Sunday, March 27, 2011
New York Millionaires Offer to Pay Extra Taxes to Offset Budget Cuts
New York Millionaires Offer to Pay Extra Taxes to Offset Budget Cuts
New York Millionaires Offer to Pay Extra Taxes to Offset Budget Cuts
Julie Shapiro
First Posted: 03/25/11 10:10 AM Updated: 03/25/11 10:10 AM
MANHATTAN -- Millionaires across New York State are banding together to ask for more taxes.
About 100 wealthy New Yorkers, including actor Mark Ruffalo, say they want to do their part to help the state out of its budget crisis, and they are encouraging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to extend the so-called millionaire's tax.
New York Millionaires Offer to Pay Extra Taxes to Offset Budget Cuts
Julie Shapiro
First Posted: 03/25/11 10:10 AM Updated: 03/25/11 10:10 AM
MANHATTAN -- Millionaires across New York State are banding together to ask for more taxes.
About 100 wealthy New Yorkers, including actor Mark Ruffalo, say they want to do their part to help the state out of its budget crisis, and they are encouraging Gov. Andrew Cuomo to extend the so-called millionaire's tax.
Video: US Uncut's National Day of Action | The Nation
Video: US Uncut's National Day of Action | The Nation
"Video and photos from US Uncut’s 40 nationwide protests are beginning to come in. Perhaps the liveliest chapter is US Uncut DC whose 100+ members shut down a Bank of America branch on Saturday. Reportedly, the bank managers pulled a fire alarm as action began at the protest. This is not the first time the franchise has successfully shut down BoA’s operations."
"Video and photos from US Uncut’s 40 nationwide protests are beginning to come in. Perhaps the liveliest chapter is US Uncut DC whose 100+ members shut down a Bank of America branch on Saturday. Reportedly, the bank managers pulled a fire alarm as action began at the protest. This is not the first time the franchise has successfully shut down BoA’s operations."
ALEC | Spring Task Force Summit
ALEC | Spring Task Force Summit
Posted by: US Uncut Ohio
http://www.alec.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Spring_Task_Force_Summit&Template=%2FCM%2FHTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=14888
This is happening in Cincinnati in April!!!
ALEC | Spring Task Force Summit
www.alec.org
Dutch bankers' bonuses axed by people power
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/mar/27/dutch-bankers-bonuses-axed-by-people-power
An online campaign has overturned ING's executive pay policy, and the mood in Amsterdam is getting increasingly militant about bonuses at bailed-out banks
An online campaign has overturned ING's executive pay policy, and the mood in Amsterdam is getting increasingly militant about bonuses at bailed-out banks
Republican Party of Wisconsin attacks UW professor's right to speak -- but can't spell his name right
Republican Party of Wisconsin attacks UW professor's right to speak -- but can't spell his name right
"Why the attack? Because Cronon, the Frederick Jackson Turner and Vilas Research Professor of History, Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Rhodes Scholar and MacArthur Foundation fellow who has for decades been one of Wisconsin's most beloved public intellectuals, dared to raise questions about whether national right-wing think tanks and interest groups might be influencing the choices made by Gov. Scott Walker's administration to attack Wisconsin unions and initiate a power grab that even some Republicans worry will diminish democracy at the local level."
"Why the attack? Because Cronon, the Frederick Jackson Turner and Vilas Research Professor of History, Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Rhodes Scholar and MacArthur Foundation fellow who has for decades been one of Wisconsin's most beloved public intellectuals, dared to raise questions about whether national right-wing think tanks and interest groups might be influencing the choices made by Gov. Scott Walker's administration to attack Wisconsin unions and initiate a power grab that even some Republicans worry will diminish democracy at the local level."
One Down 7 to go - Hopper up for Recall
One Down 7 to go - Hopper up for Recall
"Efforts to recall Republican State Senator Randy Hopper from Fon du Lac have reached another milestone, as organizers issue a call for volunteers to turn in any remaining petitions to be counted. Organizer Scott Dillman says he's sure they have enough signatures to trigger the recall, but he can't give exact figures yet. He says, processing all the information they've collected so far will take a week. They need 15,000 signatures to trigger the recall and he had originally set a goal of 20,000 by April first. He says he should have set that goal higher. Once Dillman tallies and submits his petition, a candidate will have to step up to run against hopper in the recall, which could happen by this summer."
"Efforts to recall Republican State Senator Randy Hopper from Fon du Lac have reached another milestone, as organizers issue a call for volunteers to turn in any remaining petitions to be counted. Organizer Scott Dillman says he's sure they have enough signatures to trigger the recall, but he can't give exact figures yet. He says, processing all the information they've collected so far will take a week. They need 15,000 signatures to trigger the recall and he had originally set a goal of 20,000 by April first. He says he should have set that goal higher. Once Dillman tallies and submits his petition, a candidate will have to step up to run against hopper in the recall, which could happen by this summer."
