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Women would be disproportionately affected by tax plans proposed by Cain, Perry, experts say

By | 11.07.11 | 12:47 pm

As campaign-finance filings come out from 2012 Republican presidential candidates, the records show women are not big-money donors for this year’s crop of hopefuls. Recent campaign-finance records evaluated by the Center for Responsive Politics More… reveal the median percentage of campaign cash over $200 from female donors to the GOP candidates

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DC: Outdated tariff systems means the poor pay more

By Martha C. White | 06.02.10 | 6:00 am | More from The Washington Independent

The Commerce Department tweaked China recently when it slapped a 99 percent tariff More… on Chinese-made oil field pipes entering the U.S. The move was but the latest volley in a long-running skirmish over a wide variety of imports. To the extent that most people think of tariffs at all, it’s