But he’s probably better off that way.
taxes
Posted inEconomy
States’ Job Creation Shell Game
States spend billions of dollars on tax breaks and other incentives to woo companies. Unfortunately most of this money ends up in firms’ pockets and few new jobs get created.
Posted inPolitical Animal
Religious Leaders Want to Play With the Tax Code
You might have missed this part of the RNC.
Posted inPolitical Animal, Politics
Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
It all started with this tweet from NBC News: NASA releases sharpest images of Pluto ever taken; captured via spacecraft’s flyby in 2015. https://t.co/pcooJYhuhY pic.twitter.com/tGljue37U9 — NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) June 1, 2016 In response, Greta Van Susteren tweeted this: Why did they wait until NOW to release these? pics taken in 2015 and we […]
Posted inEconomy
The “Price of Paying Taxes” Is Highest for Lower-Income Americans
Tax day is upon us, and while most of us growl and bear the annual time (and money) spent on tax preparation, less attention has been paid to how the costs of tax compliance particularly hurt low-income workers. It’s bad enough that we collectively spent 3.24 billion hours, or nearly 370,000 years, on tax preparation […]
Posted inGovernment, Republic 3.0
How to Expand the EITC for Single Workers – Affordably
Limit a deduction that benefits mostly the rich and pay a bonus to low-income workers.
Posted inEconomy, Politics
Jeb Bush Cut Taxes – But Mostly for the Wealthy
During his tenure, presidential candidate Jeb Bush cut taxes for Florida residents by $13 billion.
Posted inEconomy, Politics
Reality Versus Rhetoric in Conservative “Anti-Government” Philosophy
Red states are the biggest “takers” of federal funding.
Posted inEconomy
The GOP’s Flat Tax Folly
Don’t believe candidates’ claims. A flat tax is anything but fair.
Posted inGovernment, Republic 3.0
Chicago’s Promising Experiment with a Year-Round EITC
A Chicago pilot program is improving financial stability for low-income families by converting the Earned Income Tax Credit into installments.
