Just a day after U.S. President Joe Biden officially unveiled a plan to boost taxes on wealthy Americans, Sen. Joe Manchin on Tuesday signaled that he intends to block progress on yet another White House priority. [pullquote]”Billionaires purposefully don’t take incomes—they borrow against their wealth to fund their lifestyles (buy, borrow, and die.)”[/pullquote] Former Democratic Michigan […]
New survey data out this week shows that U.S. voters—regardless of party affiliation—overwhelmingly support a windfall profits tax on U.S. oil corporations that are using Russia’s war on Ukraine to hike prices at the pump. [pullquote]”GOP and industry disinformation is failing to convince people—voters know Big Oil is to blame.”[/pullquote] According to polling results released by the League of Conservation […]
For the majority of Americans who are so poor, they barely have to pay income taxes, Scott’s plan is just the latest in a 40-year barrage of assaults and insults coming from the GOP. They’re at it again: Republicans want to raise taxes on poor and working-class Americans, end Social Security and Medicare, jack up pollution […]
Responding to soaring fuel prices, Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy seeks to give Alaskans a break at the pump by suspending State motor fuel taxes until next June. Friday morning, Governor Dunleavy asked the Alaska House of Representatives to consider his amendment to House Bill 104. “With rising inflation eroding the financial bedrock of Alaskan homes […]