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An Alternate Tax Reform Plan

…tax with an inheritance tax; Levy new environmental taxes, such as gas taxes or carbon taxes. I actually like most of these ideas quite a bit. I particularly like the…

The House Votes to Increase Income Taxes

…I have nothing substantive to add – my incredulity has long since been shattered by the Republicans’ apparently endless ability to reduce taxes on the rich and increase them on…

Dear Angry Bear

…been higher and income taxes have been lower. Of course, payroll taxes are regressive while income taxes are progressive, so this has been a big transfer of wealth from the…

…that do not even come close to reality and rely on invisible sources of funding to even come close to balance. Last year it was pour taxes and wage taxes,…