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What Would a Cut to the Top Individual Income Tax Rate Mean for Virginians?

What Would a Cut to the Top Individual Income Tax Rate Mean for Virginians?

 4 in 10 Virginians Would See No Benefit, Federal Government Stands to Gain RICHMOND, VA - A proposal to eliminate Virginia's top individual income tax rate would ov ...

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Community Calls on Rep. Hurt to Stop Shutdown and Fund Government

Community Calls on Rep. Hurt to Stop Shutdown and Fund Government

For Immediate Release: October 15, 2013What: Community call to action for U.S. Representative Robert Hurt When: Wednesday, October 16 at 12:15 p.m. Where: ...

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Tax Fairness on Tax Day!

Tax Fairness on Tax Day!

 Yesterday, Virginia Organizing leaders in Richmond, Charlottesville and Hampton Roads participated in actions to promote tax fairness on Tax Day. In Charlottesville, we held ...

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A Letter to Senator Warner on Budget Negotiations

A Letter to Senator Warner on Budget Negotiations

March 20, 2013Dear Senator Warner,We are writing to strongly support the plan to raise $975 billion in new taxes over the next 10 years that is contained in the Senate Budget Reso ...

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It’s Here

It’s Here

  It's here. The automatic budget cuts known as the sequester have started and some people have already started to feel this burden. Virginia Organizing leader ...

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The Great Wealth Gap

The Great Wealth Gap

What do you think the wealth distribution is in America? What do you think it should be? Click here to watch this informative video to learn more about wealth inequity and how con ...

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Armed With Powerful New Data, Progressive Groups Launch Grassroots Campaign to Enable Medicare Drug-Price Negotiations

Armed With Powerful New Data, Progressive Groups Launch Grassroots Campaign to Enable Medicare Drug-Price Negotiations

 Washington, D.C. – American taxpayers could save as much as $541 billion by 2022 if Congress and the President enable Medicare to negotiate drug prices like other ...

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Economist Says a Fairer Tax Code Could Close the Deficit

Economist Says a Fairer Tax Code Could Close the Deficit

By Monique Coppolahttp://www.publicnewsservice.org/index.php?/content/article/30543-1(01/28/13) RICHMOND, Va. - Some in Congress want cut Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security to ...

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Governor proposes ‘radical’ shift in transportation funding

Governor proposes ‘radical’ shift in transportation funding

By Michael SlussJanuary 9, 2012http://www.roanoke.com/politics/wb/318794RICHMOND -- Virginia's gasoline tax would be eliminated and its retail sales tax would increase from 5 ...

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Don’t Cut Social Security to Pay for Pentagon Waste!

Don’t Cut Social Security to Pay for Pentagon Waste!

December 20, 2012Social Security benefit cuts are part of the emerging fiscal showdown deal. But the deal includes only $100 billion in cuts to the bloated Pentagon budget!We ...

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