taxes
A little debt-ceiling history, and a few suggestions
August 5, 2011It was a double "hostage crisis": The right enforced party discipline on the whole GOP and then made the Democrats negotiate on its own terms.
Read moreClass war: Luxury country club demands tax cut
August 4, 2011The Highland Park Country Club is suing to have its county tax evaluation lowered from $13.7 million to last year's level of $3.7 million.
Read moreLetter from a reader: Freedom means choice
July 29, 2011One peoplesworld.org reader writes from Louisiana, land of the blues, on unemployment, ballot choices and getting a tax break for yachts.
Read moreEmployers cheat workers and the tax man
July 26, 2011Construction companies are cheating the state out of as much as $175 million a year, according to a commentary by the Texas AFL-CIO.
Read moreCampaign presses oil tax to save California public schools
July 18, 2011A group of public education advocates have begun a movement to tax oil extraction throughout the state of California.
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