Working Families » Budget http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org Vote your Values: New York’s liveliest and most progressive political party. Formed by a grassroots coalition of community organizations, neighborhood activists, and labor unions, we came together build a society that works for all of us, not just the wealthy and well-connected. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:12:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 WFP Praises Fair Share Tax Reform Act http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2009/02/wfp-praises-fair-share-reform-act/ http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2009/02/wfp-praises-fair-share-reform-act/#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2009 19:54:28 +0000 Dan Levitan http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/?p=1939 For Immediate Release: February 10, 2009

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The Working Families Party today released the following statement on the Fair Share Tax Reform Act introduced today in the Senate. It can be attributed to Dan Cantor, WFP Executive…

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The Working Families Party released today the following statement on Mayor Bloomberg’s budget address. It can be attributed to Dan Cantor, Working Families Party Executive Director:

“The catastrophic…

]]> http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2009/01/wfp-statement-on-bloombergs-budget-address/feed/ 0 Fact Check: EJ McMahon’s Prescription: Economic Death http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2009/01/fact-check-ej-mcmahons-prescription-economic-death/ http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2009/01/fact-check-ej-mcmahons-prescription-economic-death/#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:51:42 +0000 Dan Levitan http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/?p=1923

EJ McMahon just can’t help himself. The Manhattan Institute’s “Director of the Empire Center for New York Policy” proves in a series of op-eds that he’s more far-right ideologue than economist and more worried about pushing…

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]]> http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2009/01/times-millionaires-tax-likely/feed/ 0 SHARE Party: Dancing for a fair budget http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2009/01/share-party-dancing-for-a-fair-budget/ http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2009/01/share-party-dancing-for-a-fair-budget/#comments Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:15:42 +0000 Dan Levitan http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/?p=1883 Over three hundred community activists and organizers gathered at the “SHARE” party on Thursday night at Brooklyn’s Soda bar to launch a grassroots campaign to fight Governor Paterson’s devastating proposed budget cuts.

The activists, many of whom joined political organizing…

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In his State of the State address yesterday, Gov. Paterson called for “shared sacrifice” to get New York through one of the worst recessions we’ve seen in decades.

But the budget proposal the Governor presented…

]]> http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2009/01/let-the-middle-class-pay/feed/ 0 WFP Responds to Gov. Paterson’s Budget http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2008/12/wfp-responds-to-gov-patersons-budget/ http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2008/12/wfp-responds-to-gov-patersons-budget/#comments Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:08:43 +0000 Dan Levitan http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/?p=1696 WFP Director Dan Cantor was a guest on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show today discussing Gov. David Paterson’s unfair budget proposal. On Tuesday, the Governor offered a budget that raises billions in taxes on the middle class, makes devastating cuts to…

]]> http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2008/12/wfp-responds-to-gov-patersons-budget/feed/ 0 POLL: New York Demands Fair Share Approach to Budget Crisis http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2008/12/poll-new-york-demands-fair-share-approach-to-budget/ http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2008/12/poll-new-york-demands-fair-share-approach-to-budget/#comments Mon, 15 Dec 2008 17:39:13 +0000 Dan Levitan http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/?p=1668 Contact:  Dan Levitan

According to a poll conducted by Kiley & Company, and commissioned by the Working Families Party, the vast majority of New Yorkers are in strong opposition to the planned cuts by Gov. David Paterson and are…

]]> http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2008/12/poll-new-york-demands-fair-share-approach-to-budget/feed/ 0 Op-Ed: To help stop budget bleeding, raise taxes on the rich http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2008/11/op-ed-to-help-stop-budget-bleeding-raise-taxes-on-the-rich/ http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/2008/11/op-ed-to-help-stop-budget-bleeding-raise-taxes-on-the-rich/#comments Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:48:26 +0000 Dan Levitan http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/?p=1501 Working Families Party Executive Director Dan Cantor argues the merits of raising taxes on millionaires to help close New York’s budget gap in an op-ed today in the Daily News:

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The Working Families Party today released the following statement on tomorrow’s special legislative session. It can be attributed to Bob Master, Working Families Party Co-Chair:

“Tomorrow, Governor Paterson is asking New York’s working families…

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