…that is because Dan tends to credit Economics 101 with considerably more wisdom than I do (and place “efficiency”, as defined by the free marketers, higher on the wish list…

…the rich will be included as well, and what constitutes “rich.” … I think most Americans who are paying attention to today’s fiscal policy news are probably shaking their heads…

by Linda Beale Increasing taxes on the rich crossposted with Ataxingmatter Sometimes a few letters to the editor can restore one’s faith in the sensibleness of fellow Americans. I particularly…

…young ones, and the elderly who are not rich especially hard); states that have income taxes mostly start from the federal income calculation as the base–they will either have to…

…the graduated income tax much needed in Michigan or allowing the Bush cuts for the rich to expire as the GOP scheduled them to do without enacting a new tax…

…and other choices of the rich, and also affects owners of small family businesses. It raises very little revenue at a heavy cost to the economy. It generates complex tax…

…Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Income Gaps Between Very Rich and Everyone Else More than Tripled in the last three decades, new data show,June 25, 2010, hat tip Tax…

…not exactly a choice that makes any sense. There are some rich European countries, some rich Asian countries, and then there’s Argentina. There’s a conspicuous absence of countries that not…

…rich people tends to reduce the price of land and make housing cheaper for the non rich. If I can’t do this one, Atrios sure can. 2) Mandatory licensing. OK…

…medicare requirements. But if you talk about taxing the rich, the response is always that this will “kill competitiveness” and “make the country poorer because there will be less investment.”…