Tax Revenues

Ryan Grim

Wall Street Tax Would Raise $350 Billion

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 01.07.2012

WASHINGTON -- A minuscule tax on financial transactions proposed by congressional Democrats would raise more than $350 billion over the next nine year...

Federal Government Downsizing Slowing Economic Recovery

AP | BY TOM RAUM | Posted 12.24.2011

WASHINGTON — Conservative Republicans have long clamored for government downsizing. They're starting to get it – by default. Crippled by ...

Sam Stein

Private Hill Memo Instructs Dems On How To Sway GOP On Taxes

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 08.31.2011

WASHINGTON -- With congressional Republicans unbending in their opposition to including tax hikes or revenue increases in a debt ceiling deal, Democra...

How To Balance the Budget in One Easy Step

Raymond Griffith | Posted 06.14.2011

Raymond Griffith

OK. I am going to start out by admitting that I am not an economist. Like most people, I hadn't heard about derivatives, securities or exotic financia...

Stiglitz: Why I Don't Support The Bowles-Simpson Deficit Plan

Politico | JOSEPH E. STIGLITZ | Posted 05.28.2011

I was asked to sign the letter from a bipartisan group of former chairmen and chairwomen of the Council of Economic Advisers that stresses the importa...

Colorado Springs Medical Marijuana Tax Revenue Helping Keep City Afloat

Colorado Springs Gazette | DANIEL CHACÓN | Posted 05.25.2011

While El Paso County deals with a lawsuit over a ballot measure to ban medical marijuana businesses, the city of Colorado Springs is laughing all the ...

Unemployment, Student Debt Poses Huge Risks For Young People, Economic Future

Baseline Scenario | Mark Paul and Anastasia Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

Even after a slight boost in jobs growth, unemployment for 18-24 year olds stands at 24.7%. For 20-24 year olds, it hovers at 15.2%. These conservativ...

How To Solve America's Tax Nightmare: CUT Tax Rates, Eliminate Tax Returns, Create VAT

Newsweek | Keith Libbey and Evan ThomasAugust 26, 2010 | Posted 05.25.2011

How about this for a tax plan: cut most people's taxes by half, eliminate the need to file returns, and provide the Treasury with a better way to redu...

Immigrants Prop Up Cities Hit By Population Loss

USA Today | Posted 05.25.2011

The recession has brought a nation built on moving from place to place to a standstill not seen since World War II, but immigration continues in major...

Cash-Strapped California Turns To EBay, Craigslist

The Los Angeles Times | Michael Rothfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

Does Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger have a deal for you. Need a 2001 Ford Focus wagon with 110,059 miles and Schwarzenegger's autograph on the visor? S...

Tax Revenues Post Biggest Drop Since Depression

AP | STEPHEN OHLEMACHER | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — The recession is starving the government of tax revenue, just as the president and Congress are piling a major expansion of health ...

State Tax Revenues At Record Low: Report

New York Times | Michael Cooper | Posted 05.25.2011

The anemic economy decimated state tax collections during the first three months of the year, according to a report released Friday by the Rockefeller...