Time for a Taxpayer Revolt Against Rich Corporate Welfarists, by Ralph Nader

Uncle Sam Santa Claus brings gifts of corporate welfare

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Dandelion Salad

by Ralph Nader
The Nader Page, June 10, 2022
June 11, 2022

It is time for an unusual but long overdue revolt by the 150 million tax-with-held taxpayers. I’m not speaking of rates of taxation that the rich and corporations largely avoid because of the gigantic tax escapes, which they grease through Congress. Today I’m hoping to get your dander up by showing how corporatist politicians make you pay for big corporations to come to their corporate welfare-friendly state and make profits.

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Some Don’t Pay Their War Taxes by David Swanson

by David Swanson
Writer, Dandelion Salad
http://warisacrime.org
May 5, 2013

War tax resisters aren't buying it

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This past Saturday morning felt like mid-winter in Asheville, North Carolina, but was actually some weeks past tax day, and dozens of people were gathered in front of a federal building to say something about what federal income taxes are used for — something much more unusual than one would expect.

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