It’s tax season. And that means tax policy is at the center of the public debate. So are claims about how changes to the tax code will affect small businesses. To separate fact from fiction, the Main Street Alliance released a pair of new “straight talk” fact sheets addressing topics relating to small business andContinue reading “Straight Talk on Taxes with Small Business Owners”
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Daley’s View from Washington: The Pope, Bob Dole, and the Financial Transaction Tax
What do the Pope, Bob Dole, and the Archbishop of Canterbury have in common? They all support some version of a proposal to tax financial speculation. How about we try a tax idea that curbs unproductive speculation on Wall Street and raises money to pay for the governmental services? That is exactly what the Financial TransactionContinue reading “Daley’s View from Washington: The Pope, Bob Dole, and the Financial Transaction Tax”
Small Business Owners Say Big Corporations Not Paying Fair Share of Taxes
A new nationwide poll of small business owners’ views on taxes includes some findings that turn K Street lobbyists’ anti-tax talking points on their head. In particular, the poll found that small business owners are up in arms about corporate tax loopholes, offshore tax havens, and corporations and millionaires who don’t pay their fair share.Continue reading “Small Business Owners Say Big Corporations Not Paying Fair Share of Taxes”
Affiliate Highlight: The Montana Organizing Project
Alliance for a Just Society affiliate The Montana Organizing Project (MOP) is a collaboration of diverse community, civic, labor, faith groups, and community members. Located in Missoula and Billings, MOP works on economic, racial and social justice issues, with the mission of promoting the dignity and empowerment of people with low and middle incomes whoContinue reading “Affiliate Highlight: The Montana Organizing Project”
Keep Five Million Immigrant Children Out of Poverty
From Reform Immigration For America: It was only a few years ago that Congress changed the eligibly of a special tax credit for American families, to include undocumented parents with citizen children. This refund, known as the Additional Child Tax Credit, has granted over 2 million families a financial break on the money spent caring for theirContinue reading “Keep Five Million Immigrant Children Out of Poverty”
The 99% are Headed to DC to Take Back the Capitol
The Alliance for a Just Society is supporting the call for thousands of Americans to go to Washington, DC in the first week of December to make the voices of the 99% heard and counter the influence of the 1%. Alliance affiliates from Montana, Idaho, Nevada, Colorado, Washington and Virginia will all make the trekContinue reading “The 99% are Headed to DC to Take Back the Capitol”
Small Business Owners Bring Main Street Voices to Washington, DC
On October 20, an all-star team of small business leaders from across the Main Street Alliance network made the trek to Washington, DC to represent the voice of Main Street small businesses in the nation’s capital. Business owners came from Montana, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, and Washington to participate in meetings on Capitol Hill.Continue reading “Small Business Owners Bring Main Street Voices to Washington, DC”
Report from DC: Can A Financial Transaction Tax Fix The Deficit?
A financial transaction tax (FTT) is one proposal being debated by economists as a solution to the national budget deficits both in the US and in Europe. The FTT would place a small tax on stock and commodity trade, and a version of it has been introduced in the Congress by Representative Peter DeFazio (D-Oregon)Continue reading “Report from DC: Can A Financial Transaction Tax Fix The Deficit?”