Tax Politics
The Politics of Taxes
IRS Finally Issues Tea Party Status: DENIED
As we've been following this story regarding the IRS for years, here's the latest update from the Washington Times: Nearly seven years after it applied to the IRS for nonprofit status, the Albuquerque Tea Party has finally been given a decision: Denied. The tax...
Jay Cost on Obama: Disintegrating Coalitions
Jay Cost is one of my favorite writers these days, blending history and analysis in a straightforward tone. Here's his take on why Clinton lost: "Political coalitions are tricky things to manage in the United States. Ours is a country of more than 320 million people...
Trump Wins — Here’s His Tax Proposal
Over the next week or two, I'll do a more thorough analysis of portions of Trump's tax plan. Here it is in full, so that you don't have to go searching for it: DONALD J. TRUMP’S VISION Reduce taxes across-the-board, especially for working and middle-income Americans...
Trump Taxes
As a financial guy, I find that there are certain things that Trump is suggesting in his tax plan that are just flat out ridiculous. For instance, his childcare plans are ludicrous -- because we simply cannot have things that add huge complexity to the code anymore....
Gruber: The Problem of Obamacare is That We Need A LARGER Penalty
"Obamacare is working as designed" -- except for the part about "individuals free-riding the system," according to Jonathan Gruber, one of the chief architects of Obamacare. His assertion is that Obamacare doesn't need any kind of overhaul; the people are the...
Disparate Impact Alive and Well
I've written about disparate impact numerous time over the years, warning that this tactic would begin to be seen more frequently beyond the business world, such as in housing and labor. Thomas Perez and Loretta Lynch are two of its fiercest advocates, and a recent...