…And here’s the scandal: If implemented, Trump’s economic proposals could bankrupt this vital, popular program within six years. First, a brief explainer: Social Security funds its benefits with payroll taxes…

…federal income taxes in the latter period as compared to the former period. This represents a collective tax savings of $34 billion due to the law. The other six corporations…

…reduce, defer or avoid altogether federal income taxation. Jesse Drucker, How to Pay No Taxes: Ten Strategies Used by the Rich, Bloomberg.com (Apr. 17, 2012). As Drucker notes, the very…

by Linda Beale Corporatism and taxes Corporatism is the term used to describe a economic and governmental approach that favors large entities over people, including adopting rules and regulations to…

…taxes. I mean really, when in the last 30 years have we seen big business pay enough in taxes such that they actually were paying for their presence? Cut, cut,…

…25 percent capital gains rate by receiving his earnings form “temporary corporations” set up for each movie.” Raise your hands if you only paid capital gains taxes on your paycheck….

…Zone-type projects across the nation. This is true especially regarding corporate taxes, since record corporate profits and outright hoarding of those profits by corporations doesn’t mean that increasing their taxes…

…taxes Romney’s tax rate would still be 14%. We should note one obstacle: We don’t know exactly how much Romney paid in payroll taxes. However, based on the amount and…

…raised local taxes, mostly property taxes, but also others as well. They have been cutting and cutting their budgets for the last several years, something manifesting itself nationally in the…

…federal debt? Well, maybe. But this is an argument against raising revenues by raising taxes on the wealthy? Or, for that matter, on anyone? What’s most angering is this deliberately…