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		<title>New IRS Rules: Obamacare Tax Rules Document Dump</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/02/04/new-irs-rules-obamacare-tax-provision-document-dump/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/02/04/new-irs-rules-obamacare-tax-provision-document-dump/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michelle Malkin reports that the transparency President has done another one of his patented Friday afternoon document dumps,¹ this time with the voluminous and highly complex IRS rules for implementing the tax provisions of Obamacare: (footnote is mine). If it’s Friday, it’s another White House dump day. Cue the dump truck horn: Doot! Doot! Doot! While Obama [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Anti-Romney: One Percenter Pays 102% of Taxable Income in Federal, State and Local Taxes</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/02/03/one-percenter-james-ross-pays-102-of-income-in-federal-state-and-local-taxes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/02/03/one-percenter-james-ross-pays-102-of-income-in-federal-state-and-local-taxes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics of Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[occupy wall street]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soak the rich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax the rich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[top 1 percent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[who pays taxes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pappasontaxes.com/?p=29273</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The left would have you believe that 1 percenters like Warren Buffett and Mitt Romney are the poster boys for a tax system that favors the rich. Enter James Ross, a 1 percenter who paid 102% of his 201o taxable income in federal income, state income local taxes. James Stewart of the Associated Press has the story: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Nation of Takers</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/02/02/a-nation-of-takers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/02/02/a-nation-of-takers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics of Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charles sykes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[entitlements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moocher nation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A fellow named Charles Sykes has written a new book titled A Nation of Takers: America&#8217;s Addiction to Getting Something for Nothing. In the first pages of his book Sykes presents a few scenes from what he calls &#8220;Moocher Nation.&#8221; Here&#8217;s my favorite scene: Q.  Why are you here? A.  To get some money Q.  What [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tax Compliance Increases as Tax Rates Decline</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/02/01/tax-compliance-increases-as-tax-rates-decline/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/02/01/tax-compliance-increases-as-tax-rates-decline/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics of Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[daniel mitchell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[david cay johnston]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[high tax rate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[low tax rate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax compliance rate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pappasontaxes.com/?p=29245</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last month in American Tax Compliance Rates Highest in Civilized World Despite What David Cay Johnston Says I refuted David Cay Johnston&#8217;s absurd claim that America&#8217;s low tax rates are the cause of it&#8217;s alleged rampant tax evasion: Johnston claims that there is “rampant evasion in the U.S.” even though the very study he cites shows that there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buffett Rule Irony: Tax Won&#8217;t Apply to Warren Buffett</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/30/buffett-rule-irony-tax-wont-apply-to-warren-buffett/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/30/buffett-rule-irony-tax-wont-apply-to-warren-buffett/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics of Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buffett rule]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[james freeman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surtax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax the rich]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By way of Paul Caron, the WSJ reports that the Buffett Rule, if enacted, won&#8217;t apply to its namesake: Wall Street Journal, Will Buffett Avoid the Buffett Rule? The Sage of Omaha Is Already Positioned to Shield Most of His Rising Wealth From Such a Tax, by James Freeman: Billionaire Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Warren Buffett Deserves to Pay Taxes at a Lower Rate than his Secretary</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/29/warren-buffett-deserves-to-pay-taxes-at-a-lower-rate-than-his-secretary/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/29/warren-buffett-deserves-to-pay-taxes-at-a-lower-rate-than-his-secretary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics of Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buffett rule]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fair share]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[progressive tax]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please bear with me on this one. If Warren Buffett really does pay taxes at a lower rate than his secretary does, it is a fairer result than if he paid taxes at a higher rate.¹ Here&#8217;s why: Warren Buffett employs his secretary. Debbie Bosanek employs no one Warren Buffett, directly and indirectly, employs hundreds of thousands of workers. Debbie [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Debating Taxes with People Who Think You Just Want to Buy a Bigger Yacht</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/29/debating-taxes-with-people-who-think-you-just-want-to-buy-a-bigger-yacht/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/29/debating-taxes-with-people-who-think-you-just-want-to-buy-a-bigger-yacht/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics of Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big government]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pappasontaxes.com/?p=29135</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the first rules of debate is that you should endeavor to understand your opponent&#8217;s argument &#8211; both the strong and weak points &#8211; better than he does. The pro-tax left is, apparently, unaware of this rule. Count left-leaning economist Robert H. Frank among those who simply do not understand why many conservative Americans, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maule Responds &amp; Pappas Rebuts</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/28/maule-responds-pappas-rebuts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/28/maule-responds-pappas-rebuts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 19:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics of Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[james maule]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soak the rich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax lies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax myths]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pappasontaxes.com/?p=29033</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In his post Lying About Tax Myths Professor Maule responds point by point to my recent post More Lies About Tax Lies. I have published Maule&#8217;s entire post below. After each of his assertions, I give my rebuttal. 