Taxation — United States — Public opinion.

  • War tax resistance / Susan Quinlan and Tim Tieschnick ; produced by Sue Supriano.

    Susan Quinlan and Tim Tieschnick, of the Northern California War Tax Resistance, talk about the motivation and goals of war tax resistance, and what the consequences have been for them. They discuss how 60% of United States taxes go toward military purposes, and how their response is civil disobedience in which they withhold a portion…

  • Voodoo economics and class welfare / Michael Parenti.

    Voodoo economics, a term coined in 1980 by Republican Presidential candidate George Bush about his then opponent Ronald Reagan. Bush became Vice President and stopped mentioning Voodoo economics, but instead began to practice supply-side economics. Parenti describes the federal tax system as biased against the poor, and points out that Bush pushes for cuts in…