Commentary

Started August, 2009

 

 

 

Taxation

- Working -

 ( See Links Below )

Related Issues Resources Relative Links

 

 

 

 

 

"The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin" 

   - Mark Twain

 

 

 

 

 

For a Better Informed & Involved Public...

 

 

Lonnie J. Burris

Activist & Concerned Citizen

 

 

 

 

Related Issues:

 

Media

Welfare
Economy
Education

Capitalism

Democracy

Big Brother

Immigration

War In Iraq

War On Drugs

Federal Reserve

Ethics & Morality
Orthodox Religion

Homeland Security

Political Corruption

Corporate Corruption

 

 

 

Resources:

 

Guide to Taxation Law

Internal Revenue Service

Patriotic Millionaires for Fiscal Strength 

 

 

Relevant Links:

 

What If the Greedy Rich Paid Their Fair Share? 8 Things to Know About Wealth and Poverty in the US

 

GE Unleashes Propaganda Campaign to Hide Its Tiny Tax Burden and Mass Layoffs

 

Free Ride! Meet the Companies that Don't Even Pretend to Pay Taxes

 

How the Media Lost the Plot on US Taxation

 

Law and Order 24/7, Except at Tax Time

 

Why a Financial Transaction Tax? (Video)

 

Grover Norquist's Real Game: Shifting Power and Wealth to the 1%

 

How We All Pay for the Huge Tax Privileges Granted to Religion -- It's Time to Tax the Church

 

The Top 0.1% of the Nation Earn Half of All Capital Gains

 

Supertrouble

 

Flat Tax: Back in the USSR

 

Rob from the Poor, Give to the Rich

 

The "Landmark" Tax Reform That Fizzled

 

Is a Flat Tax Fair?

 

What Are the Real Costs of the Bush Tax Cuts? Go to CostofTaxCuts.Com

 

Tax Payers Fund Animal Cruelty and Environmental Devastation

 

Three Fact Checks on Myths about Millionaires and the Taxes They Pay

 

By Cutting Taxes on the Rich, We've Incentivized Greed - How Do We Return to Fairness?

 

The Winning Message: Time for the Rich to Pay It Forward

 

The Truth about 'Class War' in America

 

The End of the Middle Class

 

Carried Interest: A Very Big Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

 

Why (and How) to Tax the Super Rich

 

10 Years of Capital Gains Tax Cuts Proves: Rich Win, You Lose

 

How 'Small Government' Conservatives Raise Your Taxes Through Stealthy Back-Door Fees

 

4 Ways Government Policy Favors the Rich and Keeps the Rest of Us Poor

 

Bernie Sanders: "Guess Which 10 Companies Aren't Paying Their Share"?

 

Stop Coddling the Super Rich

 

Plutocracy: If Corporations and the Rich Paid 1960s-Level Taxes, the Debt Would Vanish

 

Ignorance Index III: The Revenue Problem

 

Ignorance Index I: The Tax Lie

 

Taxes and Billionaires

 

Why Is Jerry Falwell's Evangelical University Getting Filthy Rich Off of Your Tax Money?

 

Apple, Google, Microsoft Sitting on $58 Billion in Overseas Profits, Blackmailing Us to Avoid Taxes

 

Patriotic Millionaires: "Tax Me!" (Video)

 

America's Unhappy Anniversary: Ten Years of The Bush Tax Cuts for the Wealthy

 

Five Progressive Tax Increases That Washington Won't Talk About

 

Close the Social Security "Cap" Tax Loophole

 

A Budget Without Core Purposes, Taxation Without Compassion

 

What Are the Big Oil Companies Thinking When They Fight Having to Pay Taxes

 

Pushing Back Against Regressive Taxes

 

For Our Top 400 Taxpayers, A Near-Record Year

 

Jacked Up Gas Prices Are Creating a Windfall for Big Oil -- Time to End Their $4 Billion in Tax Subsidies from Taxpayers

 

With an Eye on the Polls, Democrats to Push Tax Hikes for the Wealthy

 

The Public Overwhelmingly Wants It: Why Is Taxing the Rich So Hard?

 

13 Things We Know About Taxes

 

The New Corporate World Order: American Citizens Paying the Price for Tax-Dodging Companies

 

The Shocking Truth About Taxes

 

Conservative Tax Tricks - Did Tax Cuts Grow the Economy?

 

White House Shows You Where Your Taxes Go

 

9 Things the Rich Don't Want You to Know About Taxes

 

How 12 Multinational Corporations Avoid Paying Taxes

 

Taxing the Rich

 

How Big Business Gets a Free Ride by Lobbying to Raise Your Taxes

 

We're Not Broke: Congress - Here's $400 Billion in New Annual Revenues

 

Why We Must Raise Taxes on the Rich, ASAP

 

Greedy Corporations and the Wealthy Fatten Themselves on the Rest of Us

 

G.E.'s Strategies Let It Avoid Taxes Altogether

 

Stop Corporate Tax Cheats! U.S. Uncut Movement  Goes Global

 

The Right's Pushback against Taxing the Rich

 

The Astonishing Stupidity of Not Raising Taxes on the Rich When Budgets Are Tight

 

The Solution to Our Budget Problems Is So Obvious: We Need to Raise Taxes on the Rich, ASAP

 

Should Churches Be Taxed?

 

How Corporations Have Mastered the Art of Not Paying Their Fair Share of Taxes

 

The Potential Impact of Corporate Tax Reform

 

Don't Pass Tax Cuts for the Rich and then Tell Me About Deficits

 

Big Win for America's Super Rich (Video)

 

Congress Passes Tax Cuts

 

Tax Cuts Simply Do Not Create Jobs

 

Sanders Filibusters Tax Cuts, Electrifies the Left

 

A New Tax Debate

 

Why The Payroll Tax Cut's Liberal Apologists Are Wrong - and FDR Is Right

 

Want to Free Up Tax Dollars? End the American Empire

 

Obama's Capitulation on Taxes

 

Why We Need a High Estate Tax

 

A Tax Deal Fit for the Golden Age

 

Tax Cuts Now Force Terrible Budget Cuts Later

 

Obama's "Tax Holiday": A Poison Pill for Social Security

 

Winning the Argument on Tax Cuts and Government Spending

 

Next Up: A "Flat Tax" for the Rich

 

Why Some Millionaires Say No to the Bush Tax Cuts

 

Ten Things You Need to Know About Taxes

 

Warren Buffet Says Tax the Rich (Video)

 

Bill Mayer: When Will Obscenely Rich A**holes Stop Crying About Taxes?

 

The Super-Rich Deserve Higher Taxes

 

The Angry Rich

 

More Tax Cuts for the Rich? No Way! -- 6 Key Points About the Tax Debate Raging in Washington

 

10 Ways Your Taxes Pay for Environmental Devastation

 

Now That's Rich

 

California: Oakland Voters Approve Nation's First Marijuana Business Tax

 

Time for Reform: 20-Year-Old Intern Easily Forms Off Shore Tax Haven

 

 

 

For More Relevant Links...
Google "Taxation, IRS, Legal Thievery"