STATEMENT: Senate Democrats Pass Inflation Reduction Act To Lower Drug Prices, Make Health Care and Energy Costs More Affordable
For Immediate Release: August 7, 2022 Contact: Kirstin Snow, snow@pennbpc.org Senate Democrats Pass Inflation Reduction Act...
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Build Back Better Will Cut Taxes For All But the Top 1% of Pennsylvanians
Thanks to our friends at the Institute on Tax and Economic Policy, we have new data on the impact...
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STATEMENT: U.S. House Passage of ‘Build Back Better’ Advances Transformational Investments in U.S. Jobs, Families
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Kirstin Snow; snow@pennbpc.org; 215.510.9336 STATEMENT: U.S. House Passage of ‘Build Back Better’ Advances Transformational Investments...
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MEMO: The Corporate Profits Minimum Tax and Why We Need It
Democrats are set to introduce a 15% corporate minimum tax as a funding mechanism for the Build Back Better...
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The “Billionaire Tax”: What It Is and Why We Need It
UPDATE: Senator Ron Wyden has released his “Billionaires Income Tax” legislation—read the language of the bill here: https://www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Billionaires%20Income%20Tax.pdf. As...
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The Update: What’s Happening in Harrisburg and DC – July 12, 2021
MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR Coming back from the 4th of July holiday this week, I am reminded...
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Reps. Madeleine Dean and Dwight Evans Join the 99% PA and Advocates to Rally for the Build Back Better Agenda and Taxing the Ultra-Rich
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kirstin Snow; snow@pennbpc.org text 215-510-9336 RELEASE- TODAY 7:45 PM- Visual Event Held at 5th...
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Doubling of PA Billionaire Wealth—Almost All Tax-Free—Shows Need for Biden’s Investment & Tax Plans
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Blockbuster Investigation on Tax Avoidance Shows Clear Need for Bold Federal Tax Changes
Last month’s ProPublica revelations identified what many experts, some lawmakers, and a majority of Americans already knew about the U.S. tax code: Policymakers over the past several decades...
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Tax Freedom Day? Not Really.
Every year the Tax Foundation, a conservative think tank, releases a report about “Tax Freedom Day,” a made-up day...
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A New Proposal Would Give a Much-Needed Boost to Pennsylvania’s Working Families
Senator Bob Casey today joined Senators Sherrod Brown, Michael Bennet, Dick Durbin, and Ron Wyden to introduce the Working...
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Misconceptions and Realities About Who Pays Taxes
In this Reports and Briefing Papers, we examine the figures commonly cited as evidence that low- and moderate-income families...
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