Tax Policy

In Some States, The Tax Man Is Getting Tougher

AP | Posted 06.01.2012

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MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — In a story May 27 about states pushing for tougher tax collection enforcement, The Associated Press erroneously reported when...

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Tax Policy A Question Of Morality For Many Middle-Class Americans, Study Finds

The Huffington Post | Khadeeja Safdar | Posted 05.24.2012

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For some Americans, the tax system isn't just about economic interests. It's a question of morality. Middle-class Americans view income tax as a sy...

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21st Century Tax Policy and Aging Populations

Michael Hodin | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Taxes, Income Tax, Aging, Baby Boomers, Age Warfare, Gen X, Robert Hormats, Aging Population, Tax Day, Warren Buffett, Medicare Spending, Medicare, Boomers, Buffet Rule, Education Spending, Tax Policy, Fifty News
Michael Hodin

If Boomers want to continue the proud national tradition of handing off a better America to each generation, then it's time to rethink what it means to age.

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There Can Be Common Ground on Tax Policy

Bruce Bond | Posted 05.19.2012

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Bruce Bond

Certainly someone who earns more in income should pay more in taxes. While there is still debate on whether that means a progressive tax or a proportional tax, the basic principle is a point of common ground.

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Multinationals Holding Nearly Half Of Untaxed Profits In The U.S.

Posted 12.15.2011

Read More: Repatriation, Taxes, Video, Multinational Corporations, Tax Policy, u.s. Multinational Corporations, Tax Cuts, Business News, Tax Holiday, Repatriation Tax Holiday, Business News

Multinational corporations likely have the means to invest the offshore profits in the U.S. without a tax holiday that they're billing as a job creato...

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Jason Linkins

Do The People The GOP Claims To Worry About Even Exist?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Eat the Press, Npr, Video, Small Business, Uncertainty, Tax Policy, Tax Rates, Payroll Tax Holiday, Payroll Tax Cut, Millionaires-Surtax, John Thune, Senate GOP, Politics News

Back in September, our own Christina Wilkie teamed up with Shawn Alff of Creative Loafing to talk with some small-business owners in the Tampa, Fla., ...

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Lower Corporate Taxes, Increase Competition

Elaine Kamarck | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Taxes, Jobs, Tax Policy, Unemployment, Corporate Taxes, Income Inequality, Business News
Elaine Kamarck

When it comes to fixing the economy there are no silver bullets. And while each party has its own ideas, there are few that both parties can agree on. But there is one idea kicking around that has a surprising amount of bi-partisan support -- reforming the corporate tax rate.

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Some Republican Lawmakers Are Turning Their Backs on Grover Norquist

Joe Lapointe | Posted 01.16.2012

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Joe Lapointe

For a quarter-century, Grover Norquist has bullied politicians into signing a no-tax pledge. But some good news came when 40 House Republicans signed a letter urging the congressional "super committee" to consider revenue increases as part of the solution to the debt problem.

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Republicans Attack Cain's 9-9-9 Plan

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.19.2011

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Chris Weigant

Cain is fighting hard, but he will fail. "I'm going to raise taxes on 84 percent of America!" is not the best way to get elected in this country, and it is definitely not the way to win a GOP primary.

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'Credible Strategy' To Lower Debt Must Include More Revenue: IMF

Posted 11.20.2011

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(Rachelle Younglai) - Any effort by the United States to pare its massive public debt without bringing in more revenue and tackling expensive bene...

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Regulations, Taxes Aren't Killing Small Business, Owners Say

McClatchy | Kevin G. Hall | Posted 11.03.2011

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WASHINGTON — Politicians and business groups often blame excessive regulation and fear of higher taxes for tepid hiring in the economy. However, lit...

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The Global Tax Dodgers: Why President Obama and Congress Lack Job Creation Plans

William Lazonick | Posted 10.18.2011

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William Lazonick

The U.S. economy is an autocratic corporate economy in which the CEOs of major corporations must take the lead in investing in innovation and job creation for a jobs plan to have a significant and sustainable impact.

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Vote 'No' to the Debt Deal and Call in the Constitution

James K. Galbraith | Posted 10.02.2011

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James K. Galbraith

The debt deal is bad economics, dishonest government, and surrender to blackmail. The alternative is not default, but government under the Constitution.

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Still Crazy After All These Years: The Reagan Legacy and the Debt Ceiling "Crisis"

Peter Birkenhead | Posted 09.24.2011

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Peter Birkenhead

The reality-inverting summer of 1981 laid the foundation for a dissociative political culture that nothing yet has been able to shake, and we're all paying the price.

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Media and Ideology in Politics

Paul Heroux | Posted 09.21.2011

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Paul Heroux

When someone's identity is so deeply entwined with a particular ideology, that person is going to cherry-pick facts and dismiss evidence any to the contrary.

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Why Republicans Can't Say Yes to Obama

Fernando Espuelas | Posted 09.18.2011

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Fernando Espuelas

So it's not about the deficit after all.

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First the Jobs, Then the Tax Cut

Terry Curtis Fox | Posted 09.13.2011

Read More: Tax Policy, Corporate Responsibility, John Boehner, Budget, Employment, Tax Cuts, Jobs, Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Taxes, Bush Tax Cuts, Politics News
Terry Curtis Fox

Looked at straight ahead, John Boehner's faith-based tax cuts are as nutty as creationism. There is simply no evidence to back his belief. And yet --...

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WATCH: Bill Maher Compares Casey Anthony Verdict To Republican Thinking

Posted 09.08.2011

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No one will ever accuse "Real Time" host Bill Maher of not saying what he really thinks. On his Friday night show, he openly equated the Casey Ant...

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Could the Republican Party Ever Possibly Be the 'Party of the Almighty'?

Don C. Reed | Posted 09.04.2011

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Don C. Reed

Jesus drove the moneylenders out of the temple. He welcomed the poor, the prostitutes and the sick -- but not those who worshiped money.

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Machiavelli on Tax Policy

Edward D. Kleinbard | Posted 08.28.2011

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Edward D. Kleinbard

If we could learn to acknowledge the role that the whims of fortune play in all of our lives, then we might perhaps not grasp quite so tightly onto our material success as if it were ours alone.

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U.S. Tech Company Cash, Parked Overseas, Is Unlikely To Come Back

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 08.27.2011

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At a time when the United States is marred in debate over deficits and debt ceilings, American tech companies are keeping about 70 percent of their ca...

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We Need Commitment to Get Near Utopia!

Marty Robins | Posted 08.07.2011

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Marty Robins

Commitment or its absence is an issue in many contexts. However, there is no situation where this is more the case than our current economy. By any st...

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Ten Years Later, the Bush Tax Cuts Remain Unfair, Ineffective, and Expensive

Andrew Fieldhouse | Posted 08.06.2011

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Andrew Fieldhouse

It's time to apply the lessons of the Bush-era tax cuts to public policy; the opportunity cost of the cuts simply remains too high, particularly if the social contract of the last 80 years is further breached in return for more tax cuts for the privileged.

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The Ten States That Profit Most From Sin

24/7 Wall St. | Ashley C. Allen, Charles B. Stockdale, Michael B. Sauter | Posted 07.14.2011

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From 24/7 Wall St.: As state budgets strain under huge debt loads, they are counting increasingly on "sin taxes", one of the few reliable sources of r...

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Yes, Virginia, There Is No Free Lunch

Rick Horowitz | Posted 06.21.2011

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Rick Horowitz

The call went out from sea to shining sea: Volunteers were needed. Parent volunteers. Who else, after all, had the skills and the courage to take on a mission so difficult, yet so vital?

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