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Ryan Grim and Julie Satow

Levin In Talks With Treasury To Kill Tax Break For Financiers

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim and Julie Satow | Posted 04.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Investing, Wall Street, Budget, Tax Cuts, Obama Budget, Sandy Levin, Capital Gains, Paul Ryan, Representative Sandy Levin, Treasury Secretary, Politics News

It took an unlikely alignment of events to create a situation where venture capitalists and private equity managers could pay a lower tax rate than th...

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Solving The Buffett Conundrum On Taxes

Chris Weigant | Posted 03.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Populism, President Obama, Capital Gains Taxes, Income Taxes, Buffet Secretary, Secretary, Million, Obama, Tax the Rich, Bush Tax Cuts, Bush, Reagan, Clinton, Tax Policy, Millionaire, Capital Gains, Inequity, Fairness, Unfair, Taxes, Hedge Fund Manager, Buffett, Budget, Hedge Fund, Tax Rate, Barack Obama, Buffett Conundrum, Wall Street, Tax, Chris Weigant, Bracket, Warren Buffett, Santelli, Hillary Clinton, Billionaire, Politics News
Chris Weigant

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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A Response To Rep. Elijah Cummings

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Business Expense, Loophole, Tax Code, Maximum Wage, Populism, Kucinich, Sherrod Brown, Corporate Tax, Stock Options, Corporate, Business, Wastefulness, Corporate Jet, Pelosi, Business Costs, Big Business, Bailout, Luxury, Taxable, Populist, Ceos, Deductibility, Taxpayer Money, Capital Gains, Reid, Detroit, Elijah Cummings, Auto Companies, Taxes, Greed, Citigroup, Democrat, Business Tax, Congress, Loopholes, Democrats, Income Tax, Profit, Resort, Fat Cat, Tax, Corporations, Chris Weigant, Ceo, Shareholder, Outrage, Business Meeting, Stadium Tax, Mets, Deductible, Stadium Naming, Deduction, Tax Deductible, Cummings, Politics News
Chris Weigant

The loopholes which allow such corporate excess were not exactly handed down to Moses on tablets -- each and every loophole was approved by Congress.

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McCain's Capital Gains Proposal Would Give The McCains $55,000 A Year

Think Progress | Michael Ettlinger | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Capital Gains, Cindy McCain, Cindy McCain Tax Returns, McCain Wealth, Politics News

On Friday, the McCain campaign released Cindy McCain's 2007 tax returns. Sadly for the McCains, Mrs. McCain shows over $1.8 million dollars less tax r...

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Dear Ms. Maria Bartiromo: Some Basic Economics

Ben Cohen | Posted 06.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Income Tax, Capital Gains, Business, Economics, Income Inequality, Maria Bartiromo, Business News
Ben Cohen

Your warning that Obama would likely raise taxes is correct. Your warning that this would have a negative impact however, is ridiculous. You're a decent economist; you should know better.

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Jason Linkins

CNBC's Bartiromo Misleads On Impact Of Obama's Tax Plan

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Income Tax, Capital Gains, Maria Bartiromo, Barack Obama, Politics News

CNBC's Maria Bartiromo, whose collagen injections are widely reputed to be a key market bellwether, offered the New York Post the precise sort of dire...

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Debate Questions I'd (Still) Like To Ask

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.24.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Unfortunately these questions remain largely unanswered, almost two months after the last debate.

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