Commonwealth

Senators Kyl and Grassley seem prepared to block debate on extending unemployment benefits in order for a weakened estate tax law to become permanent, essentially holding unemployed Americans hostage as they bargain for another trillion-dollar tax giveaway to the rich.

February 25, 2010

Mike Prokosch, UFE Board member and co-author of State of the Dream 2010, visits with Mitch Jeserich on Pacifica Radio's "Letters to Washington" to discuss President Obama's budget and whether our most urgent national priorities are being met.

February 2, 2010

Tax fairness is the key to a fair economy, where the cost of maintaining a common government is shared on the basis of one's ability to pay.

January 2, 2008

A list of links to other groups that focus on tax fairness issues.

October 2, 2007

Economic development subsidy decisions are often made in secret by political and corporate powerbrokers. Rarely is there public input into subsidy deals - or even knowledge of basic information like costs and benefits. And yet, such deals total $50 billion per year in taxpayer expenditures. October 2, 2007

Expanding the Sales Tax to Services

While all states with sales taxes tax goods (i.e., furniture, computers, cars, etc), only a few impose the sales tax on services - of which there are over 100 potentially-taxable categories (i.e., car repairs, exterminators, architecture, etc.).

Expanding the sales tax to services would not only raise substantial new revenue, but would make state tax systems more fair, more stable, easier to administer and more economically neutral.

October 2, 2007

Take Action

The United States is one of the richest nations in the world. So why aren't our schools thriving? Why are so many African-Americans unemployed? Why are healthcare, housing and college education so hard to afford?

Our mission at UFE is to support the growing movement for economic fairness in every way we can. This can take many forms. If you are interested in making the economy fairer and improving the quality of life in the U.S. for everyone, you can:

July 6, 2007

The Tax Fairness Collaborative held its 2007 Annual Conference in Austin, TX. April 28, 2007

Article by Responsible Wealth members proposes increasing taxes on the wealthy. In The Boston Globe. April 9, 2007