…that do not even come close to reality and rely on invisible sources of funding to even come close to balance. Last year it was pour taxes and wage taxes,…

…of $631 billion. I subtract $631 b. from $1791 b. of total net taxes to get labor’s net taxes of $1160 b. Then I can calculate labor’s net tax rate…

…by promising higher taxes on the rich and lower taxes for everyone else. I think that few voters buy the Republican line that Republicans cut taxes for the non rich….

…who has so far not signed this petition, although in the past he has supported using taxes. Certainly taxes can achieve favorable results in pollutions policy, although the most dramatic…

…other taxes, such as taxes on non-wage income or higher corporate income taxes. This would move away from the practice of funding benefits from the dedicated Social Security tax, but…

Some of what people favor is ok until they are impacted by increased taxes, spending cuts, and reducing programs. Suggestions politicians and political interests are looking over. Some are unlikely…

…teary eyed and sentimental over “gasoline taxes” or maybe “land transfer taxes.” This is real whack job stuff. But even worse, Trump doesn’t seem to understand the object of his…

…that Bain partners may have saved more than $200 million in federal income taxes, $20 million in Medicare taxes). It’s not clear on what grounds the New York AG is…

…one that thinks it is smart of a state to set a cap on how much a municipality can raise taxes in any given year. The city notes that default…

This morning in his Monday column Paul Krugman discussed the need to raise taxes to deal with the long run structural federal deficit. You can read the column at Economist’s…