Tax Day, 2013: U.S. pay gap is biggest in the world
Last year CEOs received an average $12.3 million while the average worker took home around $34, 645.
Two tales of jackpots and taxes
Our nation's tax experts no longer think about taxes as a tool for combating our "undue concentration of wealth." They see taxes as a matter of raising revenue.
New moves to tax corporate offshore havens
General Electric avoided $35.7 billion in U.S. taxes by putting $102 billion in 2010 profits in "at least 14" tax havens in Bermuda, Singapore and Luxembourg.
Demonstrators tell Wall Street: Pay your taxes
"The one percent is getting wealthier; the 99 is not. We need jobs, not cuts to social services and Medicare."
Pa. governor’s proposals meeting broad opposition
Tom Corbett, in his third year in office, is seeing growing opposition to his bizarre budget proposals and his pro-corporate agenda.
Austerity busting bill introduced
The Progressive Caucus bill, called the Balancing Act, invests in job creation and calls for paying for those investments with defense cuts.
Jan. 30 day of action: "We need Jobs Not Cuts"
The Americans for Tax Fairness online "flash-mob" campaign "We need #JobsNotCuts" is part of a national Jan. 30 Day of Action.
GOP desperate to kill any further taxes on the rich
The Republicans are going even further, however, threatening that unless Social Security and Medicare are cut, the GOP might kill the entire economy.
Fiscal cliff deal seen as “breakthrough” on some issues
In an extraordinary session the House voted 257 to 167 to approve a Senate-crafted agreement to avoid the so-called "fiscal cliff" on New Years Day.
GOP vacations as nation teeters on the brink of “cliff”
President Obama flew back into the nation's capital today reportedly with a new offer to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff on Jan. 1.
