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Ask the Columnist: A Primer on Wealth and Taxes
In response to my now famous “the-class-war-is-over-the-rich-guys-won” column, a gentleman from Kentucky writes a rather snarky letter posing several piercing questions that I will now answer.
Shouldn’t Americans Repair America’s Infrastructure?
Listening at last to his inner FDR, President Barack Obama is going straight at the Know-Nothing/Do-Nothing Republicans in Congress.
Not All Taxes Have to Hurt
Taxes are deeply emotional and make for hot political theater. Whenever the T-word is blurted out, our anxiety zooms. And, that’s the whole idea. Millionaires, who rightfully are the target for paying more, want us to think that any changes in the tax code will mean that we’ll all be paying more too.
Lobbying the Supercommittee
Emerging Economies Join G20 Coalition to Tax Speculation
Talk about piling on. Bill Gates, the Pope, the Archbishop of Canterbury, 1,000 parliamentarians, 1,000 economists, the world’s major labor leaders, Occupy Wall Street protesters, Oxfam and other major development groups, thousands of nurses, the World Wildlife Fund and other major enviros, Michael Moore…It might be easier to list who didn’t come out didn’t come out in support of a Wall Street tax in the lead-up to this week’s G20 summit in Cannes.
Gates Backs the Wall Street Tax at the G20 Summit
The world’s second-richest man and a group of American nurses on the frontlines of the Occupy Wall Street protests came to the G20 summit in Cannes, France this week to advocate for the same thing.
The Lineup: Week of Oct. 31-Nov. 6, 2011
Deborah Burger calls for a new Wall Street tax and Libby Reinish reports on the quiet consolidation underway in the coverage of local TV news.
The Skinny on Farm Subsidies and Obesity
The nation’s increasingly poor diet, packed with processed and fast foods, is driving the obesity epidemic. This is leading many media commentators to blame government subsidy payments to farmers who grow crops like corn and soybeans. But this just isn’t true.
Welcoming Overdue Mercury Standards
As a mother with a toddler, I’m always trying to protect my daughter. From choking hazards to toxic household chemicals, from busy streets to steep stairs, there are a lot of dangers that keep us parents on our toes. Unfortunately, there are some toxins our children get exposed to before they are even born.
Tax Wall Street to Heal America
National Nurses United, America’s largest union of RNs, is sounding an alarm.
We’ve organized rallies in New York, Boston, Washington, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, and Las Vegas, as well as in Minnesota, Michigan, Texas, Florida, and other states and cities. We’ve held demonstrations at 60 congressional field offices. And we’ve joined the Occupy Together movement as first aid volunteers in more than a dozen sites, including on Wall Street, where it all started.
