Tag: Economic Justice
By MoveOn Staff. Friday, April 1 2011
Sure he was born to run. But he was also born to write…a letter to the editor of his hometown newspaper, New Jersey’s Asbury Park Press. His note was in response to this article about New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and tea partiers’ vicious attack on the poor and the middle class.
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By MoveOn Staff. Wednesday, March 30 2011
Come April 15, everybody ponies up their fair share, right? Not so much. Thanks to corporate tax cuts and loopholes, these big companies will be rollin’ in the green instead of paying Uncle Sam.
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By MoveOn Staff. Tuesday, March 29 2011
So they can avoid talking about real news, like GE’s massive tax evasion, of course.
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By MoveOn Staff. Tuesday, March 29 2011
Yes, it is that simple, explains WaPo blogger Ezra Klein. No one has to do a thing—the Bush Tax Cuts are already scheduled to expire in 2012.
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By MoveOn Staff. Friday, March 25 2011
Why has the federal tax burden on the nation’s 400 highest annual income decreased by two-thirds, while the median American family’s is on the rise?
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By MoveOn Staff. Friday, March 25 2011
Stopping the war on the middle class, that’s what.
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By MoveOn Staff. Friday, March 25 2011
One hundred years ago today, on March 25, 1911, 146 people—125 of them young women ages 13-23—died in the now-infamous fire at Triangle Shirtwaist factory in New York City. This video is about the brave women who died that day, and it actually made me cry. It took a couple of tries, but I made it through—and I’m so glad I did.
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By MoveOn Staff. Monday, March 21 2011
Rachel Maddow contrasts the backwardness of Michigan Republican Governor Rick Snyder’s recent union-busting, corporate tax-giving bill and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s anti-union bill with something completely unexpected and extraordinary.
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By MoveOn Staff. Friday, March 18 2011
Remember when everyone was served an equal portion of the pie? Not anymore.
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By MoveOn Staff. Thursday, March 17 2011
The guy who asked teacher Taylor Mali, “What do you make?” at a dinner party certainly never thought he’d get this answer.
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