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This Interactive Calculator Shows How Much Tax Havens Are Costing America

The amounts of money held offshore by Fortune 500 companies has doubled between 2008 and 2014.

Sanders’ Bill to Close Trump Tax Loopholes

“It's time to create a tax system which is fair and which asks the wealthy and powerful to start paying their fair share of taxes.”

The Real Scandal of Trump Paying No Taxes

Trump isn’t and was never a smart businessman. He was and is smart at gaming the system. There’s a difference.

Trump May Not Have Paid Taxes for Two Decades

According to leaked documents that show one year of his tax returns, Trump could have made over $50 million a year for nearly two decades and paid nothing in federal taxes.

If You Liked the Bush Economy, You’ll Love Trump’s Economy

Trump, like Bush, will attempt to grow the economy by giving corporations and upper class lower taxes.

Trump’s Tall Tax Tales

Donald is falsely framing his economic policies as good for working families, when he's really just protecting his own wealth.

For the Wealthy, a Taxing New Worry

“The current tax code has become an echo chamber for the economic forces driving the increase in income and wealth inequality, the blurring of economic and political influence, and the degradation of paid work.”

The Tax Debate Is Over, and Progressives Won

This is not some quirk. This is the latest example of progressive taxation outperforming conservative taxation.

The Growing Case for Massive Taxes on the Rich

Society's takers, hoarders, and cheaters just ignore the injustice, and go on avoiding taxes while they blame the less fortunate for their own misfortunes.

Gimme Shelter (From the Tax Man)

A tale of disappearing money and opportunistic candidates.

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