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Tag Archives: taxation
This Moment In Economic History
Astonishing and depressing series of charts from Henry Blodget at Business Insider. A small selection:
Destroying Prosperity By Punishing Our Job Creators With Excessive Taxation
Via this post on his new book, a few charts from Lane Kenworthy on the consequences of excessive taxation. Tax receipts and economic growth: Tax receipts and unemployment: Generally speaking, conservatives simply ignore these deeply politically incorrect facts. Sometimes, though, … Continue reading
Deficit Reduction In The Current Context
We shouldn’t be doing it. We can borrow money for about free, and we have an unemployment crisis, vs. a long-term debt problem. But if we are dumb enough to focus on deficit reduction… we should return high-income rates to … Continue reading
Mush From The Wimp
A wimp in the Senate so wimpy he sought anonymity to mewl out his wimpy mush: After pledging to send a job-creation package to Congress next month and daringRepublicans to block it, President Obama offered few specifics Tuesday about the form the plan … Continue reading
Conservatives Recoil In Horror At Republicans, Praise Stimulus
As has been noted around here a time or two, pretty much everyone who knows anything about anything economics has rejected and denounced the Republican Party. At National Review, Kevin Williamson stares in stunned disbelief at the candidates’ responses to … Continue reading
Posted in News and Current Events
Tagged conservatism, economics, republicans, stimulus, taxation
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Adam Smith: Marxist
“The necessities of life occasion the great expence of the poor. They find it difficult to get food, and the greater part of their little revenue is spent in getting it. The luxuries and vanities of life occasion the principal … Continue reading
Republicans Don’t Give A [Hoot]
Some people are crowing about poll results showing that few people want to extend the Bush tax cuts, or that most people (including most Republicans) want to increase marginal income tax rates on the very highest income earners. It’s important, first … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged debt, defiit, Grover Norquist, honey badger, polling, public opinion, republicans, taxation
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Polls And Reality On The Causes Of The Debt
Here’s how we got here, on the debt: And here’s where Pew says Americans think it comes from: Surprised to see how few people realize that the Bush tax cuts are the leading cause of the current debt level.
Debunking A Tax Myth
A new analysis from the Center for Budget & Policy Priorities finds that people move for jobs & housing, not to avoid taxes: The migration that’s occurring is much more likely to be driven by cheaper housing than by lower … Continue reading
Deficits Are A Consequence Of Spending And Revenue
This chart from Jonathan Hopkin shows little correlation between spending levels and deficits: Now, I wouldn’t draw any grand conclusions from the experience of 2007-2010 because it was rather unusual. Still, interesting, especially given that the US is a low-spending, low-tax … Continue reading
BREAKING: Paul Ryan Is Full Of Crap
From Jon Chait, reviewing a 2001 AEI discussion of the proposed Bush revenue reductions: [Bob Greenstein of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities --RE] is taking the sensible position that the 2001 recession seems mild enough that Keynesian tax … Continue reading
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Tagged aei, american enterprise institute, conservatives, debt, deficit, far-right PR firms, kevin hassett, paul ryan, propaganda, spin, taxation
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Facts Retain Their Liberal Bias Against The Heritage Foundation
As we all know, the federal government gets about equal amounts of revenue from income taxes and payroll taxes: The Heritage Foundation feels your pain, if you’re a household making six-plus figures: “the top 10 percent of income earners—those making … Continue reading
Water Is Wet, The Sky Is Blue, And The US Is A Low-Tax Country
People are talking about Bruce Bartlett’s column yesterday at the NYT pointing out that US tax levels are at relative historic lows, even though this isn’t exactly breaking news. Bartlett also notes that US corporate tax revenues are low for … Continue reading
In the Strife of Truth with Falsehood: The Present Crisis Explained by Charts
The US federal government has high current debt levels. Though not astronomical by current world standards.
Posted in News and Current Events, Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged charts, debt, deficit, economics, health care, politics, taxation
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