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* [http://portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=133479339159801600 Big salaries escape school cuts: Groups say PPS budget ax is hitting the wrong positions] By Jennifer Anderson
* [http://portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=133479339159801600 Big salaries escape school cuts: Groups say PPS budget ax is hitting the wrong positions] By Jennifer Anderson
: Portland Public Schools is a land of many chiefs.
: Portland Public Schools is a land of many chiefs.
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* [http://www.portlandoccupier.org/2012/03/26/a-corporate-budget-or-a-peoples-budget/ A Corporate Budget or a People’s Budget?] By Shamus Cooke
* [http://www.portlandoccupier.org/2012/03/26/a-corporate-budget-or-a-peoples-budget/ A Corporate Budget or a People’s Budget?] By Shamus Cooke
: How are government budgets created, and in whose interests?
: How are government budgets created, and in whose interests?
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* [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/20/us/rejecting-buffett-rule-house-passes-business-tax-cut.html Rejecting ‘Buffett Rule,’ House Passes Business Tax Cut] By JONATHAN WEISMAN
: Republicans are in talks about pushing a bill to extend the Bush-era tax cuts of 2001 and 2003 before the November election, and ahead of their expiration in January.
* [http://www.npr.org/2012/04/17/150787152/senate-republicans-block-debate-on-buffett-rule Senate Republicans Block Debate On Buffett Rule] DAVID WELNA
: The [[wikipedia:Buffett Rule|Buffett Rule]] bill would "restore the confidence of middle-class Americans in our tax system by assuring that those at the very top of the income spectrum aren't paying lower rates than regular families do."


* [http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/04/13/the-arrest-of-george-zimmerman/ The Arrest of George Zimmerman] by MARK VORPAHL
* [http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/04/13/the-arrest-of-george-zimmerman/ The Arrest of George Zimmerman] by MARK VORPAHL

Revision as of 13:49, 19 April 2012

News Clips

Local
Portland Public Schools is a land of many chiefs.
“I look around here and all I see are broken hearts.”
“For every dollar we save now,” said Labors’ Local 483’s Kevin Stampflee, “we lose ten dollars down the road when things are worse. So do we wait for it to crumple, or do we fix it now?”
Proposed urban-renewal area could boost university development by $100 million
How are government budgets created, and in whose interests?
National
Republicans are in talks about pushing a bill to extend the Bush-era tax cuts of 2001 and 2003 before the November election, and ahead of their expiration in January.
The Buffett Rule bill would "restore the confidence of middle-class Americans in our tax system by assuring that those at the very top of the income spectrum aren't paying lower rates than regular families do."
Mass Action Gets Results