Showing posts tagged taxes

Say Goodbye to the Government, Under Either Fiscal Plan

Important.

INTERACTIVE: Make Mitt Romney’s tax plan add up!

Laura D'Andrea Tyson and Owen Zidar: Tax Cuts for Job Creators

Tax Reform Fantasy

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Marginal Tax Rates and Wishful Thinking

Marginal Tax Rates and Wishful Thinking

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A windfall for the wealthy

Loopholes for Sale: Campaign Contributions by Corporate Tax Dodgers

It always amazes me how cheaply influence appears to be sold; in this case a billion dollar return for each million dollar ‘investment’.

And tell me again how America’s high corporate tax rate is holding us back?

America’s true tax rate http://www.salon.com/2012/04/23/americas_true_tax_rate/singleton/

America’s true tax rate
http://www.salon.com/2012/04/23/americas_true_tax_rate/singleton/

Six Rigged Rules Corporations Use to Dodge Taxes

Six Rigged Rules Corporations Use to Dodge Taxes

Why Mitt Romney Will Be Better For The Economy

Ok, so is this an April Fools’ joke?

Wonkbook: Yes, tax cuts increase the deficit

Or, to put it slightly differently, if tax cuts actually increased revenues, then it would have been absurd for George W. Bush to propose tax cuts as a way of paying down the surplus. In that world, tax cuts would have made the surplus larger, and given the government even more of the people’s money. We would end up in a fiscal paradox, with the government constantly trying to give back its surplus, but ending up with an even larger surplus as a result. But that’s not the world we live in.

Scott Brown’s phony concern for public servants

THE TRUTH ABOUT TAXES: The Poor Pay The Highest Marginal Rates In The Country

Compromise

  • Democrat: I believe that extending the payroll tax cut will be good for the middle class and the country.
  • Republican: I agree.
  • D: Great, so you will vote for it.
  • R: Only if you will vote for an oil pipeline that you believe is bad for the country.
  • D: I don't understand. You won't vote for something you agree is good for the country unless I vote for something I think is bad for the country?
  • R: It's called compromise.

Republicans Announce Tax Cuts Cure Cancer

In an exciting new political development Republicans announced today that tax cuts cure cancer. In a series of probing questions reporters sought to determine which cancers will be cured first and how long it will take. Republican responses were a little vague on the details, but it was emphasized that cutting the capital gains tax was the most effective, immediately eliminating prostate cancer among the rich, with the effect expected to trickle down to the middle class by 2013.

A lone reporter asked why President Bush’s extensive tax cuts had not cured cancer. He was denounced as overly partisan by some Republicans, but others patiently explained that our debt was much larger now, and Rand Paul produced a chart showing that certain cancer recovery rates had improved during the Bush years.