What if filing taxes wasn’t so… taxing?
There are at least 1,910 forms and supporting documents on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) website. The tax form that most Americans fill out for the purpose of federal tax liability has a 206 page...
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One of the big stories of last week was ignored for the most part by media here in the US. I’m talking about the protests in Hungary over an Internet data tax, and the government’s cancelling the...
View Article7 Candidates for Corporate Rip-Off of the Year
Published on Monday, November 24, 2014 by Common Dreams By Paul Buchheit There are so many to choose from. Every one of these selections is an act of corporate treachery that takes billions of dollars...
View ArticleReport Reveals How Corporate Tax Dodgers Avoid Paying Their Fair Share—or Any...
Bernie Sanders declares: ‘At a time when we have massive wealth and income inequality, and when corporate profits are soaring, it is an outrage that many large, profitable corporations paid nothing in...
View ArticleCutting To The Chase
In case you haven’t noticed, our government is broken. Not too many years ago, a bill dealing with veterans would pass with broad bipartisan support. Extending SNAP and unemployment benefits in a soft...
View ArticleEuropean Groups Expose ‘Terrifying Extent of Corporate Grab’ Within TTIP
‘The ability to enact effective and fair tax systems to finance vital public services is one of the defining features of sovereignty,’ says Global Justice Now—one that is threatened by corporate trade...
View ArticleAs Push for Trump’s Taxes Gains Steam, Promised GOP Tax Overhaul Falters
“If [Trump] doesn’t release his returns, it is going to make it much more difficult to get tax reform done” By Nika Knight, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 4-18-2017 As millions of Americans...
View Article‘Truly Dumb’: Why $2.4 Trillion Corporate Tax Cut Will Not Magically Pay for...
Economists and tax experts push back against White House reported plan to slash corporate rate by 60 percent By Jon Queally, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 4-25-2017 With reports that...
View ArticleTo Ram Through Unpopular Agenda, Trump Urges GOP to Kill Senate Filibuster
Though his proposals have found slim support among the American people, president wants GOP allies to push items through “fast and easy” By Common Dreams. Published 5-30-2017 President Donald Trump...
View ArticleIn Major Tax Speech, Paul Ryan Lays Out Plan to Lavish Rich With Tax Cuts
“Paul Ryan is not serious about tax reform. He’s serious about tax giveaways—for millionaires, billionaires, and wealthy corporations.” By Jake Johnson, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published...
View ArticleUS Inequality Crisis Worst in Industrialized World. Trump Will Make It Worse.
If the policies favored by the Trump administration—including massive tax cuts for the rich and reductions in spending on Medicaid and education—go into effect, the U.S. will only fall further in the...
View ArticleCorporations Complain Their Taxes So High, But New Study Busts That Myth
Minimum-wage workers can’t afford to rent a one-bedroom apartment, but the GOP thinks it’s massive corporations that need an income boost By ake Johnson, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published...
View ArticleTrump Tax “Hoax” Would Blow $5 Trillion Hole In Budget Over Next Decade:...
‘The idea that this plan would help average Americans instead of the wealthy and big corporations has been a hoax all along.’ By Jon Queally, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 9-26-2017...
View ArticleGOP ‘Propaganda’ Not Working: Only 13% Believe Tax Plan Will Help Middle Class
New survey also shows that 60 percent believe the Republican plan will “mainly favor” the rich By Jake Johnson, staff writer for CommonDreams. Published 11-3-2017 For months Republicans and President...
View ArticleLindsey Graham Latest Republican to Admit GOP Tax Plan Is All About Keeping...
“Republicans are literally out here warning each other that their big donors will stop writing checks if they don’t do their bidding.” By Jake Johnson, staff writer for CommonDreams. Published...
View Article‘There You Have It’: McConnell Says He ‘Misspoke’ When He Promised No Tax...
A New York Times analysis published Friday found that millions of middle class families would see their taxes rise under GOP plan By Jake Johnson, staff writer for CommonDreams. Published 11-10-2017...
View ArticleAll Evidence Shows #GOPTaxScam Is Horrible. Only Question: Can It Be Stopped?
“No good can come of this plan unless you are wealthy or a corporation.” By Jon Queally, staff writer for CommonDreams. Published 11-18-2017 While informed critics and experts say they are now “running...
View Article‘Kill the Bill, Don’t Kill Us’: Protesters Arrested as GOP Push Senate Tax...
Resistance groups hold protests across country as Republicans clear committee vote, advancing bill to Senate floor By Julia Conley, staff writer for CommonDreams. Published 11-28-2017 As the Senate...
View ArticleWe started a revolution over this once
Do you remember voting for lobbyists to decide who pays what in taxes? We don’t. On Friday night, the Senate passed their version of the #GOPTaxScam. The bill, all 479 pages of it, was presented to the...
View ArticleAs Final Tax Scam Vote Looms, Demands for McConnell to Seat Doug Jones...
“Alabama voters deserve to have their voices heard in this fight.” By Jake Johnson, staff writer for CommonDreams. Published 12-13-2017 After “bigotry and hatred were defeated at the polls” in Alabama...
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