World-News

Michigans GOP Governor Slashes Corporate Tax Rate by 86 Percent, Hikes Taxes for Working Poor

Pat Garofolo, ThinkProgress: 'As we've been documenting, several conservative governors have proposed placing the brunt of deficit reduction onto the backs of their states public employees, students, and middle-class taxpayers, while simultaneously trying to enact corporate tax cuts and giveaways. Govs. Rick Scott (R-FL), Tom Corbett (R-PA), and Jan Brewer (R-AZ) have all gone down this road. Following suit, Gov. Rick Snyder (R-MI) has proposed ending his state's Earned Income Tax Credit, cutting a $600 per child tax credit, and reducing credits for seniors, while also cutting funding for school districts by eight to ten percent. At the same time, as the Michigan League for Human Services found, the state's business taxes would be reduced by nearly $2 billion, or 86 percent ...'

http://www.truth-out.org/michigans-gop-gov-slashes-corporate-tax-rate-86-percent-hikes-taxes-working-poor68453



The Corporate-GOP Attack on Americas Middle Class

Jim Hightower, OtherWords: 'Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's autocratic attempt to abrogate the democratic right of public employees to bargain with their governmental bosses is not wearing well with the public. Recent polls show that a mere one-third of Wisconsinites favor his blatantly political power play, and that if he had told voters in the last year's election that he intended to do this, he would've lost.'

http://www.truth-out.org/the-corporate-gop-attack-americas-middle-class68434



The Key to Rebuilding Workers' Power: Unrig the Rules

Dean Baker, Truthout: 'The battle in Wisconsin over the rights of public-sector workers holds the potential to reawaken workers across the country to demand their fair share of the economic pie. This could be an important turning point. However, if workers are to make real progress, they must move to alter the rules of the game. These rules have been deliberately rigged against them over the last three decades.'

http://www.truth-out.org/the-key-rebuilding-workers-power-unrig-rules68440



Kucinich Rallies Wisconsin

Video

Dennis Kucinich, VNS: Congressman Dennis Kucinich speaks to the people in Madison, Wisconsin, on Saturday March 12.

http://www.truth-out.org/dennis-kucinich-remarks-in-wisconsin68461



What's Next for Wisconsin?

Mark Brenner and Jane Slaughter, Labor Notes: 'Wisconsin Republicans copped to the fact Wednesday that their political standoff with the rest of the state was really about smashing unions, not closing the state's budget gap. Twenty-four hours later - after some dizzying political acrobatics - they rammed through a measure to strip collective bargaining rights from public sector workers, flouting public opinion and the state's open meeting laws. For Wisconsin's working class this move was a clear sign - as if one was needed - that the state's millionaires and billionaires (and the politicians who carry their water) will stop at nothing to ram through their agenda. And for the rest of the labor movement, it's a sign of things to come.'

http://www.truth-out.org/whats-next-wisconsin68452



http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Wisconsin
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Michigan
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Kucinich
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Scott+Walker
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Rick+Scott
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Tom+Corbett
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jan+Brewer
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=conservative
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Republican
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=GOP
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=tax+cuts
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=middle+class
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=workers
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=unions
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=bargaining
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=working+poor
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=taxpayer
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Pat+Garofolo
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Jim+Hightower
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Dean+Baker
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Jane+Slaughter
-----