Category Archives: Tax policy

And whatever social network is popular in the Caribbean

Posted on July 9, 2012 by

The Obama campaign has released this video. Chris Hayes had the best line about this issue on Up yesterday morning. When Wall Street Journal editor and Romney apologist Stephen Moore suggested that stashing money in the Caymans might not be … Continue reading →

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Your Weekly Presidential Address, March 31, 2012

Posted on March 31, 2012 by

Heading out the door for my 14th annual rotisserie baseball auction, so this will be brief. This week the president discusses the Buffet Rule. Previous weekly address post.

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The President Doesn’t Think We’re Idiots: the US Economy in Charts

Posted on March 2, 2012 by

Dr. Jan Eberly, the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy, released a series of charts that tells the story (or at least the administrations’s story) of the United States economy. You can find Dr. Eberly’s brief into on … Continue reading →

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Corporate Taxes are Rigged and Republicans are Hypocrites

Posted on February 24, 2012 by

“Thanks, Dr. Obvious.” (That was your first thought after reading my title). This week President Obama released his plan to lower corporate taxes from 35% to 28%. The basic idea is this: close all breaks and loopholes, and tax everyone at the … Continue reading →

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Small Government (For Everyone Else)

Posted on February 14, 2012 by

Over the weekend The Times had a great piece on critics of government spending that also rely heavily on it. But the reality of life here is that Mr. Gulbranson and many of his neighbors continue to take as much help from the government … Continue reading →

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Yes, Obama submitted the 2013 budget (and 2010-2012 too)

Posted on February 14, 2012 by

Yesterday was budget day (actually a week late) and President Obama submitted his 2013 budget proposal to Congress.  It won’t get passed, of course, but it is still a good snapshot of the budget priorities that Obama is proposing and … Continue reading →

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Job Creator!

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

Romney is rich. Super rich. He made his gazillions by downsizing corporations and laying off your neighbors while at the helm of the private equity firm Bain Capital. Even on his best day, where he isn’t laying off thousands of … Continue reading →

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“Probably closer to the 15% rate,” said Mitt.

Posted on January 24, 2012 by

I have to admit, even as cynical as I can sometimes be, I really didn’t expect Mitt’s tax returns to be this… illustrative.  Yes, I fully expected them to be a clear example of why the Buffet Rule is going … Continue reading →

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