Edwards Says He Plans Proposal to Increase Fund Managers&#39; Taxes
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Bloomberg - July 5 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards embraced the idea of raising taxes on the managers of private-equity firms and hedge funds.
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Despite calls in Washington for short-term economic relief, John McCain proposed a long-term economic plan on Thursday that would lower the corporate income tax rate and provide a host of other tax breaks for business. "We will get through this rough patch, my friends," McCain told supporters.
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U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, said on Tuesday he plans to look at the potential impact of legislation that would sharply raise taxes on private equity firms going public, such as Blackstone Group LP .
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Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards used his Sunday birthday fundraiser &#151; an event light on cash but heavy on voters &#151; to urge his shallow-pocket supporters to donate their time to help mobilize his campaign.
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Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards said Monday that raising the minimum wage and providing incentives to businesses for locating in impoverished communities could help struggling areas like the Delta region of east Arkansas.
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Nicolas Sarkozy will push for a European tax on "speculative movements" by financial groups, such as hedge funds, if he wins this year's French presidential elections.Comment
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U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd, chairman  of the Senate Banking Committee, said on Tuesday he plans to  look at the potential impact of legislation that would sharply  raise taxes on private equity firms going public, such as  Blackstone Group LP .
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Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards made almost &#36;39 million in income in a decade, his campaign disclosed Friday.
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Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards said Sunday his plan for universal health care would require higher taxes and cost up to $120 billion year.
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The chairman of the House tax-writing committee said Sunday that President Bush's drive to overhaul Social Security should lead to consideration of a value added tax or other ways to fund the entitlement program.
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Democratic presidential contender John  Edwards on Wednesday mounted an attack on excessive executive  pay and soaring oil company profits, promising a series of  moves that he said would "restore balance between America's  corporations and America's working families."
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Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards on Thursday proposed cutting health care costs by overhauling the patent process for breakthrough drugs and requiring health insurance companies to spend at least 85 percent of their premiums on patient care.
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Presidential hopeful John Edwards said Saturday he's raising enough money to compete in the early states and invoked Howard Dean's 2004 fundraising totals as a cautionary tale.
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More money would be raised from "green" taxes under the Tories, says shadow chancellor George Osborne.
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Democrat John Edwards raised more than $9 million from April through June for his presidential campaign and relied on nearly 100,000 donors during the first half of the year.
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Blackstone Group LP , which is  preparing to go public, said on Friday that proposed U.S.  Senate legislation on the taxation of private equity firms  could materially increase its tax liability and lower the  partnership&#39;s value.
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Democratic presidential hopefuls called for higher taxes on the highest-paid Americans and on big corporations Thursday and agreed in an unusually cordial debate that any thought of balancing the federal budget would have to wait.