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Time to move beyond "Nothing" on Social Security?

…spending equates to ‘slashing’ that budget and proposes that the answer is just to agree on abolishing corporate taxes and continuing lower taxes on the wealthy? Well no, it is…

Good Cop/Bad Cop or Tit for Tat ?

…Here it is crucial that people sincerely honestly think that AIG-FP managers have finked. Thus the effect on expectations of future taxes is “If we do something that most people…

Kevin Drum makes me blow a gasket

…policies are tax cuts for rich people. Their hero Reagan signed into law a huge tax increase on the non-rich (Greenspan commission proposals). In practice they cut taxes for rich…

Windfall taxes and Mr. Obama

by reader Old Vet ”Oil prices? Better find a place to park and quickly. I did.” Gas prices are through the roof. Are we facing the end of an era?…

The Tax Prof Blog and gas taxes

Paul Caron at The Tax Prof Blog provides a long listing of links to the furor over the gas tax issue. And he offers thorough review as well. I agree…

The Optimal Gasoline Tax

…higher gasoline taxes instead of higher taxes on employment to fund government spending, which is interesting because the Bush Administration seems to think we can avoid tax increases on either…

Ohio Republicans: Money Grows on Trees

…sacrifice that these men and women are making on our behalf. But they also want to talk about other issues, issues like taxes and tax reform, like a strong energy…