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Pandering to the Right Fringe

…on capital income. Those provisions are most favorable for the wealthy who own most of the corproate stock and other financial assets. hough the right likes to label these kinds…

The hypocrisy of most deficit discussions

by Linda Beale crossposted with Ataxingmatter The hypocrisy of most deficit discussions Congress seems incapable of setting aside electioneering rhetoric and talking straight about taxes and deficits. The GOP claims…

Politically Feasible Stimulus

…II: this is weird. A trial balloon in the Washington Post. The possible proposal is a payroll tax holiday. I think that is better policy than an income tax rebate,…

…group that does not benefit includes those making $10,500 to $26,625, meaning that many of these families, likely the majority, do in fact earn enough to pay income taxes, and…

Train Drain

…Hunter Harrison, who pioneered a new business model called “precision-scheduled railroading,” or PSR, that has now been almost universally adopted by the nation’s major railroads. Despite its label, PSR has…