Tax Cuts

This Isn't Infighting, This is Therapy

Chip Hanlon | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Gop, Economy, 2008 Presidential Race, Tax Cuts, Infighting, Robert Novak, Republicans, Politics News
Chip Hanlon

You may be expecting the finest in GOP entertainment as we righties tear each other apart ahead of November's presumed debacle. But in fact, it's the first step in our return to the majority.

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McCain's Record ... of Flip-Flops

Ira Forman | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Tax Cuts, Religious Right, John McCain, 2008 Election, Pro-Choice, Mccain Flip-Flop, Reproductive Rights, Offshore Drilling, Straight Talk Express, Politics News
Ira Forman

The gall of McCain's 'straight talk' is breathtaking and the flip-flops here ought to finally put the myth of McCain's maverick moderate image to rest.

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John McCain's New Populism?

Diane Francis | Posted 06.16.2008 | Business

Read More: George Bush, Greed, Wall Street Bonuses, John McCain, CEO Pay, Wall Street Regulations, Excess CEO Compensation, Lobbyists, CEO Compensation, Shareholder Rights, Corporate Power, Shareholder Value, Shareholder Democracy, Barack Obama, Tax Cuts Fo Rthe Rich, Business Roundtable, Boards of Directors, Profits, Corporate America, Economic Reform, Tax Cuts, Business News
Diane Francis

McCain can "pledge" to reform Wall Street business practices all he wants, but he hasn't walked the walk in the Senate in past years, nor has his party ever done so.

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Cutting Through The Fog

Jared Bernstein | Posted 06.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Trickle Down Economics, John McCain, Tax Policy, Tax Policy Center, Tax Cuts, The Economy, John McCain Tax Cuts, Barack Obama, Politics News
Jared Bernstein

The election debate is already off the rails, and misinformation is swirling like balloons at the convention. McCain says he's the big tax cutter and Obama's going to raise your taxes through the roof. That's not just a little bit wrong -- it's a lot wrong.

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McCain's Tax-Cut Economics: Utterly Unaffordable

Demos | Posted 06.04.2008 | Home

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Demos

Supply-side economics or, more to the point, economic policy centered on tax cuts simply does not work. Without question, McCain's plan will pile $2 trillion to $5.7 trillion onto the federal debt.

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The Politics of Bad Ideas: The Curse of Reaganism

Bryan D. Jones and Walter Williams | Posted 05.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bush Economy, Ronald Reagan, Opec, George W. Bush, Tax Cuts, Republican Propaganda, Reaganism, Republicans, Bush Tax Cuts, Politics News
Bryan D. Jones and Walter Williams

America must come to realize that Reaganism is the philosophical underpinning of our woes. They are due to George W. Bush's mismanagement, but more fundamentally, by our slavish worship of flawed political philosophy.

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The Middle Class Squeeze Is A Result Of LOW Taxes

Dave Johnson | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Tax Cuts, Government, Proposition 13, Budget, Taxes, Politics News
Dave Johnson

It is a popular misconception that taxes add to the squeeze on the middle class. But it isn't tax increases that have squeezed the middle class, it's...

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The ABC Debate: Enough Capital Gains Tax Nonsense

Jeff Madrick | Posted 04.21.2008 | Business

Read More: Tax Cuts, Congressional Budget Office, Capital Gains Taxes, George Stephanopoulos, Barack Obama, Charles Gibson, ABC Debate, Capital Gains, Abc, Business News
Jeff Madrick

Capital gains tax cuts are not magic. Over time, cuts in taxes on profits made by investing do not raise total tax revenues.

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Senator McCain's Economic Policies Will Fail -- Big Time

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 04.20.2008 | Politics

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Hale

Once again, we're hearing the great canard -- there is a free lunch, you can have something for nothing and you can cut taxes and increase revenue.

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John McCain's Simpler Tax Proposal Is Actually More Complex - No Kidding

Mike McCready | Posted 04.20.2008 | Politics

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Mike McCready

John McCain wants to make a simpler version of our tax code by replacing the existing six tax bands with only two and to drastically reduce the allowed deductions.

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Tax Cuts Make Us Poor

Dave Johnson | Posted 04.17.2008 | Politics

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Dave Johnson

Some years ago the corporate-funded anti-tax, anti-government advocates paid their way to become the dominant voice in our civil discourse. They said...

