The hypocrisy of most deficit discussions
…have gone to the people at the top, and the people at the top have horded them, supporting tax policies that give themselves huge tax cuts. Tax cuts–especially for the…
…have gone to the people at the top, and the people at the top have horded them, supporting tax policies that give themselves huge tax cuts. Tax cuts–especially for the…
…the so-called “fiscal cliff”–tax cuts and spending cuts. 1. The Bush tax cuts, job creators, and uncertainty The right has, not unexpectedly, argued that not extending all of the tax…
…his mystical magic with the 2017 tax break. Layer of layer tax breaks. So which is it? Cut programs or increase taxes? Cut programs or increase taxes? I pick the…
…most observers. The Washington Post has details of this latest round of tax cuts deferrals: GOP Reaches Deal on Tax Cuts [Deferrals] House and Senate Republican negotiators reached a final…
…that some taxes were cut. Also an anonymous source has decided to basically assert the false claim that the stimulus bill did not include huge tax cuts More spending on…
…issue. Historically, during and following tax hikes tax collections /GDP rise. During and following tax cuts, tax collections fall. (How a fact so basic that even a child could observe…
…mortgage tax deduction, or tax-deferred 401k accounts, most of the added tax revenues will come out of the pockets of the middle class. So when Republicans talk about ‘broadening the…
…favor the wealthy–lowering corporate tax rates to half their current level, eliminating corporate tax entirely for manufacturers, eliminating corporate tax on overseas profits that are used to buy manufacturing equipment…
…income taxes or estate taxes, and many other very wealthy people would pay income taxes at a single-digit rate, the elimination of these taxes would apply as well to the…
…so we should be talking about tax shifts and not tax cuts for everyone. Maybe Luskin does not understand that permanent tax cuts require reducing the size of the government,…