…and therefore more revenue. They did not say which tax breaks—such as the popular deduction for mortgage interest relief—they might scrap to pay for the lower rates. The English translation…

…they? They are this frightened: “Implicit guarantees to always rescue banks, which distort the single market, should be reduced,” the letter said. “Banks, not taxpayers, should be responsible for bearing…

…banks committed against many homeowners across our state,” said ___.“ This agreement not only provides much needed relief to (STATE) [Ha ha, fill in the blank!!!] borrowers, but it also…

Taxprofblog points to research suggesting a tipping point about the notion that small businesses drive the economy: Martin A. Sullivan (Tax Analysts), New Research Weakens Case for Small Business Tax…

…various relief and welfare programs also have their place. This is the rational for fiscal stimulus. Federal spending programs provide real jobs for real people, and they will spend their…

…run dry. The public is paying no more attention to that then it is to the other now-decades-old Republican-playbook standards: culture-wars issues, welfare queens, tax “relief” for the wealthy; environmental…

…the penalty is a tax, since the Anti-Injunction Act applies only to taxes. In August, a panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled, 2-1, that the mandate is…

…income taxes. Yet people were willing to accept a regressive tax increase to sustain Social Security. Now the joke’s on them. Mr. Greenspan pushed through an increase in taxes on…

…undermine the Fed’s long-standing commitment to price stability.” Stimulate bank lending by putting a tax on excess reserves, hoping that banks will the lend out the money if the have…

…the individual obtain the insurance from a private carrier—no more infringes upon that individual liberty than would the imposition of a tax similar to the Medicare and Social Security tax…