Tallian rips inadequate state spending, illusory tax cuts

INDIANAPOLIS | State Sen. Karen Tallian, D-Ogden Dunes, who led budget negotiations for the Senate Democrats, is disappointed with the spending and tax cut plan approved last week by the Republican-controlled General Assembly.

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Clinton was quarterback for political games with economy

For 10 years, Democrats have insisted President Bush’s 2002 tax cuts benefited only the rich. Dan Hallowell agrees. In his Jan. 13 letter, he refers to Bush’s “tax cut for the wealthy."

Area lawmakers wanted more from fiscal cliff deal

INDIANAPOLIS | Three months ago, well before the United States sailed over the fiscal cliff, U.S. Rep. Pete Visclosky, D-Merrillville, told The Times he expected Congress would "at best, kick the can down the road" on taxes and spending.

We deserve the kind of government we elect

We are a sorry mess, many of us 99 percenters, who find ourselves at the bottom of capitalism's junk heap. And so many of us are bamboozled by the promise of the Republican/Tea Party intention to "fix things."

Ind. Chamber of Commerce skeptical of Pence's tax cut plan

INDIANAPOLIS | The state's most powerful business organization on Monday added its voice to the chorus of legislative leaders skeptical that Indiana can afford the 10 percent income tax cut proposed by Republican Gov.-elect Mike Pence.

Lawmakers face tough choices on what to do with $2.15B budget reserve

INDIANAPOLIS | With $2.15 billion in the bank, Indiana is the envy of states awash in red ink due to excessive spending or lackluster revenue.

Where are tax cuts for average Americans?

To The Times editor and all tea partiers. Gov. Mitch Daniels has now sold us a bridge on Cline Avenue that we will have to pay for until the end of time (tolls). Can you explain why we are paying gas taxes that are supposed to be used to repair our roads and bridges?

Please tell our elected officials to get rid of payroll tax cut

The two-month tax extension just passed allows everyone enough time to contact their congressman and demand it be changed.

BRIAN HOWEY: As American anxiety builds, London is calling

It was fascinating to watch the "Arab Spring" go viral over the Internet last winter, from Tunisia to Egypt, Bahrain, Jordan and Syria. This is the reality of the interconnected world we live in.

Tax cuts are not the only option

States should consider broadening their economic development agendas beyond tax cuts for businesses, Michigan-based Timothy Bartik said last week. Instead, Indiana and other Midwest states should invest in early childhood education.

States need to change work force strategies

FLINT, Mich. | States should consider broadening their economic development agendas beyond exploring tax cuts for businesses, a Michigan-based employment economist said Wednesday.

Start speaking up for us, not just for wealthy

In Ohio, Wisconsin, Florida, Indiana, Arizona, the list goes on. All the Republican governors are cutting the taxes for the rich. All the while they are asking the teachers, firefighters and all state employees to contribute more toward their pensions and health care costs. Isn't that a tax …

Politicians don't understand realities of middle class life

Something in Washington reeks, and it's not the dreary swamp the city was built on; it's deficit hypocrites. You might have seen them on TV -- folks who have no clue what life's like for ordinary Americans. They are fighting for $700 billion in tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires but …