tax cuts
MoveOn.org speakout: No tax cuts for billionaires
December 3, 2010“No Tax Bailouts for Billionaires” was the message of thousands of MoveOn.org members who joined street corner “speakouts” outside congressional district offices across the nation Dec. 2.
Read moreSchakowsky issues progressive deficit plan
November 17, 2010A leading congressional progressive issued a counter-plan to the one advocated by the deficit commission's co-chairs. The plan would reduce deficits - but not on the backs of working people.
Read moreGOP push millionaire tax break, cut off of unemployment
November 15, 2010Republicans want to extend Bush-era tax cuts for the rich, but they won't commit to extending unemployment compensation for millions of workers at risk of losing their benefits at the height of the holiday season.
Read morePatrick Toomey defends tax cuts for the rich
October 19, 2010There are clear differences between the Democrats and Republicans in the Nov. 2 elections.
Read moreObama says he won’t budge on ending Bush tax cuts for the rich
September 21, 2010"What I ask the Tea Party is, ‘Would you cut veterans' benefits, end Medicare, end Social Security?'”
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