tax reform

Pew Finds 59% Support For ‘Completely Changing’ Federal Tax System, Networks Ignore

julia.seymour — Mon, 23 Mar 2015 20:09:34 +0000

Broadcast networks say nothing about support for tax overhaul and often cover taxes from the left.

Joseph Rossell

Tax Day is rapidly approaching and most Americans say the federal tax system “should be completely changed.”

The Pew Research Center recently conducted a poll that found a majority of Americans supported “Congress completely changing the federal tax system.” Pew announced the findings March 19, which showed 59 percent of its respondents agreed with a total overhaul of federal taxation.

USA Today Editorial Calls for Lower Corporate Taxes

julia.seymour — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 16:13:56 +0000

Newspaper’s view says to keep companies here, ‘write a rational tax code.’

Mike Ciandella

Liberal media outlets often champion higher taxes, or at the very least lash out at businesses for finding ways to lower their tax bills. However, USA Today offered an editorial on Aug. 14, doing the very opposite: calling for lower corporate taxes.

— Mike Ciandella is Research Analyst at the Media Research Center. Follow Mike Ciandella on Twitter.

'Mother of All Tax Hikes' Not Exactly Reaganite Reform

admin — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 20:16:34 +0000

Jeff Poor

When is “tax reform” really an enormous tax increase that could cause the middle and lower income to lose jobs?

Liberal Democratic Congressman Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) has called his new tax plan the most comprehensive tax reform since 1986, even comparing it to the Tax Reform Act President Ronald Reagan signed into law in 1986. But some consider that disingenuous.