Scott Klinger
Scott Klinger is an Associate Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. He was previously the Director of Revenue and Spending Policies at the Center for Effective Government.
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Views Wednesday, August 24, 2016 Where Has All the Money for Our Schools Gone? As fall approaches, millions of moms and dads are scrambling to prepare for the first day of school, excited to support their children’s success. But are schools ready to receive our kids and foster that success? Increasingly, the answer is no. In at least 18 states, local government funding levels... Read more |
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Views Friday, April 15, 2016 Five Taxpayer-Supported Corporations that Paid Their CEOs More than Uncle Sam As Americans put the finishing touches on their taxes, it’s a good time to look at the taxes highly profitable U.S. corporations don’t pay. Even though corporations are still in the process of reporting their 2015 CEO compensation, filings to date reveal that more than 60 Fortune 500 corporations... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, March 08, 2016 7 Things You Didn’t Know About The Ultra Rich Each year, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) publishes data on the collective income of the 400 taxpayers who report the most income on their tax returns. At the end of December, the IRS released cumulative data for the top 400 for the tax year 2013 . The delay in reporting is because tax returns... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, December 09, 2015 The Tax-Dodging Marriage of Viagra and Botox Throughout the fall, Pfizer, the maker of Viagra, has been courting Allergan, the manufacturer of Botox. Pfizer was not attracted by Allergan’s wrinkle-free face or full lips, but by its Irish “citizenship.” In its proposal to Allergan, the Viagra-maker whispered, “If we get together, we can really... Read more |
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Views Thursday, October 15, 2015 Don’t Pave Our Potholes with Corporate Tax Cuts Life was different in the 1990s. Back in ‘93, a lucky few used dial-up Internet to access one of 800 websites available worldwide. Smart phones were a distant dream. The TV dinosaur Barney had just started “edutaining” America’s children. And gas cost about $1.30 a gallon — including 18.4 cents in... Read more |
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Views Monday, July 20, 2015 For Love or Profit? The Different Worlds of the Pope and the President President Obama is desperate to pass the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal, marshalling most Republicans and some Democrats last month to narrowly push through a pact that was earlier defeated in the House. Pope Francis is eager to save the earth, “our common home” from unbridled economic... Read more |
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Views Thursday, May 14, 2015 Subsidizing the Idle Rich While Poor Kids Go Hungry To hear some politicians tell it, America’s welfare system is facing a grave crisis: Millions of poor people, they say, are idling away their time eating lobster and relaxing on cruises. Kansas Governor Sam Brownback, for example, recently signed welfare reform rules banning people receiving public... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, April 14, 2015 From Class to Caste: How Congress Is Set to Accelerate Inequality by Repealing the Estate Tax This week the Republican-controlled House of Representatives plans to pass legislation that would accelerate inequality ensuring today’s merely wealthy become tomorrow’s obscenely rich. Those who want to repeal the estate tax have labeled it “the death tax,” but they couldn’t be further from the... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, April 01, 2015 Burning Our Bridges: Failing Infrastructure in the Age of Corporate Tax-Dodging To generate funds to shore up our nation’s crumbling infrastructure, the U.S. Congress is considering giving corporations large tax cuts on their offshore profits. Under current law, corporations can defer U.S. tax payments on overseas earnings until they bring the profits to the United States. The... Read more |
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Views Thursday, March 05, 2015 Walmart Workers to Earn $10 an Hour; Walmart Heirs "Earn" $445,776 an Hour Over the last three years, strikes and pickets by Walmart’s low-wage employees have steadily expanded. Last Black Friday, protests were staged at more than 1,000 Walmart stores across the U.S. Dozens of employees were arrested. Late last month, the nation’s largest private employer finally... Read more |