Progressive tax

UFE's Senior Organizer on Estate Tax Policy, Lee Farris wrote a letter to The Hill that addresses where both John McCain and Barack Obama stand on the Estate Tax.  The piece also puts forth an alternative to the candidates' proposals. The Hill. August 12, 2008

UFE member Michael Beer wrote an article that focuses on the differences between the tax policies of the two main presidential candidates. Citizen-Times, Asheville, NC. August 6, 2008

Trying to figure out how much a candidate's proposals fit with your values can be challenging. That's why we developed a valuable action tool to help you evaluate the fairness of tax proposals.

The Action Tool contains key progressive tax principles and sample questions to use when researching candidates' positions and for asking candidates directly. Using the Action Tool could influence candidates' positions and increase public support for fair taxation.
July 23, 2008

Major successes across the country with progressive policy and fair taxation campaigns are featured in the second issue of the Tax Fairness Action News.
July 3, 2008

This bi-annual publication of the Tax Fairness Organizing Collaborative (TFOC), showcases the critical organizing experiences and victories of TFOC's members. Find back issues here. June 17, 2008

Ask a group of people to choose...their least favorite day of the year and the odds are good many will choose the same day, April 15th, tax day... But I'd like to offer my fellow high-income taxpayers some advice on why April 15th should be celebrated rather than feared. By Eric Schoenberg April 14, 2008

The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) reports that over half of the 50 states anticipate budget problems in the fiscal year 2009. The combined budget shortfall could be over $37 billion. To the extent that new taxes will be needed, there are major opportunities to make them progressive. From UFE's March 2008 E-News. March 31, 2008

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

Recently, oil companies have been raking in record profits off the price of crude oil and gasoline. These profits are coming at the expense of consumers, whose wallets have been increasingly pinched at the gas pump. In an effort to recover a portion of this obscene largess, legislators at the state and federal levels have been considering the imposition of a windfall profit tax (WPT).

October 2, 2007