1.  Maule&#8217;s Assertion: Peter Pappas is at it again. My Rebuttal: I agree, I am at it again. &#8220;It&#8221; being the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bottom 60% Receive More Government Benefits than they Pay in Taxes</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/25/bottom-60-receive-more-government-benefits-than-they-pay-in-taxes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/25/bottom-60-receive-more-government-benefits-than-they-pay-in-taxes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics of Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[equality lie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fair share]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[income inequality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scott hodge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax lies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wealth inequality]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scott Hodge of the Tax Foundation has, in rebuttal to President Obama&#8217;s State of the Union speech, published two charts that show how radically progressive our current tax system is: We found that federal tax and spending policies are already very progressive and redistributive. As the charts below indicate, the bottom 60 percent of families [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Romney&#8217;s Effective Tax Rate Closer to 45%</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/25/romneys-effective-tax-rate-closer-to-45/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/25/romneys-effective-tax-rate-closer-to-45/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 13:17:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics of Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxes 101]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[capital gains]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[double tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mitt romney tax]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pappasontaxes.com/?p=28975</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[John Berlau and Trey Kovacs of The Wall Street Journal point out that Mitt Romney&#8217;s capital gains income was paid with after-tax corporate dollars and, therefore, taxed twice. I don&#8217;t expect people on the left to understand this. And even if they do, I don&#8217;t expect them to stop their anti-rich, class-warrior, Buffett secretary nonsense. But hope springs eternal. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pro-Tax Candidate John Kerry&#8217;s Tax Rate Lower Than Anti-Tax Candidate Mitt Romney&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/24/tax-the-rich-candidate-johnkerrys-tax-rate-was-lower-than-romneys/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/24/tax-the-rich-candidate-johnkerrys-tax-rate-was-lower-than-romneys/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics of Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[john kerry taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mitt romney taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax hypocrisy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pappasontaxes.com/?p=28959</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[John Kerry, the Democratic nominee for President in 2004, paid a lower rate of taxes than Mitt Romney paid in 2010. Of course, we didn&#8217;t hear much about Mr. Kerry&#8217;s low tax rate from the mainstream press even though, unlike Romney, he thinks the rich are undertaxed. It almost seems unfair to point out that unlike Mr. Romney, who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Lies about Tax Lies</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/24/more-lies-about-tax-lies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/24/more-lies-about-tax-lies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:26:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics of Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[equality lie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fair share lie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[james maule]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax lies]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pappasontaxes.com/?p=28858</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Professor James Maule has, once again, lied about who tells tax lies. He lists five myths &#8211; he really means lies &#8211; which he says the right tells about taxes. In this post I will discuss and hopefully refute the first three of them. Maule&#8217;s First Myth The first myth, that “47% of Americans do not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Romney to Release Tax Returns on Tuesday</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/22/romney-to-release-tax-returns-on-tuesday/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/22/romney-to-release-tax-returns-on-tuesday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 20:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Campaign 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics of Taxes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reuters reports that Mitt Romney will release his 2010 tax return and an estimate for 2011 on Tuesday: Humbled by a stunning loss in South Carolina, Mitt Romney said on Sunday he would release this week the tax returns demanded by rivals in his bid to regain the upperhand in the volatile Republican presidential race. