Should simplicity be a primary goal of tax reform?
…cuts primarily benefiting the rich. So while I claim that the costs of complexity are mostly problematic if they fall on the poor or near poor, Laffer values the cost…
…cuts primarily benefiting the rich. So while I claim that the costs of complexity are mostly problematic if they fall on the poor or near poor, Laffer values the cost…
…their rich shareholders (and shareholder/managers) pay even less than the paltry amount they now pay in taxes. This has accompanied the long-term position of the GOP that wants to “shrink…
…one year. Also, as a shareholder in his corporation, Berkshire Hathaway, Buffett would not be able to count any losses against his personal income because his assets are in a…
…always accommodated U.S. foreign policy. This may require some “bargaining” among the major shareholder countries at a time when international agreements and organizations are being looked on with suspicion. Discussions…
…more market share. 3. You build a bigger and bigger business. Number 3 is how you monetize this, personally. The value of the company (its share price/market cap) rises steadily….
…taxation of dividends. Previously they had been taxed twice first as corporate income then as personal income of the shareholder. This, it was promised, would reduce the cost of capital…
…profit can possibly compete. 2. You control more and more market share. 3. You build a bigger and bigger business. Number 3 is how you monetize this, personally. The value…
…context of economic debates over the Jensenian shareholder rights theory of the firm, but its application to CU is obvious once you think about it. The article ranges over a…
…which is a really weak rebuttal: Corporate shareholders are most definitely owners; they alone have the authority to sell their shares or the company’s assets. Their rights are based not…
…Shareholders salivated at the thought of Harrison boosting CSX’s profits right into their pockets and showed large support for Harrison’s leadership at CSX. Harrison saying that “shareholders took a much…