poor.
Read moreOhio poll: Don’t cut people’s programs
January 31, 2011The old adage that people may want the ox gored, but not their ox, appears to hold true in the findings of an Quinnipiac poll published last week in Ohio.
Read moreChicago Chamber of Commerce seeks ‘business friendly’ city council
January 28, 2011The Chicago Chamber of Commerce announced it's endorsement of 35 aldermanic candidates Jan. 26.
Read moreOhio tea party rep needs history lesson
January 25, 2011Tea party leaders and the ultra-right need a lesson in history when it comes to our Founding Fathers who were not only revolutionaries in deed, but many held far-reaching democratic ideas that the tea-baggers would denounce...
Read moreCalifornia fast tracks health care reform
January 24, 2011The contrast could not be starker. In the nation's capital, Congressional Republicans move to cripple, if not kill, health care reform. In California, state public officials and health care advocates move aggressively to pump life into...
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