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Silly relief for this wonk

…the white man go wrong?” The Chief stared at the government official for over a minute and then calmly replied. “When white man find land, Indians running it, no taxes,…

Katrina Relief Efforts: Lawrence Kudlow Turns Liberal

Lawrence Kudlow defends President Bush’s decision to use Federal funds to address the aftermath of Katrina. While I also applaud the President’s decision, a couple of Kudlow’s arguments strike me…

Katrina Relief & Ricardian Equivalence

…be to impose an income tax surcharge that funds the rebuilding over a given period … Taxes may be bad, but deficits are surely worse. What’s the explanation for why…

Tsunami relief: let’s add another zero

At first, the White House thought $15 million was all we could do. Next, they reacted to terms like stingy or miserly as if Bush was running for reelection –…

What a Relief!

Phew! I was starting to worry, but Greenspan tells me that it’s all okay: [T]he Federal Reserve chairman said the record level of debt being carried by American households does…

Doggett fighting for fairness on Tax Day!

…of corporate tax expenditures that allow corporations to pay little or no taxes year after year. “Of the many Americans who are right now getting their taxes ready to file,…