Prison Economics Help Drive Ariz. Immigration Law : NPR
Prison Economics Help Drive Ariz. Immigration Law : NPR
Facebook post by: Michelle Louis
Voter ID will be the next assault in Wisconsin. Prepare. Read.
Prison Economics Help Drive Ariz. Immigration Law : NPR
www.npr.org
"The state's new law could send hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants to prison. An analysis of fund-raising documents, lobbying records and corporate reports shows that the private prison industry helped draft and pass the measure."
Facebook post by: Michelle Louis
Voter ID will be the next assault in Wisconsin. Prepare. Read.
Prison Economics Help Drive Ariz. Immigration Law : NPR
www.npr.org
"The state's new law could send hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants to prison. An analysis of fund-raising documents, lobbying records and corporate reports shows that the private prison industry helped draft and pass the measure."
ThinkProgress » Sen. Johnson’s Reaction To General Electric Paying No Taxes: Cut The Corporate Tax Rate
ThinkProgress » Sen. Johnson’s Reaction To General Electric Paying No Taxes: Cut The Corporate Tax Rate
"The New York Times reported today that General Electric’s effective tax rate in 2010 was zero. Despite making $14.2 billion in profits, the company received $3.2 billion in tax benefits. GE is able to drive down its effective tax rate via “an aggressive strategy that mixes fierce lobbying for tax breaks and innovative accounting that enables it to concentrate its profits offshore.”"
"The New York Times reported today that General Electric’s effective tax rate in 2010 was zero. Despite making $14.2 billion in profits, the company received $3.2 billion in tax benefits. GE is able to drive down its effective tax rate via “an aggressive strategy that mixes fierce lobbying for tax breaks and innovative accounting that enables it to concentrate its profits offshore.”"
Anti-cuts march swells to 400,000 | World news | guardian.co.uk
Anti-cuts march swells to 400,000 | World news | guardian.co.uk
"Barber is expected to tell this afternoon's rally in Hyde Park that there is an alternative to the "brutal" spending cuts, which have already led to the threat of 170,000 council job losses and another 50,000 elsewhere in the public sector."
A Shabby Crusade in Wisconsin - NYTimes.com
A Shabby Crusade in Wisconsin - NYTimes.com
"The latest technique used by conservatives to silence liberal academics is to demand copies of e-mails and other documents. Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli of Virginia tried it last year with a climate-change scientist, and now the Wisconsin Republican Party is doing it to a distinguished historian who dared to criticize the state’s new union-busting law. These demands not only abuse academic freedom, but make the instigators look like petty and medieval inquisitors."
"The latest technique used by conservatives to silence liberal academics is to demand copies of e-mails and other documents. Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli of Virginia tried it last year with a climate-change scientist, and now the Wisconsin Republican Party is doing it to a distinguished historian who dared to criticize the state’s new union-busting law. These demands not only abuse academic freedom, but make the instigators look like petty and medieval inquisitors."
Ohio Anti-Union Law Sparks Referendum, May Affect 2012 Elections
http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/315-19/5046-rsn-special-coverage-gops-war-on-american-labor
By Reginald Fields, The Cleveland Plain Dealer
27 March 11
By Reginald Fields, The Cleveland Plain Dealer
27 March 11
Local Economies: An Alternative Solution to the Budget Crisis
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/279-82/5423-local-economies-an-alternative-solution-to-the-budget-crisis
By Ellen Brown, Reader Supported News
27 March 11
By Ellen Brown, Reader Supported News
27 March 11
Can the smell of brats reunite Wisconsin?
http://www.jsonline.com/news/wisconsin/118721629.html
Johnsonville Sausage, the Sheboygan Falls company that donates 150,000 brats to the festival each year, is on the boycott list because of contributions made to Walker's campaign by the family owners.
Johnsonville Sausage, the Sheboygan Falls company that donates 150,000 brats to the festival each year, is on the boycott list because of contributions made to Walker's campaign by the family owners.
Pack the Dane County Courthouse -Call to Action
Pack the Dane County Courthouse -Call to Action
Wisconsin Resists, a new coalition formed to stop Scott Walker's agenda, is calling for a rally at Dane County Courthouse at 8:30AM on Tuesday, March 29, Dane County Judge Maryann Sumi was right to issue a restraining order on the publication of the Budget Repair Bill. Scott Walker broke the law in ramming through this bill. As Judge Sumi has written:... "The failure to provide timely notice before a meeting... It's not a minor detail."
Now we need a strong show of public support to show opposition to Walker's contempt for democracy. Let's keep up the pressure to Kill the Bill!
