…estates. It is also true of income taxes in general, the way flat taxes would work, the rationales for the corporate tax and many other key tax policies. Lobbyists frame…

…costs and hobble competition.” Id. That’s bullshit. Those costs have to be accounted for in the companies’ financial statements and therefore whatever is spent (taxes, royalties, fees) is readily ascertainable…

…idea to put an excise tax on high-end health care policies like the ones that the executives at Goldman Sachs have, the $40,000 policies,” Mr. Axelrod said. Goldman did not…

…When the oil shocks of the 1970s hit, Milton Friedman and many other economists warned of the dangers of petroleum price controls and excessive energy taxes, which were then being…

…annual deficit. I am going to skip the history involved in the delays of these taxes and go right to my objections after I tell you what these taxes were…

…The nation’s wealthiest private colleges and universities currently pay an excise tax of 1.4 percent on endowment investment returns, a levy established during President Trump’s first term despite heavy pushback…

…to $10,600 while the nation is at war. 4. Eliminate all these taxes: – Social Security Taxes – Social Security & Medicare funded from general revenue instead – Estate Taxes…

…turn support a quality of life in all dimensions–would lead to different decisions not only about taxation but also about anti-trust, excise taxes, trade treaties, environmental protection, and many regulatory…

…taxes. The Bush campaign’s selective figures ignore all the rest of federal taxes including corporate income taxes, excise taxes, and payroll taxes. They ignore estate taxes too (but so does…

…care) yet pay next to nothing in taxes in return. For some examples of these MNEs with low taxes and much use of benefits, see David Leonhardt, The Paradox of…