taxes
It’s official: Top 1% doubled their share of nation’s income
October 26, 2011The Congressional Budget Office said in a new report this week what the labor movement and its allies have been saying all along.
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Shocking report shows tax break created no jobs
October 18, 2011The big tax break of 2004 - which the then-sitting Congress and the Bush administration promised would bring jobs and revamp the economy - did little more than stuff $300 billion into the pockets of the...
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Occupy Wall Street is the voice of America
October 18, 2011It's no surprise that Republicans, right-wing think tanks, corporate moguls and, of course, Wall Street execs and CEO's are worried sick about Occupy Wall Street.
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Hundreds march on the homes of the top 1 percent
October 13, 2011Close to a thousand activists took to the richest neighborhood in the world to demand that the richest 1 percent pay their fair share of taxes.
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AFL-CIO’s week of action focuses on jobs
October 11, 2011Somewhere over New Mexico, there's a big, hot air balloon flying. "Jobs, Not Cuts," its sign declares.
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