Business for Shared Prosperity

The U.S. tops the list -- but it's more complicated than that

By Jonathan Berr
InvestorPlace.com, Dec 23, 2011

From Washington, D.C., and Brasilia to Moscow and Madrid, the taxman is on a mission to squeeze more revenue from people, many of whom are struggling to make ends meet amid the worst economic slowdown since the Great Depression. He has his work cut out for him. That’s because tax evasion in all its many forms is so pervasive around the world.

By David Kocieniewski
New York Times, Sunday Nov 27, 2011

Excerpt: As he stood in the opulent marble foyer of a Fifth Avenue mansion late last month, greeting the coterie of prominent guests arriving at his private art gallery, Ronald S. Lauder was doing more than just being a gracious host. ...

ArtVoice, Nov. 28, 2011

http://blogs.artvoice.com/avdaily/2011/11/28/the-real-looters/

By Pat Garofalo
Think Progress, Nov 23, 2011

Excerpt: Frank Knapp, vice chairman of the American Sustainable Business Council, added in a statement yesterday, “the high-end Bush tax cuts are a big part of the problem – not the solution…It’s obscene to keep slashing infrastructure and services for everybody on Main Street to keep up tax giveaways for millionaires and multinational corporations.” 

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/11/23/375654/bush-tax-cut-one-percent/

7 Amazing Super Committee Headlines You'll Never See

By Richard (RJ) Eskow
Huffington Post, Nov 21

Excerpt: We keep hearing that "business" wants these cuts, but that's only true for the mega-corporations and billionaires that dominate the Washington conversation. What do the other businesses say, the ones that hire people and help to grow the economy?

By Holly Sklar
Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune News Service, 11/3/11, Updated version distributed by American Forum, 11/8/11
Known placements to date include McClatchy Newspapers, Virginian Pilot, Sacramento Bee, Atlantic City Press, Youngstown Vindicator, Herald (SC), Columbus Telegram, Bellingham Herald, many more

By Julie M. Donnelly
Boston Business Journal, Nov 11, 2011

Excerpt: Joseph Rotella, owner of Spencer Organ Company in Waltham, was in Denver this week to oversee the installation of an organ he restored at an Episcopal cathedral. He took time out for some politics.

“I stopped by the Occupy Denver site,” Rotella said. “A few weeks ago, I was in Seattle and visited the site there, and I’ve been to Occupy Boston a couple of times.”

East Valley Tribune (AZ)
Letter to the Editor, November 10, 2011

In response to the continuing inability of conservatives in Congress to effectively address the income disparity caused by a tax system designed to protect only the interests of the wealthiest Americans and the largest corporations, small business owners have organized to lobby the ‘Super Congress’ to act in their interests as well.

By Tyler Kingkade, Huffington Post
CNBC, Nov 7, 2011 

WASHINGTON -- Outraged by a new report about America's largest corporations dodging their taxes, small business owners are orchestrating a new campaign to pressure the congressional super committee into delivering a legislative fix.

By Jeanette Mulvey, Business News Daily Managing Editor, Nov 7, 2011

http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/corporation-buffett-tax-small-business-1965/

While small-business owners say they are struggling to pay their taxes, many large corporations haven't paid any taxes at all during the last few years, according to a report released on Friday (Nov. 3).

By Tyler Kingcade

Huffington Post, Nov 4 2011

Columbia Regional Business Report (SC), Nov. 4, 2011

A leader of a South Carolina small business organization has joined calls for tax reforms aimed at closing loopholes benefitting large corporations that off-shore jobs and profits.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/11/03/us-usa-tax-corporate-idUSTRE7A...

http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/domestic-taxes/191607-liberals-call-for-corporate-qbuffett-ruleq

Op-Ed By Holly Sklar
Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune News Service, Nov 3, 2011 

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/11/03/129144/repatriation-con-games.html

By Lew Prince, managing partner of Vintage Vinyl, an independent music store in St. Louis
The Hill Congress Blog, 10/27/11

I’m one of those “job creators” members of Congress profess to admire so much. Thirty-two years ago, my partner and I started a small business with $300 worth of old records and a booth at the local farmers market. We’re now the biggest independent music store in St. Louis and employ 22 people. Our annual revenue is around $2 million. We’re a classic American success story...

Business Groups Back Proposal To Lower Taxes On Foreign Earnings 

- Business groups largely back Rep. Dave Camp's proposal to change the taxation of foreign profits

- Companies support lower corporate tax rate, switch to territorial system

- Small business coalition opposes plan they say rewards U.S. multinationals

By Kristina Peterson
Dow Jones Newswires, Oct 26, 2011

CBS Sunday Morning
CBS News, Oct 23, 2011

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