Progressive Tax

Flip It to Fix It: Executive Summary

May 23, 2011
— Shannon M.
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Report: Flip It to Fix It

May 23, 2011
— Shannon M.
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WSJ Columnist Confuses Guilt with Responsibility

May 7, 2011
— Brian Miller
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In Friday's Wall Street Journal, columnist Stephen Moore does his best to marginalize and discredit the the growing chorus of high-wealth individuals, including members of UFE's Responsible Wealth project, who support raising taxes on wealthy people like themselves. But his best is little more than a collection of weak arguments and name-calling.

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A People's Budget vs. A Path to Disparity

April 25, 2011
— Maz
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Two very different federal budgets were considered this month by the U.S. House of Representatives: Rep. Paul Ryan's "Path to Prosperity," which was approved by the House, and the Congressional Progressive Caucus' (CPC) "People's Budget." While both have their ideological streaks, only the latter assumes a firm and rational position on deficit reduction without economic gimmicks claiming that lower taxes will miraculously produce additional revenue.

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INTERVIEW: Tax Rate on Money Made from Money Must Be Higher

April 21, 2011
— Maz
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UFE's Mazher Ali shares news of Responsible Wealth's "Tax Wealth Like Work" campaign on Workers Independent News' Labor Radio, emphasizing progressive tax policy as a common sense measure to help avoid slash and burn budget measures that exacerbate the economic crisis and hurt the most vulnerable citizens. Taxing investment income the same as wages and salaries would raise more than $80 billion annually.

Click here to download the interview.

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