See link above....
Wisconsin Resists, a new coalition formed to stop Scott Walker's agenda, is calling for a rally at Dane County Courthouse at 8:30AM on Tuesday, March 29, Dane County Judge Maryann Sumi was right to issue a restraining order on the publication of the Budget Repair Bill. Scott Walker broke the law in ramming through this bill. As Judge Sumi has written:... "The failure to provide timely notice before a meeting... It's not a minor detail."
Now we need a strong show of public support to show opposition to Walker's contempt for democracy. Let's keep up the pressure to Kill the Bill!
See link above....
Recall The 8 Wisconsin Republican Senators
Recall The 8 Wisconsin Republican Senators
Facebook Post: 540,000 To See Scott Walker out of WI, January 2012
How are the Recall efforts going? Did you help at all today? Did you protest? If not, no worries, you still have time to volunteer and help! Share your volunteer stories and experiences in the comments below! Also, How is the Grothman recall going? I haven't heard much chatter about that, yet he seems to be the most repulsive(to me at least)!
Facebook Post: 540,000 To See Scott Walker out of WI, January 2012
How are the Recall efforts going? Did you help at all today? Did you protest? If not, no worries, you still have time to volunteer and help! Share your volunteer stories and experiences in the comments below! Also, How is the Grothman recall going? I haven't heard much chatter about that, yet he seems to be the most repulsive(to me at least)!
US Uncut
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Excellent job today, everyone. We shut down BofA branches in Washington, DC and San Francisco again, and the pictures and reports are flowing in from every corner of the continent! Stay tuned for more details on our BIG day of action on tax day this year- April 18th!"
A good day to Like US Uncut.
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We got the shafted with the bill... and they're cutting our government services. We, the People, say "You Caused This Crisis. Now YOU Pay." (Inspired by UK Uncut across the pond as described in the Nation magazine)
We, the People, say "You Caused This Crisis. Now YOU Pay."
Corporate Billionaires got bonuses, bailouts, and tax breaks too.
We got the shafted with the bill... and they're cutting our government services.
We, the People, say "You Caused This Crisis. Now YOU Pay."
It's time we take our government back. It's time corporate billionaires pay their fair share
US Uncut is a nationwide progressive grassroots protest movement.
-Because states are hemorrhaging public sector jobs amidst unnecessary draconian budget cuts and low tax revenue,
-Because 2/3rds of American corporations don't pay any income taxes,
-Because multi-billionaire headliners of the Fortune 500 list like Bank of America, GE, ExxonMobil, Citibank and others paid no income taxes in 2009,
-Because corporate tax dodgers cost the U.S. Treasury approximately $100 billion a year and $1 trillion every decade in lost tax revenue,
-Because hard-working public sector employees from California to London don't deserve to lose their jobs because of leadership failing to hold tax cheats accountable,
US Uncut has risen up to stand and say enough is enough.
Before one more teacher is fired,
Before one more police officer is given a pink slip,
Before one more honest state employee has to come home and tell their family they'll have to depend on EBT and unemployment checks to keep food on the table,
Our leaders have an obligation to make the richest of the rich pay their fair share in taxes like everyone else.
US Uncut is a non-partisan, grassroots progressive protest movement.
We're doing this of our own free will, without the financing of oil billionaires like the Koch Brothers, and without a major cable news network to do our own PR.
We aim to make our voices heard by finding the most egregious tax dodgers in this country, shutting down local branches of their businesses and refusing them the opportunity to earn income until they pay income taxes in the United States.
We are organizing via Twitter, Facebook and word of mouth. Stay tuned to this page for updates and protest locations/dates/times. US Uncut is currently organizing in-
Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico,New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Washington,West, Virginia, Wisconsin, Washington, D.C.
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Scott Walker Kills His Wisconsin Union Busting Bill By Publishing It
Scott Walker Kills His Wisconsin Union Busting Bill By Publishing It
"...In any case, this won’t be the Wisconsin Republicans first run at violating the law in order to push their anti-union measure through.
It’s obvious from recent events, including the Wisconsin Republicans attempting to intimidate a Professor who wrote a critical article about their actions for the New York Times by demanding his emails through the Wisconsin Open Records law, that the Republicans are desperate. Apparently they are so desperate that they are no longer trying to hide their agenda under the guise of a budget issue, let alone pretend what they are doing is legal."
London Protests Echo Wisconsin Anger At Conservative Class Warfare
London Protests Echo Wisconsin Anger At Conservative Class Warfare
"“TUC’s March for the Alternative” protesters spanned as far as the eye could see and were comprised of socially diverse marchers, including non-labor movement groups, pensioners, lawyers and families. It took over 800 buses and dozens of trains to transport them all to the capital, where thousands of police were dispatched to keep order. Breakaway protesters, including the group UK Uncut, were planning to occupy an area in Oxford Circus.
