Tax Politics
The Politics of Taxes
A Primer on the Fiscal Cliff
Recently I gave a talk on the Fiscal Cliff -- how we got here and where we are going. Since several people have asked, I posted the videos from the talk. For whatever reason, the last 2 minutes ended up a second separate video, but you can view them one after the...
Pondering the Fiscal Cliff Numbers
The Democrat’s Middle Class Lie: The AMT
Thinking of Thomas Paine
These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily...
A Case For Cutting the Corporate Tax Rate
Sequestration Was Supposed to Be A Placeholder
During the 2011 Fiscal Cliff discussions (which lead to the Super Committee), sequestration was part of the comprehensive deal about revenue -- but only in a limited way. At that point in the conversation, the conversation was how much to cut spending. It was...