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21st Century Tax Policy and Aging Populations

Michael Hodin | Posted 04.24.2012

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Michael Hodin

If Boomers want to continue the proud national tradition of handing off a better America to each generation, then it's time to rethink what it means to age.

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Scott Brown, Elizabeth Warren Spar Over Hot Topic

The Huffington Post | Leigh Owens | Posted 04.18.2012

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Sen. Scott Brown (R) and Harvard law professor Elizabeth Warren are in a standoff over whether to release their tax returns. The debate began on T...

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Fiscal Affairs: The Buffett Rule Is a Good Idea

Simon Johnson | Posted 04.16.2012

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Simon Johnson

The Buffett Rule is a tiny tax, of little consequence to the people who would pay it or to the country as a whole. The idea that $30 billion of additional revenue would tip the balance in any way is simply ludicrous. But this is precisely what gives the Buffett Rule its powerful symbolism.

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Dueling Tax Plans Spell Long Fight Ahead

AP | ALAN FRAM | Posted 04.16.2012

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WASHINGTON — Democrats and Republicans are forcing votes in Congress this coming week on competing tax plans that affect millionaires and smalle...

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Jon Ward

Mitt Romney Says His Tax Rate Is Higher Than 15 Percent

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 03.27.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney has begun to make the case that he pays more than 15 percent in taxes. "The tax rate is really closer to 45 or 50 percen...

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Why Dumb Down Our Government?

Harlan Green | Posted 12.24.2011

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Harlan Green

Should it surprise us that we, the people, are smarter than the politicians we've elected? Maybe the money machine it takes to get elected these days has discouraged more Mr. Smiths from going to Washington.

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GOP Buffet Rule

Jeff Danziger | Posted 11.22.2011

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Sam Stein

Chuck Schumer Calls For Vote On Buffett Rule

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 11.19.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama's decision to endorse the tax reform principle that millionaires should pay more than the middle class is a begru...

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Timothy Geithner: U.S. Tax Reform Necessary To Spur Investment

Posted 11.19.2011

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Monday that comprehensive tax reform is necessary to make the United States a b...

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Large Share Of Americans Expect To Be Millionaires Within Next Decade

The Huffington Post | Jillian Berman | Posted 11.19.2011

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A larger share of Americans say they'll be millionaires by 2020 than were millionaires in 2010, according to a new poll. Twenty percent of American...

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