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Video: Tax Protest Puts "Me" Over "We"

The Uptake | Posted 04.16.2008 | Home

Read More: Minnesota, Michele Bachmann, Tax Protest, Jason Lewis, Tax Fairness John Kline, Taxes, Reaganomics, Tax Policy, Tax Cuts for the Wealthy, Trickle Down, Middle Class, Tax Cuts, Home News
The Uptake

Ronald Reagan's tax policy has been a disaster. The middle class earns less and pays more taxes for less service. The wealthy earn more and pay less. There is no trickle down.

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Universal Health Care Doesn't Mean We're Entitled to All the Health Care in the Universe

Russ Wellen | Posted 03.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Sicko, Working America, Tax Cuts, Health Insurance, CT Scan, Universal Health Care, Afl-Cio, Michael Moore, Hillary Clinton, Health Care, Barack Obama, Mri, Politics News
Russ Wellen

Who doesn't want health insurance? A few 20-somethings too blinded by their partying to picture the illnesses they're courting? For many others, the heart is willing, but the pocketbook is weak.

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Senate Blocks Moratorium on Earmarks

AP | ANDREW TAYLOR | Posted 03.13.2008 | Business

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WASHINGTON — Even with the backing of all three presidential candidates, Senate old-timers in both parties decisively killed a proposed one-year...

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Obama On McCain Tax Flip Flop: I "Guess That's How" You Got Your "Ticket Punched" To Be Nominee

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 03.13.2008 | Politics

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CHICAGO — Democratic Sen. Barack Obama said Thursday that Sen. John McCain reversed his position on President Bush's deep tax cuts in order to w...

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A Line In The Sand -- Stop Cutting School Budgets

Dave Johnson | Posted 03.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Taxes, Education, Schools, Budget, California, Tax Cuts, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Politics News
Dave Johnson

Governor Schwarzenegger has declared a "fiscal emergency" and is asking the legislature to solve the problem entirely with budget cuts.

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Is Hillary Good For Business?

BusinessWeek | Moira Herbst | Posted 02.28.2008 | Business

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In the final Democratic debate of the primaries on Feb. 26, Senator Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) trumpeted the populist theme of her campaign: "The wealth...

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Conservative Myths About Taxes

Jeff Madrick | Posted 02.19.2008 | Business

Read More: Government Spending, The Wall Street Journal, Tax Cuts, Jobs, Presidential Campaign, Bush Economy, Taxes, U.S. Economy, Economy, 2008 Election, Bush Tax Cuts, Business News
Jeff Madrick

There is a relentless drumbeat from the conservative press that low taxes are always and everywhere the cure for economic ailments. They are simply not true.

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Is John McCain Good For Business?

BusinessWeek | Eamon Javers | Posted 02.06.2008 | Business

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How will corporate America react if John McCain lands the Republican nomination? For business, Senator McCain (R-Ariz.) is a candidate of contradictio...

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Really? Tax Cuts Again? Can't You... I Mean, Tax Cuts? Again?

Jeff Dorchen | Posted 01.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Tax Cuts, Iraq War, George Bush, Bush Stimulus Plan, Recession, Bush Tax Cuts, Business News
Jeff Dorchen

If you've got $150 billion dollars to burn, how about thinking up something clever to do with it, instead of just distributing it among the corporate geniuses who let our economy down in the first place?

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GOP Rep. Proud Her Constituents Are "Working Two Jobs' And 'Longer Hours'

Think Progress | Posted 01.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Tax Cuts, Recession Fears, Economic Slowdown, Recession Watch, Economic Recession, Bush Tax Cuts, Politics News

Topping Congress's agenda as it returns this week is a plan to "jump-start the economy and try to shorten the slowdown that many economists say has al...

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News Flash: Tax Cuts DON'T Pay For Themselves

Hale "Bonddad" Stewart | Posted 01.11.2008 | Business

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Hale

Kennedy's cuts worked. Reagan's didn't. Bush II's didn't. Can we stop this crap now?

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Do Tax Cuts Really Help The Economy?

Dave Johnson | Posted 11.21.2007 | Politics

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Dave Johnson

Conservatives like to say that taxes hurt the economy. That they "take money out of the economy." But is this really what happens?

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We Can Do Better Than This

Sen. Bernie Sanders | Posted 10.16.2007 | Politics

Read More: Collective Bargaining, Energy Efficiency, Minimum Wage, Poverty, US Poverty, Middle Class, Tax Cuts, Free Trade, Defense Spending, Health Care, Labor Unions, Global Warming, Fair Trade, Bush Tax Cuts, Politics News
Sen. Bernie Sanders

The decline of the middle class combined with growing income inequality is a national scandal -- which Congress must address.

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