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Warren Buffet on a Just Tax
Thursday, November 30th, 2006Warren Buffet thinks it’s unjust that he, one of the richest men in the world, pays less tax (as a percentage of income) than the secretaries in his office. And he manages to pay less without the benefit of any loophole-stretching tax planning. It turned out that Mr. Buffett, with immense income from dividends and [...]
Can you afford the ghetto tax?
Friday, July 28th, 2006From Barbara Ehrenreich’s response to the question, “Can you afford to be poor?” A new study from the Brookings Institute documents the “ghetto tax,” or higher cost of living in low-income urban neighborhoods. It comes at you from every direction, from food prices to auto insurance. A few examples from this study, by Matt Fellowes, [...]