taxes
GOP budget bombs at town halls
April 17, 2012At town halls across the nation during the current two-week congressional recess Republicans are taking the heat like they may never have taken it before.
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Buffet fair share tax rule blocked by Republicans
April 17, 2012Republicans blocked action on the "Paying a Fair Share Act" that would have required the rich to pay at the same tax rate as most of the middle and working class.
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100,000 train to “take back the nation” from the 1%
April 10, 2012More than 100,000 union members and activists from community groups are in "99% spring training sessions" all over the country this week gearing up, they say, to take back the nation from the 1%.
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Ryan budget: A nightmare in the making
April 3, 2012House Republicans approved a budget that is far worse than any reasonable person could, up to now, have imagined would ever come out of a U.S. Congress.
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State workers’ lobby day important for all workers
March 22, 2012The immediate struggle for pay raises and collective bargainingis part of the larger, national context for democracy and progressive change.
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