taxes – Page 23 – People's World

Sick and tired of austerity

March 21, 2013 By John Case

It's clear that the wealthy backers of the "tear down every advance for working people since the New Deal" crowd have lots of phony arguments about debt and austerity.

Labor says tax millionaires to protect Social Security

March 8, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

"Ninety-four percent of the country pays Social Security taxes on all their income. Six percent do not. This has got to change."

Labor rolls out plan to defuse fiscal time bomb

February 26, 2013 By John Wojcik

Before the $85 billion budget cut time bomb explodes, leaders of the nation's unions are hammering out details of a program to prevent job losses and restore the economy for the working-class majority.

New moves to tax corporate offshore havens

February 25, 2013 By Mark Gruenberg

General Electric avoided $35.7 billion in U.S. taxes by putting $102 billion in 2010 profits in "at least 14" tax havens in Bermuda, Singapore and Luxembourg.

Demonstrators tell Wall Street: Pay your taxes

February 21, 2013 By John Rummel

"The one percent is getting wealthier; the 99 is not. We need jobs, not cuts to social services and Medicare."