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tax Unfairness: Bottom 99% Pays Only 63% of Income Taxes</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/16/bottom-99-not-paying-fair-share-stingy-with-charitable-giving/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/16/bottom-99-not-paying-fair-share-stingy-with-charitable-giving/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:26:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics of Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Policy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[who pays taxes]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pappasontaxes.com/?p=28790</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a 2007 blog post appearing in The American Stephen Moore reported that the top one percent of American income earners pay 37% of the federal income tax: The latest data show that a big portion of the federal income tax burden is shoul­dered by a small group of the very richest Americans. The wealthiest 1 percent of the population earn 19 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buffett&#8217;s Absurd Tax Challenge to Republicans</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/12/buffett-doesnt-get-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/12/buffett-doesnt-get-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 05:33:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics of Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[buffett rule]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax increases]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax the rich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[voluntary tax]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Self-declared undertaxed billionaire Warren Buffett says he&#8217;ll contribute money to the Treasury if self-declared overtaxed Republicans do the same. You read that right. Let me illustrate Buffet&#8217;s crazy reasoning with a bit of imaginary dialogue straight from the theater of the absurd: Warren Buffett:  All rich people should pay more taxes because I don&#8217;t think I don&#8217;t pay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newt Says Mitt Raised Taxes on the Blind?</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/07/newt-says-mitt-raised-taxes-on-the-blind/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/07/newt-says-mitt-raised-taxes-on-the-blind/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2012 23:13:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics of Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newt Gingrich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[romney tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[state tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax the blind]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Chris Moody of The Ticket reports that : Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has added a new item to his repertoire of attacks against Mitt Romney since his decision to turn up the heat on the former governor, telling a local Republican group on Friday that Romney raised taxes on the blind. &#8220;Governor Romney &#8230; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Admits Tax Cuts Create Jobs</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/06/obama-admits-tax-cuts-create-jobs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/06/obama-admits-tax-cuts-create-jobs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:16:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics of Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[december jobs report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[james maule]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax cuts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.pappasontaxes.com/?p=28630</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The economy added 200,000 jobs in December and President Obama is taking credit for it. The only problem is what he&#8217;s taking credit for happens to be tax cuts. Here&#8217;s an excerpt of Obama&#8217;s speech from the White House website (emphasis added): This morning we learned that American businesses added another 212,000 jobs last month &#8230; . And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IRS To Conduct Show Audits of Uber-Rich in Election Year</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/06/irs-to-conduct-show-audits-of-uber-rich-in-election-year/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/06/irs-to-conduct-show-audits-of-uber-rich-in-election-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IRS Audits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics of Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[class warfare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax the rich]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The AP reports that the IRS has continued to allocate more of its resources to the examination of the tax returns of the super rich: One in eight people earning at least $1 million annually was audited by the Internal Revenue Service last year, making them far likelier to be examined than those making below $200,000, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Romney&#8217;s Tax Returns</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/05/romneys-tax-returns/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/05/romneys-tax-returns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics of Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charitable contributions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disclosure of tax returns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[joe biden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[romney tax return]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[BusinessWeek&#8217;s Julie Hirschfield Davis wonders why Mitt Romney says he won&#8217;t release his income tax returns: Romney, a multimillionaire who is by far the wealthiest of the Republican presidential candidates, said he has no plans to release his income tax returns if he wins his party’s nomination, setting himself apart from past nominees in both [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Linda Beale Defends the Inequality Tax</title>
		<link>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/05/linda-beale-defends-the-inequality-tax/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pappasontaxes.com/index.php/2012/01/05/linda-beale-defends-the-inequality-tax/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics of Taxes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tax Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[inequality tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[james maule]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[linda beale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soak the rich]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax the rich]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Tax law professor and blogger Linda Beale chimes in on the Inequality Tax: I&#8217;ve often argued here that vast inequality is harmful to democracy, and that the kind of unequal society that we have today, reflected the Gilded Age of yore, is especially worrisome.  Much of what is happening in this country that threatens freedom [...]]]></description>
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