…taxes in full, even though it individually benefits from the diversion of the incremental taxes. If someone has “paid” all her/his taxes, then how does one say that government has…

…sensible way to deceive people about your plans to cut the taxes of the rich does not include detailed specific public proposals to cut the taxes of the rich. I…

…programs would not cut your “taxes” one dime. Neither would it cut “the budget.” All it would do would to leave you “busted, dead broke” when time came for you…

…consumption and investment. In fact paleo Keynesian analysis suggests that a balanced budget increase in taxes and spending causes increased aggregate demand and fancy DSGE new Keynesian models suggest that…

…insist on lower taxes, or to overturn the existing political equilibrium by voting for lower taxes in a referendum. Let’s assume that this is what Roberts has in mind. (I…

…four years, the Republican Congress would put taxes on virtually every product in the country and then, to guarantee that “the burdens will be more equalized on all classes of…

…due to tax cuts for the rich, comes from income taxes. When the rich hardly pay any income taxes at all (cheat because there’s little chance of getting caught, and…

…a different pair of glasses; one might posit that taxes allow the government to better serve, to better represent the people; that taxes are indeed a bedrock of both government…

Aggregate payrolls vs. total withholding taxes paid: which one has been telling the truer tale?  – by New Deal democrat The drought in new data continues for today. So I…

…are disproportionately wealthy. Cutting corporate taxes costs significant revenue, and evidence is sorely lacking that the benefits have trickled down. Executives, disproportionately wealthy corporate shareholders, and highly paid employees have…