Tag Archives: taxes

Shrinking The Tax Gap

Posted on July 20, 2021 by Paul Deaton

Last Wednesday, I participated in an online briefing with former IRS Commissioners Fred Goldberg Jr. and Charles Rossotti on modernizing the IRS and shrinking the tax gap. Goldberg was appointed as IRS Commissioner by President George H.W. Bush in 1989 … Continue reading →

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Bernie Wants To Talk About Billionaires

Posted on June 24, 2021 by Trish Nelson

“I think Americans agree…after years and years of worrying about  billionaires and the rich now it’s time to have a budget that speaks to the needs of working families and the climate crisis that we face.” – Bernie Sanders

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Sunday Economics With Robert Reich

Posted on February 23, 2020 by Dave Bradley

Sometimes I feel I should apologize for posting so much Robert Reich, but his videos just make so damned much sense. They are also usually fairly short and always very understandable. Plus they are true, which can sometimes be an … Continue reading →

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Revisiting the New Deal And Taxes

Posted on November 24, 2019 by Dave Bradley

Many parallels have been drawn between the coming election year and the 1932 election year. In 1932 the country and the world were in dire financial straits with people starving across the globe. While that is not true today we … Continue reading →

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Wealth, Taxes And Our Worshipping Of The Wealthy

Posted on October 7, 2018 by Dave Bradley

There is a lot going on in that 30 second clip. The condescending sneer on Trump’s face. The obvious disdain for Clinton. Is it because she is telling the truth? Is it because he thinks women are at best, second … Continue reading →

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Inequality

Posted on April 24, 2016 by Dave Bradley

The past two weeks have been simply startling at how those with wealth have been both evading taxes while hoarding money in almost unimaginable amounts in offshore tax havens. At the same time we have corporations doing all sorts of … Continue reading →

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IFL: Taxes Are The Legislature’s Responsibility

Posted on December 5, 2015 by Dave Bradley

GOVERNOR BRANSTAD: TAXES ARE THE LEGISLATURE’S RESPONSIBILITY link Buried deep in all of the messes that the Branstad Administration has created, there is a little known action going on in the Department of Revenue which will have dangerous consequences not … Continue reading →

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No Funding For Schools; No Taxes On Some Corporations

Posted on February 21, 2015 by Dave Bradley

It surely is a strange situation when we have our Republican legislators tell us out of one side of their mouths that there is no money for Iowa schools to maintain the status quo, yet from the other side of … Continue reading →

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Profiles In Courage?

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Dave Bradley

Sometimes I feel sorry for those who are tasked with picking the recipient of the Kennedy Library annual Profile In Courage Award. From what we see recently in this country, there are certainly not a lot of candidates around. When … Continue reading →

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For the People

Posted on October 27, 2012 by Dave Bradley

Today we have a guest post by Dave Hunt of Tipton. Dave is a retired educator and former Iowa Teacher of the Year. Republicans won’t admit it but the 2009 Obama stimulus plan created and saved 3 million jobs and … Continue reading →

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