…freshwater economics, still claim that all we need to do is starve the beast more, cut taxes and regulations more and economic growth will take off and take care of…

…the taxes – even taxes on the buyer. If the buyer’s demand curve is more inelastic, the buyer will absorb of taxes, including corporate taxes. Not that logic or empirical…

by Eric Kramer The Case for Carbon Taxes, Part II: Political Sustainability In a prior post, I argued that carbon taxes are not vulnerable to political subversion by hostile courts…

…it, taxes, taxes, taxes.” Shutting down tax avoidance schemes and forcing the wealthy to pay more in taxes is the only real solution to the problems that plague the world,…

…saying that taxes on the wealthy are now incredibly high, and that at the time of the election they were only very, very high. As compared with, say, taxes on…

…actually titled “The State Tax Reformers: more governors look to repeal their income taxes” (Jan 29 2013 updated). The article summarizes states that are lowering or eliminating their income tax…

by Linda Beale (cross posted at ataxingmatter) One can question the timing of implementation, but can one argue against the financing? …Rdan War taxes? Since Bush invaded Afghanistan in 2001…

…taxes.1 Even when foreign, state, and local taxes were added in, the companies paid only 16.9% of their worldwide profits in [all] taxes in 2010. By contrast, small businesses pay…

…to a progressive state income tax as well as other taxes. Income taxes grow faster than sales taxes growth as incomes repond faster in good economic times. The progressive Stelly…

…I will not raise taxes on the middle class. I want to raise incomes, not taxes, and I’m going to do everything I can to make sure that the wealthy…