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Obama Seeks Corporate Tax-Infrastructure Deal Obama budget proposes multinational tax break tied to funding infrastructure. Bloomberg: "President Barack Obama will propose that U.S.-based companies pay a minimum 19 percent tax on their future foreign earnings ......
Rigging the Rules: The Next Corporate Sting
The president's budget will trigger a new battle over America's direction. It contains many sensible proposals. But hidden in it is the next corporate sting: a massive tax break for multinationals. Here is how the rules get rigged.
Cruz, Paul and Rubio Try To Discuss Inequality. Wackiness Ensues.
A discussion with Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and Marco Rubio shows in stark relief how Republicans are trying, and failing, to be seen as the party of the middle class.
Wingnut Week In Review: From Rogue to Reject
This week, we saw the beginning of the end of conservatives’ love affair with Sarah Palin (maybe), and almost said farewell (but probably not goodbye) to a regular on “Wingnut Week In Review.”
Stop The Paul-Boxer Tax Holiday; It May Already Be A Job-Killer
How many companies are already shifting even more jobs and profit centers out of the country because of this proposed tax holiday? Have we already lost 10,000 jobs since they announced it?
How Super Bowl Highlights Everything Wrong With For-Profit Universities
This year's Super Bowl is being played at the University of Phoenix Stadium. What's wrong with that? Plenty. Here's how you can take a stand against the worst of the for-profit education machine.
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Obama Rallies Dems To Fight Cuts... Obama calls for end to "mindless austerity." AP: "...President Barack Obama called for a surge in government spending Thursday, and asked Congress to throw out the sweeping budget cuts both parties agreed to four years ago when...
Barbara Boxer and Rand Paul Create A Tax Monster
A former Campaign for America's Future "Progressive Champion" and a libertarian Republican have jointly created a Frankenstein of a plan that pardons corporations for their past tax avoidance.
Labor Relations Board Under Renewed Attack
A Senate Republican bill would cripple the National Labor Relations Board, an agency that is instrumental in solving labor disputes and helping workers who have been treated unfairly by their employers.
Senator Warren Clarifies The Money Matter In Revising NCLB
Where can Democrats find clarity in the current debate over how to rewrite No Child Left Behind legislation? Senator Warren has provided a powerful corrective message that Democrats everywhere should heed
