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Progressive Taxes Defined
Taxes that burden people more when they have greater income or wealth.
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Pia Sawhney: Between Gupta and Daschle, Who Will Fix Health Care?
Published January 7, 2009, 2:43 pm, HuffingtonPost
Sanjay Gupta and Michael Moore -- essentially two experts on health care who disagree ideologically on a range of health concerns -- had a fascinating exchange on Larry King Live.
George Mitrovich: Proposition 13 & Ungovernable California
Published January 7, 2009, 1:42 pm, HuffingtonPost
California went from one governor, Gray Davis, with little public persona to another, Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is public persona writ large.
Archives
Published January 7, 2009, 8:46 am, Jewish World Review
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Kiss Kicks Off Campaign
Published January 7, 2009, 7:09 am, WCAX-TV Vermont
Burlington Mayor Bob Kiss formally kicked off his quest for a second term.
For liberals, a trillion reasons to ok tax cuts
Published January 6, 2009, 5:53 pm, The Hill
The most liberal members of Congress huddled together in early December, and decided they needed to push their fellow Democrats to...
Top Scoops
Published January 6, 2009, 2:01 pm, Scoop.co.nz
SHOP TALK Thanks to all our sainted readers for another great year at the Review . . .
Elizabeth Rigby: Tax Credits vs. Spending: Why Progressives Should Care How the Stimulus is Delivered
Published January 5, 2009, 2:13 pm, HuffingtonPost
From a progressive perspective, does the use of tax credit represent a political compromise that will limit the potential for the stimulus to seed more substantial policy change?
The Net-Zero Gas Tax
Published January 5, 2009, 7:54 am, The Weekly Standard via Yahoo! News
Americans have a deep and understandable aversion to gasoline taxes. In a culture more single-mindedly devoted to individual freedom than any other, tampering with access to the open road is met with visceral opposition. That's why earnest efforts to alter American driving habits take the form of regulation of the auto companies--the better to hide the hand of government and protect politicians ...
Uganda: Parties Want Local Council Polls
Published January 4, 2009, 11:23 pm, AllAfrica.com
Kampala — OPPOSITION political parties have vowed to work as a team to force the Electoral Commission (EC) to conduct the grassroots local council elections.
Gov. Bill Ritter: Q&A at the half
Published January 4, 2009, 11:14 pm, Rocky Mountain News
Bill Ritter, the guy with the easy-going grin, became governor two years ago after an astounding 17-point victory. Now at midterm, the Governor talked about his tenure during an interview in his office at the state Capitol.
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- A New New Deal?: Progressives are using the economic downturn as an excuse to further their broader agenda of expanding the size and scope of the federal government. "A vastly expanded and revitalized public sector will require a permanent expansion of expenditures that, once the economy revives, can't be funded by deficit spending." ;
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- Progressive Frames for Taxes: As progressives, we do not believe that taxes are necessarily an affliction. Instead, we think of taxes as investments that give us dividends. And, every patriotic American pays their fair share, to support their country. Taxes are the way we support the common good.
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- The Tax Foundation - News To Obama: The OECD Says The United States Has The Most Progressive Tax System: "Barack Obama's admissionthat his policies would"spr ead the wealth around"ha s ignited a nationwide discussion of how progressive the taxsystem should be& how it should be usedto redistribute income amongAmericans . Obama hasbeen verysuccessful in bolstering .conventionalw isdom thatthe US.tax system doesnot placea significanteno ugh burdenon wealthierhouse holds&plac estoo muchofaburde n on"middle class"But a newstudyon inequalit y by researchersat Organizationfo rEconomic Cooperation&am p;Development. revealsthat whenit comes to household taxes(incometa xes&emplo yee socialsecurity contributions) theUS."ha s the most progressive taxsystem& collects largest shareof taxesfrom therichest 10%of thepopulation. " As Column1 inthetablebelo w shows,theU.S.t axsystem is far more progres sive?meaning pro-poor?than similar systems in countries most Americans identify with high taxes, such as France&Swe den..our tax system is second only to Ireland in terms of its progressivity for households.&qu ot;
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