by Linda Beale crossposted with Ataxingmatter Taxes, Deficits and Elections As we near the fall elections amid a “tea party” surge of anti-government (and hence anti-tax) sentiment, I cannot help…

…which is better than the not the worst tax ever version of the free rider tax. end update 2 There is a tax increase on the rich so that’s something…

…the Right talking point that poor people don’t pay taxes. In reality poor people pay all kinds of taxes directly and indirectly from sales taxes to property taxes funded via…

…found that a cut in taxes on capital might recoup 17 of the static revenue loss in the first three years and a cut in taxes on labor could recoup…

David Altig cites the Tax Foundation for “evidence” that a windfall profits tax will gather little additional revenue. David writes: The shortfall from projected revenues in that picture had a…

…tax relief, the U.S. economy is growing at a healthy pace, creating millions of new jobs and increasing business investment.” Of course, it is certainly true that government tax revenues,…

…taxes. The Bush campaign’s selective figures ignore all the rest of federal taxes including corporate income taxes, excise taxes, and payroll taxes. They ignore estate taxes too (but so does…

…tax collections could be used for some direct job-creating tax stimulus. That’s an excellent idea, I think. Like AB’s proposed reduction in the payroll tax, these are the sorts of…

…effective tax rate on income received via corporate profits. So is the problem really that dividends are taxed twice? All sorts of income are taxed twice. It’s taxed when I…

…high taxes, support flips and 57 percent of millennials opt for smaller government with fewer services and low taxes, while 41 percent prefer large government. Ah, yes; the ole, reliable,…