taxes
This week in history: Poll tax abolished 50 years ago
April 4, 2016A three-judge federal court at Jackson, Miss., outlawed Mississippi's $2 poll tax as a voting requirement for state and federal elections.
Read moreTed Cruz is Trump on steroids
December 15, 2015Cruz's tax proposal would hit working families, retired persons on fixed incomes and the poor very hard.
Read moreAFL-CIO’s veep: With others unions can change the nation
September 29, 2015"The union movement should join with others who are saying 'instead of building more prisons, we should be creating more jobs and offering more job training.'"
Read moreJeb’s tax plan would still let hedge fund managers pig out
September 16, 2015The American people are fed up with Wall Street and the right wing can't ignore it.
Read moreEPI plan: Tax the rich, strengthen social security, rebuild infrastructure
September 4, 2015By 2040, federal debt would be 54 percent of gross domestic product, not the present 74 percent - and less than debt proposed by right wingers.
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