Rep Lloyd Doggett

Offshore Tax 'Shenanigans': Report Reveals How Multinationals Are Duping Government Out Of Billions

Bloomberg | Jesse Drucker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Reed College, Treasury Department, Income Tax, Senate, Multinational Corporations, David R. Camp, Joint Committee on Taxation, Delta, House Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Lloyd Doggett, Business News

A U.S. tech company identified only by the pseudonym "Delta" generated as much as 55 percent of its revenue domestically while reporting to shareholde...

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The Business Case Against Overseas Tax Havens

Chuck Collins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tea Party Taxes, Goldman Sachs, Deficit, Small Business, Wealth for Common Good, Tax Fairness, Transocean Horizon, Federal Budget Deficit, Sustainable Business, Cayman Islands, Offshore Tax Havens, Rep. Lloyd Doggett, Carl Levin, Tax Havens, Business News
Chuck Collins

In the U.S., thanks in part to overseas tax havens, we have one tax system for multinational companies and wealthy individuals -- and another for small businesses and ordinary taxpayers.

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Truth-telling and Responsibility in Health Care

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Family Research Council, Health Care Debate, Right Wing Extremism, Town Hall Protests, Health Care Reform, Summer Recess, Republican Mob, Rep. Lloyd Doggett, Health Care, Obama Health Care Reform, Health, Politics News
Jim Wallis

Misinformation and angry mobs are not how democracy functions. Freedom of speech and assembly are certainly our rights, but they must be exercised with responsibility and accountability.

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The Manatees and the Sharks

Rachel Farris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tea Party Protests, Tea Baggers, Health Care Reform, Rep. Lloyd Doggett, Healthcare Reform, Tea Parties, Health Care, Obama Health Care Reform, Politics News
Rachel Farris

We are often like manatees, unwilling or unable to defend ourselves. Maybe progressives are in fact angry. What's unclear is when we'll start doing something about it.

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How the Mainstream Media Helps Fuel Right-Wing Lies

Art Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Freedomworks, Tea Parties, Health Care for America Now, Rachel Maddow, Health Care Reform, Betsey McCaughey, Obama, Afl-Cio, Rep. Lloyd Doggett, Seiu, Media News
Art Levine

Even as debunked smears about health care continue, such as the claim the bill aims to kill old people through "death care," progressives are being hamstrung by mainstream media outlets.

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