Published on 20 July 2010. Linked from the New York Times.
By Lynnley Browning
On Tuesday, hundreds of these businesses will join in the announcement of a grass-roots campaign against tax avoidance that has already drawn support from a prominent lawmaker.
The campaign, Business and Investors Against Tax Haven Abuse, is backed by Senator Carl Levin, Democrat of [...]
Published on 28 June 2010. Linked from The Nation.
By Chuck Collins
A century ago this summer, Theodore Roosevelt gave his remarkable “New Nationalism” speech about the dangers of concentrated wealth and corporate power. After witnessing a decade of financial corruption and corporate malfeasance, Roosevelt called on the nation to “effectively control the mighty commercial forces which [...]
Published 13 June 2010. Linked from nytimes.com.
By David Kocieniewski
When Congress passed a law that eliminated the estate tax for people who die this calendar year — with plans to bring it back with a vengeance in 2011 — the joke among estate planners was that 2010 might go down as the year of
“Throw Momma [...]
by Chuck Collins & Sam Pizzigati
Originally published on HuffingtonPost.com, June 2, 2010
How can a civilized nation afford to hand the heirs of the super-rich billions of dollars tax-free and not afford to keep teachers in classrooms? [...]
Published in The Oregonian on 16 April 2010. Linked from OregonLive.
By Kenneth Lewis
I don’t love taxes, nor am I impressed with everything government does with my money. But at the end of this year, Congress should let the 2001 and 2003 federal tax cuts sunset for households with incomes of more than $250,000.
I have a [...]
Published on 21 May 2010. Linked from Forbes.com.
By Eric Schoenberg
I am a wealthy American who supports higher taxes on wealthy people. I realize that agitating to pay more taxes is unusual. When I appeared on Fox News recently, the host, Neil Cavuto, opposed my position but also called me an altruist with a good heart, [...]
Originally posted on Resource Generation blog, May 24, 2010
May we all thrive
by Libbey Goldberg
If all of us are to thrive in the United States, we need accountability and support from our public systems of education, health, and transportation —the very systems that we invest our hard-earned tax dollars in.
Unfortunately, the 2001 Bush-era tax cuts gave [...]
Judy Lubow reports on Shifting Responsibility: How 50 Years of Tax Cuts Benefited the Wealthiest Americans.
Listen on Free Range Longmont’s website.
Published 28 April 2010. Linked from the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder.
By Dane Smith
Don’t blame — or favor — the rich: A new report (by rich people!) finds that the wealthy are earning much more and paying much less in taxes.
As the rhetorical wars on tax policy escalate, let’s allow right up front two important points about rich [...]
Published in The Register Citizen on 8 May 2010. Distributed by OtherWords.
By Bill Collins
Pay my share,
But it’s a shame;
Wish the rich,
Would do the same.
Some serious and high-minded rich people calling themselves “Wealth for the Common Good” think they might ought to pay higher taxes. Not only themselves of course, but all upper-income Americans as well. [...]