taxes
A parting thought
December 31, 2010With the end of the year fast approaching, I decided to join the pundits and leave one parting thought. So here goes!
Read moreProsperity Santa or austerity Grinch?
December 20, 2010If you want Obama to pass the "Lincoln test" and choose Santa over the Grinch, better get busy.
Read moreEstate tax versus Woody Guthrie
December 17, 2010Republicans demanded "liberalization" of the estate tax on inherited wealth as the second part of their payback to the rich ... what would Woody say?
Read moreAFL-CIO head: Unemployment benefits fight just opening shot in long battle
December 17, 2010"Soon, the same lawmakers who fought to get tax cuts for millionaires will come after Social Security and Medicare in the name of deficit reduction and 'shared sacrifice'," AFL-CIO head Richard Trumka warned.
Read moreAfter Sanders filibuster, tax deal passes and moves to House
December 14, 2010WASHINGTON-- Capitol Hill resounded with angry denunciations of the Republican right for holding "hostage" unemployment benefits for millions of jobless workers to force through tax giveaways for billionaires.
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