Tax Policy

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• The new Washington Consensus: taxes, taxes and more taxes

  
  James Pethokoukis — Authority: 707
  This depressing WSJ article outlines some possible solutions to America’s long-term fiscal problems: 1) Don’t keep fixing the AMT 2) Let all the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts expire 3) Add a VAT overlay on top of current system 4) Tax Wall Street trading 5) Put an expiration date on business tax cuts and credits ...
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• Some States Fight Medicaid Expansion – Costs a Worry to All

  
  Real Health Reform — Authority: 115
  One provision of health reform which has the states up in arms, for varying reasons, relates to the expansion of Medicaid coverage.  First, the expansion creates a mandate by the federal government levied upon the states, since Medicaid is basically a 50/50 matching program of state and federal dollars.  Second, ...
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• Merry Christmas!

  
  EconomistMom.com — Authority: 424
  Happy Holidays to all my readers!  I will be posting less frequently over the next week–but have no fear, I will be back with a vengeance around New Year’s with some EconomistMom “resolutions.”  Until then, just want to make sure you all saw the Concord Coalition’s new issue brief on the “end game” ...
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• Why surtaxes are foolish

  
  James Pethokoukis — Authority: 707
  A surtax to pay for healthcare? Not good. Former Bush White House economist Alan Viard explains: First, it would significantly increase marginal tax rates for the affected households, giving them greater incentives to reduce their taxable income through various avoidance strategies. Even with moderate ...
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• Tax Increases in Senate Healthcare Bill

  
  The Tax Lawyer's Blog — Authority: 483
  Ryan Ellis of Americans for Tax Reform has produced an excellent summary of the tax hikes included in the Senate healthcare plan which is expected to pass tomorrow:Individual Mandate Tax (Page 324/Sec. 1501/$15 bil/Jan 2014): Starting in 2014, anyone not buying “qualifying” health insurance must pay an income ...
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• Economic Theory--how much is it worth

  
  ataxingmatter — Authority: 116
  [hat tip--Yves Smith at Naked Capitalism ]  Michael Hudson, an economist at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, asks how the economic discipline became so "trivialized from its classical flowering""taking for granted the social structures and dynamics that should be the substance and focal point of the ...
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• Lucky That Longshoremen Get Tan Naturally

  
  EconomistMom.com — Authority: 424
  …otherwise, Senator Reid’s “manager’s amendment” to the health care reform bill would be a “wash” for them. A snow-day CQ story by Richard Rubin exposed the sillier side of how a health care reform bill is made (emphasis added): The amendment also would replace a proposed 5 percent excise tax on ...
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• State holds all the aces on tax debate

  
  Akamai Politics| Akamai Politics blog, honoluluadvertiser.com | Honolulu, Hawaii — Authority: 115
  One of the strangest pieces of Hawaiis political landscape is the way the state controls and manages the affairs of the four counties. It is  a legacy of the time when there truly was only one government in Hawaii:  Of course, the first was the Kingdom, where the Crown made all the decisiions. Then there was the  ...
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• Progressivity and the Income Tax

  
  ataxingmatter — Authority: 116
  Martin Sullivans analysis of the progressivity of the income tax appears in the Dec. 14 edition of Tax Notes (at 1135).  Looking at 1007 data, he finds that the effective rate levels off between one and two million AGI at 24.1%.  Above that amount of AGI, the rate declines, down to 19.7% for incomes in excess of $10 ...
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• Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in U.S. Contracts in Afghanistan

  
  The Beacon — Authority: 599
  In preparation for hearings on the government’s contractors in Afghanistan by the Senate Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight, the majority staff has prepared a memorandum , dated December 16, 2009, which gives an overview. I commend this report to your attention with the caveat “read it and weep.” Not that ...
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• Tax on George Hamilton?

  
  The Tax Lawyer's Blog — Authority: 483
  Kim Gieger of Tribune Newspapers says that the Senate has inserted a last minute provision in the healthcare bill that would replace the botax with a 10% sales tax on the use of tanning beds:Representatives from the tanning industry see the new tax as an attempt by cosmetic surgeons to replace a proposed excise tax ...
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• Giving the lie to "we dont make anything anymore"

  
  Rossputin.com Rational Thinking About Our World — Authority: 480
  On Thursday, I heard Denver radio talk show host Craig Silverman (whom I generally like even though he’s nominally the liberal on the show) buy into one of the most dangerous economic lies propounded by the American labor movement. Following is the e-mail I sent to Mr. Silverman on the topic: Hello Craig, I ...
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• This Week in Deficit Hawks

  
  The Fine Print: blog posts from OMBWatch — Authority: 134
  On Thursday, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT), in an attempt to become more " relevant ," held a hearing in search of fiscal remedies to the countrys growing $12 trillion debt. Rather than provide a platform for exploring different options, though, Lieberman lined up witnesses to trumpet a special congressional ...
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• Healthcare Tax on Smart Car Plans?

  
  The Tax Lawyer's Blog — Authority: 483
  Patrica Murphy of Politics Daily says in Cadillac Tax in Health Plan Would Hit Middle Class Hard that the tax on so-called Cadillac insurance plans is really a tax on the middle class:When President Obama first raised the idea of taxing insurance companies this summer, he framed it as one way to get Wall Street ...
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• Latest Good Reads

  
  Roni Deutch: The Tax Lady Blog — Authority: 439
  The American Bankers Association "Call to Action" Working Mother Top Companies List: The Success Stories in Big Law Some Thoughts On Saving Or Paying For College Tax Policy Center Hosts Discussion on The Higher Cost of Being Gay Tax Credit for Chocolate?
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• Is Goldman really a bank? Would some tax increases make sense right away?

  
  ataxingmatter — Authority: 490
  As economists claim that we are coming out of our Great Recession, and Bernanke opines that getting (nonexistent) inflation under control is more important than doing something to prevent 10% unemployment from plaguing the country for at least a half-a-decade to come (see these various postings on Bernankes ...
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• Is the Senate Going to Allow the Estate Tax to Die?

  
  The Fine Print: blog posts from OMBWatch — Authority: 134
  According to a Wall Street Journal article published this morning, efforts to pass some sort of estate tax extension in the upper chamber broke down late Wednesday afternoon. It seems the Democratic caucus cant agree on whether to permanently or temporarily extend 2009 estate tax levels. Though legislators are ...
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• Deconstructing the Deficit

  
  The Fine Print: blog posts from OMBWatch — Authority: 134
  When discussing the federal budget deficit, I should be clear that reducing it right now is absolutely the wrong policy to pursue. It will likely strangle the meager recovery thats underway, and attention should primarily be focused on reducing the growing cost of health care. Having said all that, if deficit ...
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• What We Need

  
  Just Above Sunset — Authority: 127
  On Wednesday, December 16, it was hard to see that there was anything else to talk about but Joe Lieberman and how he had decided the way healthcare should be reconfigured in America, as he had the one and only mother of all swing votes, and a giant chip on his shoulder and the mother of all grudges against anyone who ...
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• Final Defense Bill Includes Franken Anti-Rape Amendment

  
  The Fine Print: blog posts from OMBWatch — Authority: 134
  Back in October, I wrote about Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) and his praise-worthy amendment to the FY 2010 Defense appropriations bill that would bar the government from contracting with companies who prevent their employees from bringing workplace sexual assault cases to court. The amendment passed easily 68 to 30 – ...
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