SEC Says Illinois Hid Pension Issues
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323826704578354370478104256
Category: Taxes
Who’s supporting what tax? Who is affected by the tax?
Poverty on Education
Infrastructure Spending Returns More Than Costs
https://www.businessinsider.com/infrastructure-economic-multiplier-2012-11
State Debt Effect on Illinois
US Debt from 1970 – 2012
https://qz.com/26062/one-chart-that-tells-the-story-of-us-debt-from-1790-to-2011/
Mitt Romney Spitting Nonsense
https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2012/10/03/162263539/romney-goes-on-offense-pays-for-it-in-first-wave-of-fact-checks https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/10/mitt-romneys-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-foreign-policy-speech/263369/
Billionaires Hiding Taxes
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2012/jul/21/global-elite-tax-offshore-economy The less money you have, the less effectively you can use it, and this scales all the way up. If you make enough money to afford a car, you don’t have to go to the shitty grocery store across the street, and can head to one with better prices that’s out of walking distance.… Continue reading Billionaires Hiding Taxes
Republicans create debt then blame the democrats
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2011/06/23/988055/-10-Things-the-GOP-Doesnt-Want-You-to-Know-About-the-Debt
Budget Cuts Meet Poverty in the Heartland
https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/worst-ive-seen-far-budget-cuts-meet-poverty-heartland/ Congress and statehouses across the country are pushing budgets that would further cut assistance for poor people. https://www.cbpp.org/research/chairman-ryan-gets-nearly-two-thirds-of-his-huge-budget-cuts-from-programs-for-lower https://www.cbpp.org/blog/house-budget-committee-mistakes-were-made This finding emerges from a Center on Budget and Policy Priorities analysis of the Ryan plan. Table S-4 of the plan, as Chairman Ryan unveiled it on April 5, showed that the plan contains net program cuts… Continue reading Budget Cuts Meet Poverty in the Heartland