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Top CEOs took home 271 times more than the typical worker in 2016
July 20, 2017If CEOs earned less or were taxed more, there would be no adverse impact on output or employment.
Read moreLiberal election victory in Canada holds lessons for Americans
October 26, 2015Liberals campaigned on making investments in infrastructure to create jobs, raise income taxes on the richest Canadians to fund services for those at the bottom, and democratize the political system.
Read moreToday in history: On April 15 the tax man cometh
April 15, 2015In 1894, the Wilson-Gorman tariff imposed the first peacetime income tax of 2 percent on income over $4000, affecting fewer than one in ten households at that time.
Read moreYear-end legislative rush may produce little for workers
December 11, 2014Congress' year-end rush to approve a massive spending bill for the rest of fiscal 2015, and to extend a hodge-podge of special tax breaks, may produce little for workers.
Read morePolice tear down New York’s Occupy Wall Street camp
November 15, 2011In the pre-dawn hours today helmeted and shield-carrying police tore down the Occupy Wall Street encampment in Zuccotti Park here where protesters have hunkered down since September.
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