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UFE's Shannon Moriarty will be live-blogging from the National Coordinating Conference for the Campaign for Federal Aid to Communities on July 13th and 14th. Follow along as state organizers develop a national strategy for demanding federal aid for jobs and essential public goods and services.  

Live-blog coverage starts on Tuesday, July 13th at 1:30pm. The first session kicks off with a discussion of key issues facing the federal campaign, including a recession retrospective, federal legislation, and the 2010 fall elections.  Read more >>

July 13, 2010

Tax Fairness Organizing Collaborative is holding is member conference in Washington DC, Dec. 11-12, 2009.

December 2, 2009

April 24, 2009

Read about the exciting victories of the TFOC throughout the country in the lastest edition of the Fairness Action News...

 

 

 

April 21, 2009

The Tax Fairness Organizing Collaborative will engage in a 6-month strategic planning process to broaden and deepen its impact on tax fairness and progressive policy organizing.

December 22, 2008

This annual publication of the Tax Fairness Organizing Collaborative (TFOC), showcases the critical organizing experiences and victories of TFOC's members. Find back issues here.

June 17, 2008

The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) reports that over half of the 50 states anticipate budget problems in the fiscal year 2009. The combined budget shortfall could be over $37 billion. To the extent that new taxes will be needed, there are major opportunities to make them progressive. From UFE's March 2008 E-News. March 31, 2008

Tax fairness is the key to a fair economy, where the cost of maintaining a common government is shared on the basis of one's ability to pay.

January 2, 2008

A list of links to other groups that focus on tax fairness issues.

October 2, 2007

Economic development subsidy decisions are often made in secret by political and corporate powerbrokers. Rarely is there public input into subsidy deals - or even knowledge of basic information like costs and benefits. And yet, such deals total $50 billion per year in taxpayer expenditures. October 2, 2007