…is a lie. There is nothing false about the segregation. It is the law. Your payroll taxes pay for your benefits. No other taxes pay for your benefits, and your…

…income taxes. Yet people were willing to accept a regressive tax increase to sustain Social Security. Now the joke’s on them. Mr. Greenspan pushed through an increase in taxes on…

OMB Watch points us to the idea that: Financial Taxes Can Raise Revenues, May Help Stabilize Markets The congressional Super Committee, tasked with forging a $1.2 trillion deficit reduction package…

…that two people with bachelor’s degrees just starting life together may not be able to have it. Now that we have entered a period where taxes are on everyone’s minds…

…elections: In case Mr. Romney hasn’t seen my question. let me restate it. How will you address the long-run fiscal problem, that is, will you raise income taxes or will…

by Mike Kimel A Few Graphs on Real GDP Growth Rates versus Taxes and the Size of Government Cross posted at the Presimetrics blog. This post has a few simple…

by Linda Beale Irish Bailout–impact on taxes uncertain crossposted with Ataxingmatter As plans for the $100 billion bailout of the Irish economy and banking system by the European Commission, International…

…them, the more money they could all make. Since they were selling off the mortgage loans, they didn’t care how good they were. And since they were often selling them…

…totally disagree with the Republicans and which people care about. My policy proposal and political strategy is to increase progressivity increasing taxes on the rich and cutting taxes on everyone…

…have to pay ordinary taxes on their compensation like ordinary people have to pay, then they just might not invest in innovative companies and startups nearly so much as they…