Category Archives: Taxes
Cruzin’ With Ted
Senator Ted Cruz was busy today: U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) was invited on to the Rush Limbaugh Show, this afternoon, to discuss the problems with the Gang of Eight’s immigration legislation. “This gang of 8 bill is a disaster”, … Continue reading
Eat The Rich!
Stephen Green (aka Vodkapundit): We’re Number Two! The US might have the highest corporate taxes in the developed world, but if you include all the world’s nations we drop all the way down to #2. That’s right: The UAE has … Continue reading
Damn You Mitt Romney!
Google Reportedly Dodged $2 Billion in Taxes With Bermuda Tax Haven Google managed to avoid paying about $2 billion in global income taxes last year by moving the vast majority of its pre-tax profit to a shell company in Bermuda, … Continue reading
Nobody Wants A Haircut
INFLUENCE GAME: Tax Them, Not Us, Groups Say A big coalition of business groups says there must be give-and-take in the negotiations to avoid the “fiscal cliff” of massive tax increases and spending cuts. But raising tax rates — a … Continue reading
Is Riverdaughter A Closeted Tea Partier?
No, seriously. Check out her latest: Then there was a new Poll Tax that was used to raise revenue for new wars. Ahhh, the military industrial complex of the middle ages. Some things never change. The tax was harsher on … Continue reading
The Twinkie Segue
Hmmm, how can we possible use Twinkies as a segue for a post about 1950’s economic policy? Let’s ask the Shill One! The Twinkie Manifesto The Twinkie, it turns out, was introduced way back in 1930. In our memories, however, … Continue reading
Bye-Bye Birdie
Mark Steyn: Sesame Nation Apparently, Frank Sinatra served as Mitt Romney’s debate coach. As he put it about halfway through “That’s Life”: “I’d jump right on a big bird and then I’d fly . . . ” That’s what Mitt … Continue reading
The Laffer Curve
From American Thinker: For those who are familiar with the “Laffer Curve,” the name generally brings on an immediate and politically charged opinion related to the inherent implications the curve has historically had on the topic of the government’s tax … Continue reading
Where do jobs come from?
From Working people are the Job Creators by Riverdaughter: Anyway, leaving aside the philosophical aspect, there is a straightforward reason why the real job creators are average working people. And when I say working people, I mean anyone not living … Continue reading
Matt Yglesias commits prog heresy
MattY: Why Mitt Romney’s Effective Tax Rate Is So Low And Why It Probably Should Be The news is out that Mitt Romney paid a 14.1% effective tax rate on an income of over $13.7 million in 2011, a number … Continue reading
Shift From Tax Returns to Tax Plans
The 2012 presidential election shifted again today, from tax returns to tax plans. Assisted by the Brookings Institute, Team Obama came out to say that Romney’s tax would amount to a tax increase for middle class Americans and a tax … Continue reading
Do as we say and not as we do
Most members of Congress keep their tax returns secret Rep. Nancy Pelosi was emphatic. Mitt Romney’s refusal to release more than two years of his personal tax returns, she said, makes him unfit to win confirmation as a member of … Continue reading
How much do we owe each other?
“If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in … Continue reading
Late Night is for Night Owls
About to head to bed here in a bit, but thought I’d share this beautiful manufacturing job by TPTB: 04.2012 Social Security is rushing even faster toward insolvency, driven by retiring baby boomers, a weak economy and politicians’ reluctance to … Continue reading
Where the money is
J.E. Dyer at Hot Air: No, taxes shouldn’t be a “fairness” issue What are we, six years old? Taxes should pay for the costs of government. That’s what we have taxes for. The proper purpose of taxes is not to … Continue reading
