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Gas tax [Proposition D] on MO ballot: I voted yes before I knew what I was doing

October 30, 2018 Gloria Shur Bilchik 2018 Election, Missouri region, St. Louis, Taxes, Transportation, Voting/Elections, Widgets: 2018 Missouri election One comment

Proposition D on Missouri’s 2018 midterm ballot asks voters whether to increase the tax on a gallon of gas. Should you vote for it? 

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The truth about the estate tax: You’re probably not going to have to pay it

November 21, 2017 Gloria Shur Bilchik Republicans, Taxes Leave a comment

The latest incarnation of a Republican tax “plan” includes repealing the estate tax. Republicans love to give it an evil connotation by referring to

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Kansas raises taxes…reluctantly and nastily

June 10, 2015 Gloria Shur Bilchik Budget, Economy, Government, States, Taxes Leave a comment

Kansas Governor Sam Brownback [R]—who started the whole mess—knows it. The Republican dominated Kansas legislature—who gleefully made it happen—knows it, too. The radical, right-wing

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“We can’t afford it.” The untrue, anti-tax mantra of 21st century government

March 12, 2015 Gloria Shur Bilchik Budget, Good government, Ideas, Taxes Leave a comment

For the past 30 years, “We can’t afford it” has become the mantra of city councilmen, state legislators and even U.S. Congressional representatives. But

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How much does our do-nothing Republican Congress cost taxpayers?

August 19, 2014 Renee Shur Congress, Republicans, Taxes One comment

Have you noticed how mainstream media fills up a whole lot of airtime sounding off about our current do-nothing Congress? Just this morning, while

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Reckless tax cut threatens Missouri’s prized AAA rating, as “fiscal conservatives” rule

May 9, 2014 Gloria Shur Bilchik Missouri region, States, Taxes 2 comments

The Republican-dominated Missouri legislature, acting out an ugly combination of anti-tax ideology and pure selfishness, has enacted a drastic income-tax cut that could throw

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U.S. corporations stashing $2 trillion in profits offshore

April 14, 2014 Madonna Gauding Congress, Corporations, Taxes 2 comments

According to Huffington Post, corporations are keeping $2 trillion in offshore profits to avoid paying taxes. One of the many ways corporations enrich themselves is by

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Is capitalism really the best economic system?

March 6, 2014 Madonna Gauding Corporations, Economy, Poverty 14 comments

From the time we were children, we have been indoctrinated to think of capitalism as the best economic system on the planet, synonymous with

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This bill makes me want to stick with gridlock

March 3, 2014 Arthur Lieber Budget, Business, Congress, Economy, Financial reform, Republicans, Taxes One comment

Like many progressives, I’ve been very frustrated by both the gridlock that Republicans have been causing in Congress and the ongoing mischaracterization of it

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Senators’ tax-loophole suggestions to be kept secret for 50 years. Huh?

July 29, 2013 Gloria Shur Bilchik Budget, Congress, Financial reform, Government, Politics, Senate, Taxes Leave a comment

In a move that Business Week calls something that might have been “dreamed up by a 10-year-old after watching Thunderball,” the Senate Finance Committee

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