taxes – Page 45 – People's World

Big business greed “holds Illinois hostage”

June 14, 2011 By John Bachtell

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange Group made $951 million in profits on $3 billion in income in 2010. But that's not enough, they are threatening to move out of Illinois unless they get a tax break.

Fairness in taxation: Do it now

June 9, 2011 By PW Editorial Board

Passage of the Fairness in Taxation Act would be an excellent way to observe the 10th anniversary of the disastrous Bush tax cuts.

Michigan’s new budget increases pain and misery

June 6, 2011 By John Rummel

Republicans claim the budget, which awaits the governor's signature, is groundbreaking. Backbreaking would be more apt.

Republicans redistribute the wealth – to the wealthy

June 2, 2011 By Sam Webb

Republicans call redistributing wealth un-American, but they have turned the government into a mechanism to ruthlessly redistribute wealth to the upper crust.

Greece: A nation with its back to the wall?

May 31, 2011 By Emile Schepers

For Greece to thumb its nose at the international elites and win would set a precedent for many other nations.