Why are we the Tea Party’s Hostages?
Our deficit is manageable if we’re smart about it.
What Would Jesus Tax?
The prophetic Jesus would turn our head in different direction from the place where current budget and taxation decisions are focused.
How the U.S. is like North Korea
Much of North Korea’s population is starving, yet its government pours money into missile and nuclear programs. Such behavior seems to be the height of irrationality. But North Korea is only following the international community’s – especially America’s – example.
We Don’t Need to Shut Down the Government: Tax the Wealthy and Deadbeat Corporations to Close Budget Gaps
If corporations and households with $1 million income paid at the same levels they did in 1961, the Treasury would collect an additional $716 billion a year.
A Better Way to Balance the Budget
Corporations benefit from tax breaks and loopholes, while armies get fortunes from governments. Without sacrificing social programs, there are better ways to balance the budget.
Who’s Buyin’ Ryan? Only the Rich Can Afford To…
Under the guise of debt reduction, the chairman of the House Budget Committee’s budget proposal would take from the already poor, give to the already rich.
Where Will We Find the Money?
Schools, housing, hospitals, roads aren’t a match for loopholes for the rich.
Budget Cuts and Corporate Tax Cheats
Global corporations are gaming our tax system and paying nothing, zero, zip toward government services they enjoy.
General Electric: King of the Tax Dodgers
Between 2006 and 2010, GE earned $26.3 billion in profits and paid no U.S. taxes, yet received $4.2 billion in tax refunds.
Europe’s Austerity: Like Something Out of the Brothers Grimm
Whether in crowds of 200 or 250,000, the public is beginning to object to austerity measures.
The Battle for Greece
A popular movement is up against an embattled government in Greece.
Call to Action: Tax Corporations Before Freezing Pay and Cutting Services
The “progressive tea party” has been born. Inspired by the UK Uncut movement, the popular revolutions sweeping through North Africa, and articles in the Nation and Washington Post, activists in Mississippi, Chicago, New York, California, Maine, Oklahoma, North Carolina, Washington DC, and elsewhere have started US Uncut to mobilize against corporate tax cheats who are costing America billions of dollars each year and forcing the government to propose deep cuts to vital services and pay freezes for hard-working families.