Progressive tax
There’s a Big Difference in Candidates' Tax Platforms (Op-ed)
by bob ()UFE member Michael Beer wrote an article that focuses on the differences between the tax policies of the two main presidential candidates. Citizen-Times, Asheville, NC.
How to Use Action Tools for Evaluating Candidates on Taxes
by HShapiro ()Trying to figure out how much a candidate's proposals fit with your values can be challenging. That's why we developed a valuable action tool to help you evaluate the fairness of tax proposals.
The Action Tool contains key progressive tax principles and sample questions to use when researching candidates' positions and for asking candidates directly. Using the Action Tool could influence candidates' positions and increase public support for fair taxation.
Tax Fairness Campaign Victories
by pmuner ()Major successes across the country with progressive policy and fair taxation campaigns are featured in the second issue of the Tax Fairness Action News.
Tax Fairness Action News - Back Issues
by bob ()This bi-annual publication of the Tax Fairness Organizing Collaborative (TFOC), showcases the critical organizing experiences and victories of TFOC's members. Find back issues here.
April 15th: Gratitude Day (Op-ed)
by bob ()Ask a group of people to choose...their least favorite day of the year and the odds are good many will choose the same day, April 15th, tax day... But I'd like to offer my fellow high-income taxpayers some advice on why April 15th should be celebrated rather than feared. By Eric Schoenberg
State Budget Woes Mean Opportunity for Progressive Tax Advocates
by lgendall ()The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) reports that over half of the 50 states anticipate budget problems in the fiscal year 2009. The combined budget shortfall could be over $37 billion. To the extent that new taxes will be needed, there are major opportunities to make them progressive. From UFE's March 2008 E-News.
Fair Taxation
by Ben (- Activism/Actions
- Collaborative
- Commonwealth
- Estate Tax
- Fair tax
- Government Accountability
- Legislative proposals
- Policy
- Progressive tax
- Regulation
- Revenue
- State tax
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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Tax Fairness Resource Groups
by bob ()A list of links to other groups that focus on tax fairness issues.
Windfall Profits Tax
by bob (- Budget
- Collaborative
- Commonwealth
- Corporate Accountability
- Fair tax
- Legislative proposals
- Progressive tax
- Revenue
- State tax
Recently, oil companies have been raking in record profits off the price of crude oil and gasoline. These profits are coming at the expense of consumers, whose wallets have been increasingly pinched at the gas pump. In an effort to recover a portion of this obscene largess, legislators at the state and federal levels have been considering the imposition of a windfall profit tax (WPT).
TFOC Topics of Interest
by bob (- Budget
- Collaborative
- Commonwealth
- Fair tax
- Legislative proposals
- Progressive tax
- Revenue
- Spending
- State tax
Members of the Tax Fairness Organizing Collaborative with interests in particular topics participate in affinity groups. Every couple months, UFE hosts a conference call on one of these topics and invites experts to be on the call as resources. It's an opportunity to learn, ask questions, and strategize. To date, UFE has hosted conference calls on the following topics:
