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BIOGRAPHY
Natasha Altamirano is Manager of Media Relations for the Tax Foundation, where she publicizes the organization’s research through traditional and social media outreach. Prior to joining the Tax Foundation, Natasha served as Communications Manager for the National Taxpayers Union, a nonpartisan taxpayer advocacy organization, and its research affiliate, the National Taxpayers Union Foundation. In that role, she assisted the organizations' public-outreach operation through building media relations, serving as managing editor of NTU’s and NTUF’s newsletters, and overseeing the development of numerous external-affairs projects.
As a former journalist, Natasha brings strong writing, editing, and communications skills to the Tax Foundation. She previously worked as a reporter at The Washington Times, where she wrote about local immigration news, and The Free Lance-Star in
She graduated with a B.A. in English from the
COMMENTARIES
NTU Study: Individuals, Corporations Spend Nearly $300 Billion on Tax Compliance
By Natasha Altamirano | 04/15/09
NTU Released its 11th annual study of tax complexity trends recently. Among the findings: Taxpayers using any of the 1040 tax form series will spend an average of 26.4 hours and $209 completing their returns for the most current tax year, up from 25.4 hours and $185 four years ago. Treasury Department paperwork, some 90 percent of which consists of personal and business income tax forms, imposes a burden of 7.75 billion hours on... read more »
Register Now for National Taxpayers Conference 2009!
By Natasha Altamirano | 03/23/09
Don't miss out on Tax Revolt 2.0 this summer - register now for National Taxpayers Conference 2009 at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City just outside the Nation's Capital June 11-13. Join taxpayer activists and policymakers from around the country at the National Taxpayers Union's biennial event. The speakers' lineup - including current and former elected officials from the state and federal levels - currently is being finalized, but promises... read more »
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NTU Launches Text Messaging Advocacy Service
By Natasha Altamirano | 03/04/09
Last week, the 362,000-member National Taxpayers Union announced its use of an integral technology -- text messaging -- to activate concerned citizens nationwide on important matters of fiscal policy at the federal and state levels. Taxpayers can opt in to NTU's free service* by texting "FIGHT" to 54608.It's no secret that the right is two steps behind the left when it comes to technological innovation. The most notable early-adopter of texting... read more »
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Lawmakers Must Move Beyond Bailouts
By Natasha Altamirano | 11/17/08
Despite a $25 billion bailout of the auto industry in September, Congress is poised to throw an additional taxpayer-funded life preserver to rescue auto corporations from their own poor business decisions. American car manufacturers should restructure their businesses to address some of the problems that have been apparent for decades -- the same way American families have had to restructure their budgets -- rather than seeking more government... read more »
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Transparency Has Gone Wiki
By Natasha Altamirano | 11/12/08
Government transparency has entered a new era. The National Taxpayers Union, in partnership with the online resource Sunshine Review, has integrated its "Show Me the Spending" Web site with Sunshine Review's Wikipedia-like site that enables users to find and post information and edit pages to reflect the latest news in government transparency. Now, everybody -- from policy wonks to ordinary citizens -- can act as watchdogs to ensure that... read more »
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