…exemption amounts for the AMT; implementation of a cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions; and limits on itemized deductions.” EXPENDITURES: “Proposed changes in spending programs would add $1.7 trillion (excluding…

…If anything a de facto cap on compensation would probably make firms better-managed. OK look a 95% tax might be OK, but it is not acceptable to say that Brad…

…wage gains (which are directly captured by FICA taxes). Instead we are told that real wage increases will decline permanently to an annual 1.0 to 1.1% rate. Table V.B1.—Principal Economic…

…to the governor’s desk that would cap the amount of money public colleges can spend on scholarships. Increases in scholarship aid lead to higher tuition costs, State Rep. Bill Abernathy,…

…on Thursday will make clear that he intends to push ahead on promises to contain health care costs and expand insurance coverage, and to move toward an energy cap-and-trade system…

…this point I realized I was losing people so I put up a recap with The Basics Revisited & Three Myths. The series continued in a more topical and less…

…Brookings Institution and the Heritage Foundation–recommends that Congress put long-term budget caps on Social Security and other entitlement spending, which would automatically trigger benefits cuts if needed to stay within…

…me to reproduce it in its entirety since I think the post’s predictions have been borne out: Some thoughts on the bail-out: 1. Goldman’s market cap is about 50 billion….

…way I would approach 2005: there were no changes to the marginal income tax rates or the capital gains rates between 2003 and the present, so there were no marginal…

…Historical Link Between Bailouts and Pay Caps Date: Oct. 6, 2008 Full Text Published by Tax AnalystsTM by Joseph J. Thorndike Complaints about outsized executive pay have prompted Congress to…