Taxes and Deficits Activism Kit
Here are materials from the March/April 2011 issue of Dollars & Sense to print, copy, and distribute at rallies in support of public-sector workers and on Tax Day—April 18th this year. With the aid of our flyers and buttons (available in pdf format to print and clip), you can help spread the word: TAX THE RICH! Check back for the most up-to-date information.
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March/April Editorial Note
By Chris Sturr | March/April 2011
The surge of pro—union activism in
Wisconsin is exciting and inspiring, especially
coming on the heels of liberation
movements in the Middle East. But the
struggle there is also frightening.
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Restore the Original Wealth Tax
By Polly Cleveland | March/April 2011
There’s an alternative to the drastic cuts in public services state and local officials are proposing: restore the property tax.
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Who Gets the Value We All Produce?
By Arthur MacEwan | March/April 2011
Dear Dr. Dollar: I found government statistics that seem to show that workers’ share of gross
domestic product (GDP) is just 55% and that the other 45% goes to people
who didn’t work for it. Can this be true?
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A Dirty Job No One Should Do
By John Miller | March/April 2011
Pure as the driven snow? How about
as dirty as what remains of the
Northeast’s snow piles, covered with
filth a month after record storms?
Eckhaus and his fat-cat clients richly
deserve the scorn that even his friends
have heaped upon them. The pay
packages Eckhaus negotiated are obscene.
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State Workers Face a Compensation Penalty
By Ethan Pollack | March/April 2011
The campaign against state and local
workers is often justified with claims
that they are privileged relative to their
private-sector peers or have somehow
been cushioned from the effects of the
recent recession and slow recovery.
Data from Wisconsin as well as Indiana,
New Jersey, and Ohio prove that these
claims are clearly false.
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