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Doing More to Help Subprime Crisis (Op-ed)

by bob ()
The Bush administration is not doing nearly enough to help people who are facing foreclosure.

Fair Taxation

by Ben ()

Court House Photo Tax fairness is the key to a fair economy, where the cost of maintaining a common government is shared on the basis of one's ability to pay.

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Spending Millions to Save Billions

by Anonymous ()
Eighteen super-rich families have spent millions over the years to kill the estate tax. Doing so would net them billions of dollars.

Disclosure of Subsidy Deals

by bob ()
Economic development subsidy decisions are often made in secret by political and corporate powerbrokers. Rarely is there public input into subsidy deals - or even knowledge of basic information like costs and benefits. And yet, such deals total $50 billion per year in taxpayer expenditures.

A Recent History of the Estate Tax

by Anonymous ()

A Recent History of the Estate Tax

  • October 10, 2007--In a departure from prior history, the House of Representatives defeated a bill to permanently repeal the estate tax. The bill, H.R. 3056, which aimed to end the estate tax and prevent the Internal Revenue Service from hiring private contractors to collect back taxes, was downed by a vote of 212-196.