Below Dan pulled a post questioning Jon Chait’s claim that US economist’s generally support a broader tax base and lower rates. I am expert neither on taxes nor economists, but…

…actually raised taxes when it was necessary while Obama is just talking about raising taxes, but as we all know, the Reagan years were a bit of a blur for…

…“Democrats Cut Taxes by $509 Billion, Putting Taxes at Lowest Level Since 1950“, Democratic Policy Committee, Oct. 20, 2010. The release includes the following list of major tax cuts enacted…

…reasonable for anyone addressing the utterly corrupt and degraded “catfish” deficit commission soldouts. He proposed a cut in payroll taxes, to be made revenue neutral by following through on the…

by Linda Beale crossposted with Ataxingmatter Taxes, Deficits and Elections As we near the fall elections amid a “tea party” surge of anti-government (and hence anti-tax) sentiment, I cannot help…

Hat tip r.j.sigmund for finding this leading to the Philadelphia City Paper: Philadelphia Demands License Fee and Taxes from Bloggers Philadelphia bloggers were dispatched letters informing them that they owe…

…would require a post of their own. Ryan Roadmap: Cut taxes on the rich, increase taxes on the poor. Now that is tax simplification we can all believe in! (Not)….

…beyond the concept that taxes on income means taxes on consumption means an incentive to boost income to maintain consumption, there are some further wrinkles to explain why higher rates…

…of our progressive wunderkinden have simply internalized the central tenet of supply side voodoo, the idea that income taxes are a tax on work and capital gains taxes are a…

…congress had in mind when they just passed this stimulus plan. He’s going to end a variety of deductions: mortgage, property taxes and charitable contributions. Being that property taxes range…