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		<title>NYT: Small businesses go after offshore tax havens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wealthforcommongood.org/nyt-small-businesses-go-after-offshore-tax-havens/</link>
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		<title>Phone Briefing: Stop Tax Haven Abuse</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Join us for &#8211; Overseas Tax Havens Should Be Illegal: A Telephone Briefing
•	Help us close overseas tax havens and recover tens of billions of revenue.
•	Eliminate the unlevel playing field that favors big companies over domestic business.
All corporations should pay their fair share of taxes for the infrastructure and services that support the economy on which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wealthforcommongood.org/phone-briefing-stop-tax-haven-abuse/</link>
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		<title>The Nation: The Plutocracy Prevention Act</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Published on 28 June 2010. Linked from The Nation.
By Chuck Collins
A century ago this summer, Theodore Roosevelt gave his remarkable &#8220;New Nationalism&#8221; 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 &#8220;effectively control the mighty commercial forces which [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wealthforcommongood.org/the-nation-the-plutocracy-prevention-act/</link>
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		<title>Action Alert: June 24, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have wonderful news!
Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Tom Harkin (D-IA), Bernard Sanders (I-VT) and Whitehouse (D-RI) sent a “Dear Colleague” letter requesting Senate co-sponsors for the Responsible Estate Tax Act, which would create a progressive estate tax with graduated rates. This is a major victory for those us fighting to rebalance the tax system.
We need [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wealthforcommongood.org/action-alert-june-24-2010/</link>
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		<title>Update: June 18, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In July, we’re going to witness some tax fireworks.
After months of debating health care and financial reform, the U.S. Congress will be turning its attention to energy reform, the budget deficit, and taxes.   We’re going to need your voice and engagement.
There are four revenue issues that we are tracking closely
-The Expiring Bush Tax [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wealthforcommongood.org/update-june-18-2010/</link>
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		<title>Tax the Wall Street casino</title>
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John Fullerton, former managing director at JP Morgan, speaking in support of a financial speculation tax.
 
Leaders from business and finance are stepping forward to support a financial speculation tax, a modest levy on the purchase and sale of stocks, bonds, derivatives, and swaps.  England and Taiwan have such taxes on securities that encourage productive [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wealthforcommongood.org/tax-the-wall-street-casino/</link>
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		<title>NYT: What an estate looks like to the taxman</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wealthforcommongood.org/nyt-what-an-estate-looks-like-to-the-taxman/</link>
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		<title>Upcoming Events in Minneapolis: Social Justice and Tax Equity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Please join Wealth for the Common Good, Headwaters Fund, and Growth &#38; Justice for two special events in Minneapolis:
* Monday, June 14th, 5:00-7:00 pm
* Tuesday, June 15th, 11:30 am-1:15 pm
You are invited to hear Ann Manning, Outreach Director for Wealth for the Common Good, speak on economic inequality and the role of business leaders and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wealthforcommongood.org/upcoming-events-in-minneapolis-social-justice-and-tax-equity/</link>
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		<title>Newsletter: June 7, 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are getting ready to publicly launch our campaign, Business and Investors Against Tax Haven Abuse and we need your help.
Along with our partners the American Sustainable Business Council, Business for Shared Prosperity, and Growth &#38; Justice, we are seeking thousands of business people and investors who will call on the President and Congress to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wealthforcommongood.org/newsletter-june-7-2010/</link>
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		<title>Huff Post: Resurrect the Estate Tax</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Chuck Collins &#038; 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? [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wealthforcommongood.org/huff-post-resurrect-the-estate-tax/</link>
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