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Lee A. Saunders: Scott Walker's Austerity Plan: Turning Wisconsin Into the New Greece

2013-05-23T12:16:53Z

Scott Walker and his tea party cohorts bought the snake oil of austerity. They forced the Badger State to drink it. And Wisconsin's families are suffering because the governor ignored the evidence that it is a toxic brew.

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The 1 Chart That Reveals Just How Grossly Unfair The U.S. Tax System Has Become

2013-05-22T15:32:46Z

Apple CEO Tim Cook waved a magic wand in front of America on Tuesday, vanishing our outrage over how shamelessly companies avoid paying taxes, leaving...

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Women & Co: Helpful Tips for Managing Investment Risk

2013-05-22T12:50:14Z

Regardless of our dreams, we still must contend with the uncertainty of whether we will live one decade or three decades in retirement (the more the better in my view), as well as whether our family will need our financial support or whether we will need theirs.

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Mark R. Kennedy: Unilateral Taxation Framework Harms America

2013-05-21T16:17:54Z

Lost in the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations' skewering of Apple CEO Tim Cook is the major point: the United States' decision to stand alone in taxing foreign earnings disadvantages American companies and American workers.

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Brian Levin: Letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook from a Disgruntled Shareholder

2013-05-21T15:30:39Z

I want Apple to innovate with new "incredibly great" products that wow the world like the iMac and iPhone did--not with new ways of nickel and diming Uncle Sam. Do what's right and stick to what Apple does best and continued success will surely follow.

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Mary Ellen Biery: Could Online-Sales Tax Moves Hurt Private Retailers' Already-Thin Margins?

2013-05-21T14:51:11Z

Privately held retailers are operating with relatively thin profit margins nearly four years after the end of the recession, according to recent data from Sageworks, a financial information company.

Read more: Taxes, Marketplace Fairness Act, Congress, Ecommerce, Shopping, Retail, Sales Tax, Consumers, Consumer Spending, Small Business News

Dave Johnson: The Latest Lie: IRS Targeted Conservatives

2013-05-21T12:10:05Z

This story that is being repeated and treated as "true" is just not what happened at all. It is one more right-wing victimization fable, repeated endlessly until the public has no choice except to believe it.

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Dave Johnson: Apple Avoiding Billions and Billions of Dollars in Taxes

2013-05-20T18:06:24Z

Apple (like many giant, multinational corporations) has been avoiding paying the taxes they owe to the country by setting up foreign "subsidiaries" in tax-haven countries, and moving jobs out of the country. Now they want a special tax break to reward them for doing that.

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MJB Lands In More 'Drama'

2013-05-20T17:26:12Z

Similar to the chorus of her hit single, “I'm Goin' Down,” Mary J. Blige’s luck is continuing to go on a downward spiral, as reports have surfac...

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Robert Reich: Global Capital and the Nation State

2013-05-20T10:54:17Z

Google, Amazon, Starbucks, every other major corporation, and every big Wall Street bank, are sheltering as much of their U.S. profits abroad as they can, while telling Washington that lower corporate taxes are necessary in order to keep the U.S. "competitive."

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Amy Dardashtian: An IRS With Integrity: Will This Be the Dawn of Another New Era?

2013-05-17T21:48:46Z

Will today mark the dawning of another new era? Or will Congress miss the opportunity to examine the problems within the agency that extend beyond this one scandal?

Read more: Taxes, Irs, President Barack Obama, Tax Returns, Internal Revenue Service, President Obama, We Are the People, Constitution, Tea Party, Taxpayers, Barack Obama, President Clinton, Politics News

Mark Steber: Is Your Tax Refund Less Than Expected?

2013-05-17T16:51:26Z

Unfortunately, there are many reasons this could happen, and even worse, it happens to many taxpayers each year, causing surprise, confusion and frustration.

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Christopher Bergin: Scandal, Scandal, Scandal

2013-05-17T13:08:01Z

In Washington, they throw the word scandal around with such abandon it's hard to know at any given time what it means.

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Lester & Charlie: John McCain Is Sick and Tired of His Outrage!

2013-05-16T16:10:33Z

Not since New Coke have we as a nation seen a disaster that both sides of the aisle can agree on. America is now unanimously and officially outraged that the IRS would have the audacity to target political groups -- groups that publicly despise taxes and call for the end of the IRS.

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Ken Blackwell: Formula for Abuse of Power

2013-05-16T12:21:54Z

John F. Kennedy as a candidate liked to tweak his opponent, Richard Nixon. When the Wall Street Journal criticized Republican Nixon, Kennedy jumped on...

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Dean Baker: Cutting Social Security and Not Taxing Wall Street

2013-05-15T17:53:44Z

Wall Street excesses brought the economy to the brink of collapse. But now the Wall Street behemoths are bigger than ever and President Obama is looking to cut the Social Security benefits of retirees. That will teach the Wall Street boys to be more responsible in the future.

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Peter S. Goodman: The IRS Was Dead Right To Scrutinize Tea Party

2013-05-15T13:06:24Z

The IRS appears to have devoted unique effort to making sure that Tea Party organizations were not fudging the paperwork in their bids to secure tax exemption. Good for the IRS.

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Jared Bernstein: Why Should Any of These Groups Have Tax-Exempt Status?

2013-05-14T15:26:37Z

The problem here isn't the president. It's the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision and subsequent tax law written by Congress that gives these groups tax exempt status.

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GAO Report Confirms IRS Weakness Amid Controversy

2013-05-14T07:58:30Z

May 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. Internal Revenue Service suffers from weaknesses in a number of its internal financial controls, said a report released ...

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Howard Steven Friedman: Loophole Mythology Versus Kickback Reality

2013-05-13T11:34:41Z

Loopholes are generally not accidental oversights by legislators. No, they are usually more accurately called "kickbacks," tossing money and/or power back to those who were so kind to provide major campaign support.

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Daniel Marans: Fix the Debt Flashmob Participants Oppose Social Security Cuts

2013-05-10T18:06:16Z

Fix the Debt did a dance flash mob in Farragut Square in downtown Washington, D.C., around noon on Friday. Two participants expressed concern about the debt, but did not want to cut Social Security.

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White House Condemns IRS For Targeting Tea Party

2013-05-10T16:13:10Z

WASHINGTON — The White House says it was inappropriate for the Internal Revenue Service to target tea party groups for additional reviews during...

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VisualNews.com: IRS Refunds, Easy Spending Money for Most Americans

2013-05-10T13:52:54Z

The end of tax season is the biggest financial event of the year, claim 75% of Americans, as they anticipate a refund of their hard-earned money after filing their taxes. However, only 37% of tax payers choose to invest their savings or use it to repair their finances.

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Joseph J. Thorndike: A Lost Age of Fiscal Heroes? Not So Much.

2013-05-10T08:48:59Z

The debate over fiscal responsibility has been muddled by the Great Recession; inevitably, perhaps, arguments over long-term fiscal problems have been conflated with debates over short-term recovery programs. Both debates have suffered terribly as a consequence.

Read more: Taxes, Debt, Recovery, Dwight Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan, Debt Limit, Vietnam, Great Recession, Spending, Deficits, Fiscal Cliff, Richard Cheney, War Tax, Austerity, Fiscal Policy, Politics News

Lawmakers Launch Website To Boost Public Support

2013-05-09T20:43:18Z

* Congressional tax writers unveil tax reform website * Senate panel eyes international tax options in meeting * New tax...

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