taxes
Women leaders call for urgent action on Illinois budget crisis
March 16, 2010More than 200 women leaders call for a "sensible" tax rate to overcome budget crisis of "epic proportions."
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Labor has plan to make banks pay
March 8, 2010One of the most innovative labor proposals is for a financial transactions tax on Wall Street.
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In Show-Me State, calls to tax the rich, show us some jobs
March 5, 2010"Government has a responsibility to assist people in these hard economic times," former autoworker Clem Smith told a crowd on the state Capitol steps.
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Illinois gov. seeking full term says economy needs new ideas
March 2, 2010ORLANDO, Fla. (PAI) - Pat Quinn claims he is thinking out of the box. The times - and the economy of both his state and the nation - demand it. And he wishes politicians in Washington...
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The GOP’s terrorist heroes
February 26, 2010When do right-wingers think an act of politically motivated violence is not terrorism? When a white man flies his airplane into a federal building and kills an African American, as Joe Stack did, Feb. 18,
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