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Opinion: Tax Bad Choices, Not Necessities

(July 12) -- With government at every level desperately seeking more revenue to cope with soaring deficits, citizens should evaluate all tax proposals according to two crucial principles: It's better to tax choices than necessities, and bad choices deserve taxation more than good choices. For one thing, these distinctions...

Readers Respond: School Lunches, Taxes and Civics

(April 15) -- Editor's note: Below is a sampling of reader feedback we received to op-eds published on AOL News over the past week. The comments have been edited for length and clarity. What's Wrong With School Lunches? by Laura Vanderkam I just wanted to say "thank you" for your article. People love to complain about...

Tax Complexity By the Numbers

(April 12) -- Everyone knows paying taxes is complicated business, but getting a clear measure of just how complicated it's become in recent years is a little more difficult. Thankfully, the IRS has since 1988 attempted to calculate how long it will take the average taxpayer to fill out form 1040, and it prints the...

Opinion: A Tax Rebellion Is Brewing

(March 15) -- In one month, millions of Americans will be scrambling to file their federal income tax returns. Many will once again be reminded that no other public policy so reinforces a perception of self-dealing, unfairness and incompetence as the corrupted federal income tax code. Bloated beyond decipherability at...

Do the Rich Pay Their Fair Share of Taxes?

(Feb. 3) – The Obama administration says its proposed budget would repeal Bush-era tax cuts on wealthy families and offer tax cuts to working families, as part of its effort "to restore balance to the tax code." While the tax code certainly is out of balance, it's not in the way most people probably think. Today,...

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Mitt Romney Inconsistent On Education Money In Michigan?

Michigan's budget surplus has been widely touted as an encouraging sign of economic recovery in a recession-addled state -- enough that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney added his own praise of Republican Gov. Rick Snyder's balanced 2013 budget.

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Jobs, Energy, Values Top Issues In Obama Address

In his State of the Union speech before Congress last night, President Obama sought to reassure recession-weary Americans that the economy is on the right track, by outlining proposals aimed at helping the beleaguered middle class as the nation continues its slow recovery.

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Report: Cities strapped by declining tax revenue

WASHINGTON -A new survey says more than half of cities have cut staff, canceled projects or raised fees this year to cope with shrinking property- and income-tax revenue.

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Unions Go After Gang Of Six Deficit-Cutting Plan: 'It Would Kill Jobs'

Unions are coming down hard on the so-called "Gang of Six" deficit-cutting plan, blasting the bipartisan proposal with a harsh ad set to come out Friday in Capitol-focused publications.