The organizers of the protest, TUC, say that their goal is for their government, led by David Cameron, to reconsider their current approach of spending cuts with no tax increases, an approach that has already led to massive unemployment with at least 50,000 more jobs slated to be cut and 170,000 public sector jobs at risk while corporations are not paying a fair share of the taxes.
The marchers got started fifteen minutes earlier than expected and were led by labor movement as well as people in wheelchairs, blowing whistles and calling for a general strike as they marched through central London from the Embankment to Hyde Park. Most of the protesters were peaceful, with the majority gathering in Hyde Park to listen to speeches."
"“TUC’s March for the Alternative” protesters spanned as far as the eye could see and were comprised of socially diverse marchers, including non-labor movement groups, pensioners, lawyers and families. It took over 800 buses and dozens of trains to transport them all to the capital, where thousands of police were dispatched to keep order. Breakaway protesters, including the group UK Uncut, were planning to occupy an area in Oxford Circus.
The organizers of the protest, TUC, say that their goal is for their government, led by David Cameron, to reconsider their current approach of spending cuts with no tax increases, an approach that has already led to massive unemployment with at least 50,000 more jobs slated to be cut and 170,000 public sector jobs at risk while corporations are not paying a fair share of the taxes.
The marchers got started fifteen minutes earlier than expected and were led by labor movement as well as people in wheelchairs, blowing whistles and calling for a general strike as they marched through central London from the Embankment to Hyde Park. Most of the protesters were peaceful, with the majority gathering in Hyde Park to listen to speeches."
Wisconsin GOP Tries to Silence UW Professor for Asking Questions
Wisconsin GOP Tries to Silence UW Professor for Asking Questions
"Here we have seen the true face of the Republican regime to come. This, my fellow Americans, is what we can expect a “new and improved” Republican administration of this country to look like. Be good little drones, do as you’re told, and do not question authority because we will not only refuse to answer you but we will destroy you."
"Here we have seen the true face of the Republican regime to come. This, my fellow Americans, is what we can expect a “new and improved” Republican administration of this country to look like. Be good little drones, do as you’re told, and do not question authority because we will not only refuse to answer you but we will destroy you."
Daily Kos: Wisconsin universities form unions despite Scott Walker's union-busting
Daily Kos: Wisconsin universities form unions despite Scott Walker's union-busting
"According to Prof. Chapin, Gov. Walker's budget repair bill further galvanized the faculty's resolve to form a union. "When it became clear that the governor's extremist legislation had nothing to do with balancing the budget and everything to do with denying workers' rights, UW-River Falls faculty realized the urgency in this vote. Together, we stood up, took notice, and turned out to vote.""
"According to Prof. Chapin, Gov. Walker's budget repair bill further galvanized the faculty's resolve to form a union. "When it became clear that the governor's extremist legislation had nothing to do with balancing the budget and everything to do with denying workers' rights, UW-River Falls faculty realized the urgency in this vote. Together, we stood up, took notice, and turned out to vote.""
@USUncut @USuncutBOS on Twitpic
@USUncut @USuncutBOS on Twitpic
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Source Twitter: #4april RT @USUncut: Awesome! Boston Uncutters are brandishing a monstrously large pair of http://twitpic.com/4dk3aa #March26 #USUncut about 19 hours ago via Seesmic for Android Retweeted by USuncutDC and 6 others
Vital Signs: State GOP health bills mirror model ALEC legislation
Vital Signs: State GOP health bills mirror model ALEC legislation
"All the fuss this week over ALEC, a right-wing organization said to be the mastermind behind a nationwide wave of conservative proposals and laws, inspired me to look into whether the group has anything to do with a spate of recent health legislation from Gov. Scott Walker and Republican lawmakers.
My first step was to consult an online "study guide" about the shadowy American Legislative Exchange Council written by UW-Madison history professor William Cronon. (When I first wrote this post I had a working link to ALEC but the organization seems to have blocked access in the last 24 hours.) The state GOP has filed an open records request seeking access to Cronon's e-mails, and I was curious to see what they were upset about."
"All the fuss this week over ALEC, a right-wing organization said to be the mastermind behind a nationwide wave of conservative proposals and laws, inspired me to look into whether the group has anything to do with a spate of recent health legislation from Gov. Scott Walker and Republican lawmakers.
My first step was to consult an online "study guide" about the shadowy American Legislative Exchange Council written by UW-Madison history professor William Cronon. (When I first wrote this post I had a working link to ALEC but the organization seems to have blocked access in the last 24 hours.) The state GOP has filed an open records request seeking access to Cronon's e-mails, and I was curious to see what they were upset about."
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