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Warren Buffet Pays a Lower Tax Rate Than Me? How Can I Make Sure I Get the Biggest Refund Possible?

Priya Haji | Posted 04.30.2012

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How can you plan for a future where you create income that is more like Warren's? It starts with setting aside investable savings.

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Rich Karlgaard's Lies About Obama

William K. Black | Posted 04.18.2012

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I hereby nominate Karlgaard and "cold loathing" friends as the charter members of Christians Against Morality, Equity, Liberty, and Same-sex marriage (CAMELS). All meetings will be held at "Eye of the Needle" bar, however, so entry is likely to prove impossible for the charter members.

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Small Businesses To Super Committee: Tax Large Corporations

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 01.04.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Outraged by a new report about America's largest corporations dodging their taxes, small business owners are orchestrating a new campaig...

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Thoughts on Our Federal Government, Taxes, Small Business and More

Mark Cuban | Posted 11.21.2011

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Our Congress has progressively lost the moral hazard of doing what is right for the country rather than doing what is right for the party and politician.

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LISTEN: Congresswoman Says 'You Don't Deserve To Keep All' Of Your Money

Posted 11.15.2011

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Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) has drawn the ire of a number of conservative bloggers after comments she made about taxes on WLS Chicago's Don ...

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America Is GE's Tax Haven

Reuters | David Cay Johnston | Posted 10.24.2011

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Washington politicians say high corporate tax rates are driving U.S. companies to invest offshore where tax rates are lower. But that is not General E...

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Who Doesn't Pay Federal Income Taxes (Legally)

The New York Times | Bruce Bartlett | Posted 08.28.2011

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Conservatives are fond of railing against those who are able to legally avoid paying federal income taxes. The Wall Street Journal routinely refers to...

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Federal Taxes At Historic Low, Statistics Consistently Show

The Orange Country Register | Martin Wisckol | Posted 06.18.2011

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While Republican lawmakers appear unified against tax increases and many Tea Party activists want existing rates rolled back, statistics consistently ...

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Poll: Most Americans Say Taxes They Pay Are Fair

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 06.13.2011

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WASHINGTON — For all the complaining this time of year, most Americans actually think the taxes they pay are fair. Not that they're cheering. F...

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The F Word: The Violence of the Broken Economy

Laura Flanders | Posted 05.25.2011

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A lot of people have talked this week about violent political rhetoric bringing the U.S. to a fever pitch, but there's something else keeping people o...

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Democrats' 2010 Election Leader In House, Van Hollen, Would Consider More Tax Cuts For Wealthy

Bloomberg | Laura Litvan | Posted 05.25.2011

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U.S. House Democrat Chris Van Hollen said he would consider extending Bush-era tax cuts for wealthier Americans for a year if Republicans would agree ...

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'America Needs Jobs' Idea No. 1: A Payroll Tax Holiday

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 05.25.2011

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(Part of the America Needs Jobs series.) The only reason we still have a payroll tax is because it's been specifically used to fund the two most succ...

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Tax Bills Are LOWER This Year For Most Americans, Despite Rhetoric

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — You wouldn't know it by the Tax Day rhetoric, but Americans are paying lower taxes this year, even with increases passed by many st...

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Tax Rates For America's Top 400 Earners Fell As Income Soared In 2007, According To IRS

Posted 05.25.2011

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The earnings of the 400 highest-income Americans hit new highs in 2007 while the tax rates they paid hit new lows, according to a recent IRS report. ...

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Solving The Buffett Conundrum On Taxes

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama has leaked his first budget outline, and it appears he is serious about attempting to fix this tax policy travesty.

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