Tax Politics
The Politics of Taxes
Feds: We Want to Give You (Other People’s) Money
The Feds are complaining that those experiencing economic difficulties don't ask for a lot of help from....the government. The government assistance website, USA.gov, helpfully and cheerfully reminds us that “Given that only 15 percent of you turn to government...
UN “Global Internet Tax” in the Future?
I have to give Congress at least a little credit here. The U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Terry Kramer, announced this week that there is growing momentum worldwide for a "internet tax" of sorts which would affect companies such as Google who do business internationally....
Romney Paid More Than His Fair Share of Taxes…In 2010. MSM Blinked.
So, Mitt Romney released his 2011 taxes. And on cue, Think Progress rolls out this inane hit piece entitled "By Romney’s Own Standard, His Tax Returns Would Disqualify Him From The Presidency". The summary of their argument accuses Romney of paying more than his fair...
Romney’s 2011 Taxes
Romney released his 2011 tax return today. I haven't had time to review these yet, but the Romney campaign has put out the following notes: Regarding the newly-filed 2011 Tax Return: In 2011, the Romneys paid $1,935,708 in taxes on $13,696,951 in mostly investment...
Quantitative Easing: Hypocritical and Destructive
Breaking: US Credit Downgraded Again
US Credit Downgraded again on QE3 move: From MarketWatch "SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Egan-Jones Ratings Co. said Friday it downgraded its U.S. sovereign rating to AA- from AA on concerns that the Fed's new round of quantitative easing, or QE3, will hurt the U.S....