This Day in Alaskan History-August 21st, 1914

This Day in Alaskan History-August 21st, 1914

The territory of Alaska’s taxation laws were passed by the US Senate following passage in the US House on August 21st, 1914. The bill submitted by Delegate Wickersham validated the right of the territory to tax the railways in Alaska.  Wickersham delivered the bill to WashingtonDC after Alaska’s first Territorial Legislature enacted the laws. After […]

Trump War on Iran Sent Gas Prices Soaring—Now He Wants to Rob Highway Funds

Trump War on Iran Sent Gas Prices Soaring—Now He Wants to Rob Highway Funds

  “How about we start by suspending the biggest gas tax of them all, Trump’s illegal war in Iran,” said US Senate candidate Graham Platner. As President Donald Trump’s ongoing war of choice on Iran sends US pump prices skyrocketing by 50%, the president and congressional Republicans are moving this week to suspend the federal gasoline tax—a […]

Top 1% to Get $117 Billion in Trump Tax Cuts This Year as Bottom 95% Pay More

Top 1% to Get $117 Billion in Trump Tax Cuts This Year as Bottom 95% Pay More

  “Unfortunately, it could get worse,” the analysis warns, pointing to lobbying for “indexing capital gains for inflation—which would be a benefit hugely skewed to the wealthy.” Just over a week away from Tax Day in the United States, a think tank on Monday released an analysis highlighting how most Americans will see their taxes go up this […]

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