Paul Caron at The Tax Prof Blog provides a long listing of links to the furor over the gas tax issue. And he offers thorough review as well. I agree…

…taxes have been raised five dollars to maintain the Bear Patrol. After that, the angry mob returns to the mayor’s office, yelling “Down with taxes! Down with taxes!” The mayor…

…higher gasoline taxes instead of higher taxes on employment to fund government spending, which is interesting because the Bush Administration seems to think we can avoid tax increases on either…

…sacrifice that these men and women are making on our behalf. But they also want to talk about other issues, issues like taxes and tax reform, like a strong energy…

…I can understand shifting from income taxes to sales taxes to induce more saving, that is, trading off current consumption for future consumption. But how does increasing sales taxes to…

…taxes paid by today’s workers … These changes single a looming danger. In the year 2018, for the first time ever, Social Security will pay out more in benefits than…

…raise taxes by $900 billion. Bush’s campaign manager explains how they arrived at this conclusion despite the fact that Kerry has never said he wants to raise taxes by $900…

Consumption Taxes in Disguise Via Matt Yglesias (see Digby as well), I see that consumption taxes are back on the agenda. Here’s Matt, writing about David Brooks’ latest editorial: The…

…the civic pride of knowing that, even as a lucky ducky, you still pay a third or more of your gross income in income taxes, payroll taxes, sales taxes and…

…proposal on dividend taxes: Bush says his proposal to eliminate dividend taxes would boost stock prices and create jobs [on this point, see my earlier post]. Committee Chairman Charles Grassley,…