by Robert Borosage | Apr 28, 2014 | Blog, Economy, Tax Reform
“The game is rigged and the American people know that. They get it right down to their toes.” — Senator Elizabeth Warren This week, the House Ways and Means Committee is poised to demonstrate exactly how the rules are rigged. On Tuesday, the committee will begin to...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 15, 2014 | Blog, Tax Reform
It's Tax Day! And right now Congress is working on Tax Day giveaways for the big corporations. When corporations avoid paying their fair share of taxes, the rest of us end up picking up the tab. So Happy Tax Day! Have you heard politicians screaming about "the...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 15, 2014 | Blog, Tax Reform
A great thing happened at the end of 2013: A pack of corporate tax breaks that long ago should have been weeded out of the tax code finally expired due to congressional inaction and were dispatched to the graveyard of tax inequity. But today, as millions of Americans...
by Robin Claremont | Apr 14, 2014 | Blog, Tax Reform
If you groan about Tax Day, you’re certainly not alone. But what if Tax Day was something we could be proud of as members of a democracy? Would you feel differently about paying taxes if you knew they were going to support public services that you, your family, and...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 1, 2014 | Blog, Tax Reform
The company Caterpillar is in the news today as another example of corporate tax dodging. A Senate report looks into how the world's largest maker of construction and mining equipment avoided paying $2.4 billion in taxes. That $2.4 billion could pay teachers, fix...
by Derek Pugh | Mar 28, 2014 | Tax Reform
Here's something that people on both sides of the ideological divide can agree on: reforming the mortgage interest deduction. Last year the federal government gave away roughly $100 billion through the mortgage interest deduction. The majority of those utilizing the...
