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Why Americans Work More Than Europeans

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 05.22.2012

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Why do Americans work 30 percent more than Europeans? It has a lot to do with America's lower tax rates and higher divorce rates, which combined ac...

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Election 2012, Iranian Style

Jess Coleman | Posted 05.14.2012

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Historically, only about half the nation votes for the president every four years. That reality makes equal representation a far-fetched goal: How can everyone be represented when only half of us vote?

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GRAPHIC: Why It Pays To Be Rich

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 05.13.2012

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It pays to be rich. Literally. Since Bill Clinton's first term, taxes have fallen the most for the wealthiest Americans. Federal tax rates plunged...

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Think You Paid A Lot In Taxes? At Least You Don't Live Here

The Huffington Post | Khadeeja Safdar | Posted 04.27.2012

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Do you cringe every payday when you see a large chunk of your hard-earned cash deducted for social security and income taxes? If so, take comfort ...

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West: Obama Aiming 'Tax Weapons Of Mass Destruction' At Americans

Posted 04.26.2012

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In what has become his signature inflammatory style, Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) launched into a tirade against President Obama on Wednesday, accusing th...

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Romney Says He Will "Restore" America... But, to What?

Paul Abrams | Posted 04.12.2012

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Mitt Romney, whose business experience enabled him to be 47th in the nation with respect to job growth when he was a one-term governor of Massachusetts, has told us that he is going to "restore" America.

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The Corporations That Make Money Off Taxes

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 04.09.2012

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Instead of giving money to the government, it turns out more than a few U.S. companies are actually making money off their income taxes. In a recen...

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How Do The Rich Change When You Raise Their Taxes?

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 03.27.2012

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The rich are responsible for creating most of America's jobs. Raise their taxes and many of those jobs will disappear -- so say the rich, anyway. ...

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Taxes "On Sale"

David Shucavage | Posted 05.20.2012

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It's very hard to predict what will happen at the end of an election year. Even so, it is unlikely taxes will be lower in the future, so you may just decide to play it safe and sell now. Either way, you want to be prepared.

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Christie To Buffett: 'Just Write A Check And Shut Up'

Posted 02.23.2012

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Chris Christie has some choice words for billionaire investor Warren Buffett. "He should just write [the government] a check and shut up," the New...

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Dispatch From a High-Temperature Republic

Peter Mandel | Posted 03.28.2012

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Prices may be low, but the Republic's economy is slow and there are hundreds of thousands who can't keep up. "Jobs exist," insist local experts. "But our workforce isn't trained." In fact, many high school graduates here have a hard time reading and doing basic math.

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Why Are Romney's Investments Taxed At A Lower Rate?

AP | By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 01.27.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Why do Mitt Romney and other wealthy investors pay lower taxes on the income they make from investments than they would if they earned t...

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The Alternative Millionaires' Minimum Tax

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.26.2012

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President Obama last night called for a minimum tax rate of 30 percent on income over one million dollars. To some, this sounds like a radical idea, but it really isn't.

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MittCaughtinBed

Jeff Danziger | Posted 03.20.2012

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Do The People The GOP Claims To Worry About Even Exist?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.11.2011

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Back in September, our own Christina Wilkie teamed up with Shawn Alff of Creative Loafing to talk with some small-business owners in the Tampa, Fla., ...

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GRAPHIC: How Much Big Corporations Pay In Taxes

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.26.2011

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Earlier this year, General Electric came under intense scrutiny after a New York Times piece alleged the corporation, whose CEO heads Obama's jobs cou...

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Black on Black Tax Math

Tom Matlack | Posted 12.14.2011

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Warren Buffet released his tax returns yesterday, confirming that he paid 17 percent federal income tax (he paid $7 million on $40 million of income...

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Small-Business Owners Don't Like Ryan's Tax Math

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 12.12.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Joseph Rotella is president and owner of the Spencer Organ Co., a small business with 10 employees that specializes in rehabilitating pi...

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White House: No Cabinet Shake-Up Before 2012

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 11.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- White House Senior Advisor David Plouffe went on CNN, ABC and Fox News on Sunday to explain President Obama's economic policies. He blam...

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George Soros: U.S. Already In Recession

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 11.22.2011

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For months, people have been speculating about whether the U.S. economy will enter a double-dip recession. At least one billionaire says the debate is...

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Class Warfare: On the Battlefront, and Living Large

Rick Horowitz | Posted 11.20.2011

"It's warfare," Poppa announced, his tired eyes scanning the faces of his beloved family. "And it's the worst kind of warfare," Poppa continued. "Class warfare."

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Warren Buffett's Friends

Jeff Danziger | Posted 11.18.2011

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Which Country's Mega-Rich Want To Pay Higher Taxes?

WSJ | Robert Frank | Posted 10.24.2011

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By Robert Frank of the Wall Street Journal Warren Buffett is playing well in France. A group of 16 of the richest people in France has signed a ...

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Tax The Rich, But First Define 'Rich': Fiscal Times

The Fiscal Times | Bruce Bartlett | Posted 10.19.2011

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On Monday, financier Warren Buffett ignited a tax debate by recommending a tax increase on the super-rich. The reaction by some Republicans and others...

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Machiavelli on Tax Policy

Edward D. Kleinbard | Posted 08.28.2011

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If we could learn to acknowledge the role that the whims of fortune play in all of our lives, then we might perhaps not grasp quite so tightly onto our material success as if it were ours alone.

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