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We can stop identity theft -- by making credit report freezes the default option

Imagine this scenario: You hear about a big data breach at a major credit bureau on the news. Millions of people have had their financial data compromised.

The next thing you know, someone is opening lines of credit in your name and you’re on the hook for a big purchase you didn’t make. You’ve just had your identity stolen.

If your credit reports had been frozen, the identity thief wouldn’t have been able to do much with your information.

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Tell your governor: We should be able to fix the stuff we own

Americans throw away 416,000 cell phones every day.

That’s staggering -- and more than a little depressing. Are we really that wasteful by nature? Why not just get your phone fixed when it breaks, so you don’t have to shell out another $900 for a new one?

As it turns out, making these repairs isn’t that simple. Many companies have refused to make parts, manuals or repair software available to independent fixers -- forcing many users whose devices just need minor repairs to trash them and spend hundreds on new ones.

States have an opportunity to pass “right to repair” laws that would

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"Paradise for Tax Dodgers" -- Our Response To Tax Bills Passage

"This bill does nothing to help build an economy that works for people -- and instead rewards tax dodging companies. Though the proponents say that it would improve take home pay and boost economic growth, economists say that simply isn’t true."

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Expensive tax cut bill fails fairness test

On 11/2, a draft version from Congress' Ways and Means Committee to make significant changes to the U.S. tax system. Here's our take: 

Our tax code is clearly in need of a serious overhaul, but, to me, this falls short of a serious effort. 

There is broad agreement that we need to level the playing field on corporate taxes. Currently corporate tax loopholes allow companies to stash money offshore, meaning that bigger businesses have distinct advantages over their smaller wholly domestic competitors. 

But this legislation as drafted would not end this practice and continue to reward

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Right Problems, Wrong Solutions: Fair Share responds to Paul Ryan's tax reform push

In response to House Speaker Paul Ryan's renewed push, rolled out on Tuesday, June 20, around tax reform, Fair Share's Nathan Proctor said:

"There is a lot to the conversation about tax reform where there is broad agreement. Paul Ryan says we need to prevent offshoring, and we agree. He talks about getting rid of loopholes to make the tax code fairer, and we agree. He talks about shoring America up in anxious times, and we agree. But instead of closing loopholes, the plans we've seen would create new, bigger loopholes ...

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