…about the right’s various “flat tax” (FairTax, 9-9-9, USA Tax, consumption tax) proposals, on New Hampshire’s public radio station’s hour long program “The Exchange”, hosted by Laura Knoy. You can…

…GDP and tax rates. i.e., tax collections / GDP is a function of tax rates that looks like an upside down U. If you increase tax rates when tax rates…

…statutory federal income tax rate, but they don’t pay that tax rate on their economic income. The majority don’t pay any federal income tax most of the time. Those that…

…both those periods, there was at least a bit of support for the notion that growth was faster in periods of rising tax rates than in periods when tax rates…

…very old theory of the firm which acts in shareholders interest and is not liquidity constrained. In that case, the tax is a tax on oil company shareholders who are…

…revenues grew faster after the 2003 tax-rate reductions than after the 2001 tax legislation, which included a tax rebate, a new refundable child tax credit, a minuscule 1-percentage-point income tax-rate…

…these same states give more than the U.S. in other types of tax benefits. His argument then moves quickly through Ireland’s 12.5% corporate income tax (though he gives no examples)…

…real GDP per capita growth), whether to highlight tax hikes or tax decreases, and how big tax changes have to be in order to be highlighted. The menus are definitely…

…gains taxes or personal income taxes or decreasing business tax credits and incentives, so he hasn’t left room for much other than the “sin” taxes that tend to be exceedingly…

…clothing and shelter, Tax Foundation (May 3, 2012). This look at government tax collections (using the same data used for the tax freedom day calculation, so including all taxes paid…