…if they promise to raise taxes on high incomes and cut taxes for the middle class. I usually do not make predictions (I haven’t since 2004). I merely note the…

AB: Corporate America wanting more . . . Opponents of higher corporate taxes argue it’s not really corporations, ultimately their wealthy executives and shareholders pay the price. They claim we’re…

…through payroll taxes. They also each contribute 1.45% for Medicare — and unlike Social Security, Medicare taxes apply to all earnings with no income cap. There’s also a 0.9% Medicare surcharge…

…to move to single-payer single-provider health care and get profit-making out of what should be an important human right. And are we “spending way too much” anyway, as McConnell declares?…

Kevin Drum has an opinion on election tactics: Come on, folks. Reid didn’t say I’ll bet Romney didn’t pay any taxes. He didn’t say he talked to someone familiar with…

…liability of corporations for federal income taxes. Every presidential candidate has one scheme or another to reduce corporate taxes, with even Obama falling prey to the continuing influence of the…

…The federal tax burden is quite progressive as the last chart shows. But in general state and local taxes such as sales taxes and property taxes are much more regressive,…

McKinsey on Dividend Taxes McKinsey is one of the top, many say the best, management consulting firms–hardly a left-wing industry. Among their various activities, they distribute a newsletter, The McKinsey…

…the continued advance of corporate tax expenditures that allow corporations to pay little or no taxes year after year. “Of the many Americans who are right now getting their taxes…

…lower taxes. The concept that lowering taxes would be beneficial at this point is one of those zombie ideas that not only won’t die, but continues to eat peoples’ brains….