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John Celock

Tax-Cut Budget Vote Was GOP 'Political Thuggery,' Democrat Says

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Taxes, Laffer Curve, Kansas Politics, Sam Brownback, Arthur Laffer, Sam Brownback Kansas, Kansas Taxes, Laura Kelly, Kansas-Taxes, Brett Hildabrand, Video, Politics News

Kansas House Republicans were accused of "political thuggery" after cutting off debate to pass a controversial tax plan that may cost the state at lea...

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America: Home of the Bewildered Serf and Land of the Feudal Lords.

Dave Pederson | Posted 05.04.2012

Read More: Adam Davidson, Debt, JP Morgan, Ed Conard, Neo-Feudalism, Class Warfare, Ronald Reagan, Bain Capital, Ows, Mitt Romney, Trickle-Down Economics, Arthur Laffer, Economic Inequality, Reaganomics, Occupy Movement, Nypd, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy, Politics News
Dave Pederson

Two news items popped this week that highlight the ever-growing Neo-Feudalism that has become our new economy. First, Occupy Wall Street (OWS) filed ...

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I'll Raise You a Santa Claus

Marvin Meadors | Posted 05.27.2012

Read More: Bill Clinton, Herbert Hoover, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Thom Hartmann, Great Depression, Two Santa Claus, Social Security, Supply Side Economics, Democrats, Demand, Jude Wanniski, Medicare, Alan Viard, Republicans, Arthur Laffer, Council of Economic Advisers, Politics News
Marvin Meadors

So Democrats may have to come up with a new narrative. They can not flourish by promising to be the party that raises taxes and makes cuts to popular programs, even if they succeed in inheriting the Republican's former mantle as the party of fiscal responsibility.

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GOP Campaign Trail Filled With Revisionist History

Peter S. Goodman | Posted 03.20.2012

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Peter S. Goodman

I've just returned from a sojourn in an alternate historical universe, which is to say I've been in South Carolina, listening to the Republican presid...

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Jason Linkins

Newt Gingrich Promises To Create 'Millions Of Jobs Right Now'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 12.28.2011

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In the latest campaign ad from Newt Gingrich, God of Carnage, the former House Speaker says that "we can create millions of jobs right now." Is this t...

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The Bush Tax Cuts and the Republican Cult of Affirmative Action

David Fiderer | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Fiderer

Capitalists believe in rewarding success and punishing failure. Well, we have ten years of performance data on the Bush tax cuts, and they failed by every possible criterion.

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Laura Bassett

Bill Gates, Sr.: Raise My Taxes!

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bill Gates, Sr., the father of Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates, is trumpeting a new state income tax in Washington for individuals who earn more than...

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Conservanomics: A Church Without Bishops (But it's Got Sarah Palin and Invisible Tax Fairies!)

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Flying Saucer Cult, Conservanomics, Flip Wilson, Invisible Tax Fairies, Alan Greenspan, Arthur Laffer, Budget Deficits, Sarah Palin, David Stockman, Politics News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

Leading conservative economists are abandoning the idea that lower tax rates create more revenue. Without its elders, the "less brings more" school is becoming a decidedly fringe movement.

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Todd Stroger Meets Econ 101

Paras Bhayani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arthur Laffer, Tragedy of the Commons, Todd Stroger, Michael Madigan, Cook County Board, Mayor Daley, Mark Walker, Chicago Taxes, Illinois Taxes, Gregory Mankiw, Laffer Curve, Cook County Sales Tax, Chicago News
Paras Bhayani

Pity Todd Stroger, the embattled Cook County Board chief who, having served the machine faithfully, is now being tossed under the bus as voters turn their ire on tax-happy politicians.

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Samuel J. Wurzelbacher, Joe the Plumber: Fighting for the American Dream (Austin, Texas: PearlGate Publishing 2008) 192 pp.

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joseph A. Palermo

Wurzelbacher's deep understanding of the intellectual umbilical cords of modern conservatism is why Mike Gallagher and Sean Hannity have offered their high praise of his work.

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How Laffer Inadvertently Prophesies The Limits of Capitalism

Stephen Herrington | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 401(K), Taxes, Wealth, Stock Market, Economy, Economic Crisis, Tax Cuts, Arthur Laffer, Wage Gap, Housing Crisis, Wealth Gap, Fiscal Responsibility, Business News
Stephen Herrington

As the very rich have increased the gulf between their wealth and that of the average citizen, two patterns have emerged.

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The Silly Season In Politics

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

"Silly season" refers to late summer, when governments go on massive taxpayer-funded vacations all over the world. This year's season could produce a bumper crop of silly.

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Here Comes Hyperinflation

Henry Blodget | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Inflation, Economy, The Federal Reserve, Arthur Laffer, The Fed, Business News
Henry Blodget

Arthur Laffer joins the chorus of economists predicting that the Fed's massive stimulus will eventually lead to hyper-inflation. And I agree.

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The Middle Estate

Harry Moroz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rich, Income Equality, Wealthy, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Mark Thoma, Middle Class, Estate Tax, Arthur Laffer, Business News
Harry Moroz

The estate tax is not about confiscating wealth for redistribution, but about encouraging spending during a wealthy individual's lifetime and limiting the intergenerational transfer of wealth.

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Retro-Hooverites All

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Joseph A. Palermo

The Republicans voted against their country today. Their fellow citizens needed them to act on their behalf and instead they chose to abandon them. Theirs is an ersatz patriotism.

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Will Conservatives be Obama's "Best Allies" in the Climate Fight?

David Roberts | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Roberts

In last weekend's New York Times, conservatives Rep. Bob Inglis (R-S.C.) and Arthur Laffer had an op-ed claiming that a revenue-neutral "tax shift" would make conservatives "the new administration's best allies on climate change." Color me skeptical.

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Increasing Agreement on Carbon Taxes -- Goodbye 2008 Conventional Wisdom

Dan Rosenblum | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Climate Change, Obama Energy Policy, Thomas Friedman, Foreign Oil, Cap and Trade, Wto, Automakers Bailout, Charles Krauthammer, The New York Times Op-Ed, Gas Tax, Bob Inglis, Obama Administration Environmental Policy, Environmentalism, Obama Gas Tax, Arthur Laffer, Barack Obama, Republicans Gas Tax, Wall Stree Journal Op-Ed, Carbon Tax, David Frum, Congress Gas Tax, Detroit Bailout, Green News
Dan Rosenblum

This convergence of opinion from Left and Right signals an extraordinary opportunity to obtain bipartisan support for a revenue-neutral carbon tax.

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