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Who Should Pay for Health Insurance Reform?

Peter Dreier | Posted 10.16.2009 | Politics

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Peter Dreier

"Much has been given" to those Americans at the pinnacle of wealth. So it is only fair that "much will be required" when it comes to helping pay for health insurance for those who can't otherwise afford it.

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The AIG Bonus Clawback Bill Won't Work -- Here's What Will

Ian Welsh | Posted 04.22.2009 | Business

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Ian Welsh

Concentrating on bonuses for employees at firms which have been bailed out misses the point. It's not just those firms whose employees need to be taxed heavier, it's everyone.

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We Have Plenty Of Money -- The Rich Are Killing Us

Jonathan Tasini | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

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Jonathan Tasini

While our country is disintegrating, the rich are hiding. They are hiding behind a decades-long ideology that paralyzes the political system from being serious about what the rich should pay.

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Obama's Economic Plan

Lynn Forester de Rothschild | Posted 12.02.2008 | Politics

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Lynn Forester de Rothschild

Regrettably, the road kill of Obama's reckless rhetoric and policies is not the rich taxpayer, but the entire American economy.

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Barack Obama's America

Lynn Forester de Rothschild | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

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Lynn Forester de Rothschild

What Obama offers, in substance and in spirit, is a radical departure from the principles of the American Dream that has defined our nation over the last two centuries.

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It's Time For A Mild Dose Of Progressive Taxation

David Coates | Posted 11.08.2008 | Home

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David Coates

On any one day, there is only so much money to go round. If the folks in the big office keep taking so much more than their fair share, it is the rest of those they employ who suffer. It is time to hike up taxes on the super-rich.

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