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Mark Thoma says:

…these taxes to be zero. But when income taxes on the poorest among us are zero — and not all taxes, these workers pay plenty in payroll taxes, sales taxes,…

Health Care Provider Taxes

by Tom aka Rusty Rustbelt Health Care Provider Taxes An under-the-radar tax funding scheme is the prevalence of health care providers taxes. Our most current information indicates 44 state have…

Quotes and taxes

…come to Washington. And that’s what’s happened. It makes sense, doesn’t it? As businesses expand people pay more taxes, and when you pay more taxes, there’s more revenues that come…

Ain’t been no progressiveness since 1980

…that becomes income taxes is certainly a function of one’s rising share of total income. But, the income going up faster than the rise in taxes paid or the taxes

On Those Rising Fuel Taxes?

…coffers last year alone. Diesel taxes totaled $9 billion more. Almost all gas taxes are levied at a flat rate per gallon, regardless of whether a gallon of gas costs…

IRS Budget: Penny-Wise, Pound Foolish

Kash recently posted a graph entitled Historical Profits, which had me looking for an excuse to post the following graph showing corporate taxes relative to corporate profits before taxes (see…

Will Bush Raise Taxes?

A few economists think that he actually might: SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) — He never felt the need to recite his father’s infamous “no new taxes” pledge, and yet President Bush…