Corporations loot tax monies as Chicago schools suffer
Why would some of America's richest families need lavish public subsidies while schools, parks and other public services are in desperate need of funds?
Unions applaud Senate vote for middle class tax cut
In a party-line vote of 51-48, the Senate yesterday passed a middle-class tax cut, keeping present tax reductions for individuals.
Pay your share! Community members crash Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Who would have guessed the Mercantile Exchange needed help from Illinois taxpayers?
Proposed bill would end fossil fuel subsidies
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn. announced they would introduce the End Polluter Welfare Act to Congress.
In California, double the cuts, double the misery
More misery loomed for Californians May 14 as Governor Jerry Brown delivered a revised 2012-13 budget projection doubling the already-deep cuts he called for in January.
Protesters demand GE pay its taxes
Chanting "GE, pay your taxes," several thousand rallied in downtown Detroit this morning, the site of the GE annual shareholders meeting.
Fired up New Yorkers deliver Tax Day message to 1%
The rally assembled across the street from Bank of America in Midtown Manhattan.
In Florida battleground, tax fairness appeals to voters
Many demonstrators enthusiastically supported proposed federal legislation that would require millionaires to pay a tax rate of at least 30 percent.
The 99%, as citizen tax enforcers, highlight Buffet Rule
Hundreds of taxpayers marked the filing deadline April 17 by delivering tax "bills" - and a message - to tax-dodging corporations and executives.
GOP budget bombs at town halls
At town halls across the nation during the current two-week congressional recess Republicans are taking the heat like they may never have taken it before.
