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Scott Brown tries to change subject from his Wall Street ties to tax returns

Sen. Scott Brown (R-MA) thinks he's got something that will make Elizabeth Warren look like the elitist in the race for Senate in Massachusetts: the fact that Warren rose from working class roots to succeed financially. They want to counter this Elizab...

Anatomy of a middle class tax return

Tax showdown: Dante Atkins v. Mitt Romney When Ted Nugent saw the title of this week's endeavor, he was momentarily excited. Until, that is, he found out that the last words were "class tax return" instead of "school girl." But I digress. On April 17...

Eric Cantor says it’s time to tax the poor

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor justifies his latest big tax break for millionaires by dragging out an old, big lie. CANTOR: We also know that over 45 percent of the people in this country don’t pay income taxes at all, and we have to question whe...

Tax day reminder: Tax system unfairly benefits rich people

Happy tax day! Republicans are excited they beat back a nefarious attempt to ensure that people who make $1 million a year pay 30 percent in taxes, even though that idea is overwhelmingly popular, and even though the need is screamingly obvious: In fa...

More Americans concerned about tax system benefiting wealthy than lowering their own taxes

ORC for CNN (PDF). April 13-15. Adult Americans. ±4.5%. I’d like to know whether the following statement describes or does not describe the way you feel: “The present tax system benefits the rich and is unfair to the ordinary working man or woman...

More Americans concerned about tax system benefiting wealthy than lowering their own taxes

ORC for CNN (PDF). April 13-15. Adult Americans. ±4.5%. I’d like to know whether the following statement describes or does not describe the way you feel: “The present tax system benefits the rich and is unfair to the ordinary working man or woman...

More Americans concerned about tax system benefiting wealthy than lowering their own taxes

ORC for CNN (PDF). April 13-15. Adult Americans. ±4.5%. I’d like to know whether the following statement describes or does not describe the way you feel: “The present tax system benefits the rich and is unfair to the ordinary working man or woman...

Senate votes on Buffett Rule

Watch as Senate Republicans stand by their man. It's tax fairness day, as the Senate votes on the Buffett Rule, the first vote of what Senate Democrats promise to be many. It will also hopefully be the beginning of Democrats making the case for real ...

Mitt Romney wants a round of applause for paying less than 15 percent in taxes

Via Cake Writing Generator Mitt Romney thinks you should be grateful that he pays less than 15 percent in taxes: Mitt and Ann Romney have released their 2010 tax return and an estimate of their 2011 return, thus offering extensive information about t...

Obama pushes Buffett Rule passage, cites its spur to growth in weekly address

Unsurprisingly, given the fact that he's been hammering on fair taxes all week and the Buffett Rule is coming to a vote this coming week, President Barack Obama came out and hit hard in his weekly address this morning on the fairness (or current unfair...

Gallup: Large majority supports the Buffett Rule

Gallup polls the Buffett Rule, and finds that America thinks it's a darned good idea. PRINCETON, NJ -- Six in 10 Americans favor Congress passing the so-called "Buffett Rule," which would mandate a minimum 30% tax rate for Americans with a household i...

Progressive business groups call for end to corporate tax loopholes

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, trying to change the subject on tax fairness. (John Gress/Reuters) Next week, the House will vote on another Republican "jobs" bill; tax cuts, of course, for small business. A group of progressive organizations repr...

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