December 20, 2017 – 3:02 pm
Is there a Prozac shortage or something? The Tax Bill Shows the G.O.P.’s Contempt for Democracy The Republican Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is notably generous to corporations, high earners, inheritors of large estates and the owners of private jets. Taken as a whole, the bill will add about $1.4 trillion to the deficit in the next decade and […]
December 5, 2017 – 6:52 am
The NY Times is Very Concerned Among the Tax Bill’s Biggest Losers: Blue State Taxpayers Who Earn More Than $200,000 While the Republican tax overhaul would add up to an overall tax cut for individual taxpayers, at least through 2025, millions could still immediately receive a tax increase. For many, particularly in Democratic areas, the increase […]
December 2, 2017 – 7:15 am
Let’s see how this played in the biggest D.C. local “journalism” outlet (Washington Post) Senate Republicans passed a $1.5 trillion tax bill early Saturday morning that bestows massive benefits on corporate America and the wealthy while delivering mixed blessings to everybody else. After a frantic round of negotiations, Republicans came together in near unanimity behind […]
November 16, 2017 – 7:38 am
This has upset the usual illegal alien supporting idiots 200+ Groups Say GOP Tax Plans Hurt Immigrant Children: Advocates Urge Lawmakers to Reject “anti-child and anti-immigrant proposals†More than 200 organizations Wednesday sent Members of Congress a joint letter opposing tax legislation advanced by Republican leadership of the United States Senate and the U.S. House […]
November 13, 2017 – 7:07 am
The NY Times Editorial Board actually provides a rational, well researched, well thought out plan, and offers some facts, figures, and likely outcome on corporate taxes. Is it workable, though? What it does do is get money grabby The Right Way to Cut Corporate Taxes Republicans are right about the corporate tax system being broken, […]
November 7, 2017 – 7:02 am
The NY Times’ Jesse Drucker and Simon Bowers have done some research on the Internet, and are rather incensed that Apple and other companies would dare to “swindle” governments out of money. Along the way, they rather make the point for Trump that the corporate tax rate drives business away After a Tax Crackdown, Apple […]
November 3, 2017 – 7:49 am
What is interesting in this is that so many outlets were reporting that the tax break might go away with the GOP tax plan. While they were all guessing, since they didn’t wait for the plan to be released (some were still guessing after it was released), few published anything that said “yeah, it’s going […]
September 28, 2017 – 9:09 am
Realistically, Trump (or any Republican) could offer a plan that specifically raises taxes on corporations and The Rich, and it’d still be called tax cuts for the rich (Breitbart) President Donald Trump announced the framework of his tax plan Wednesday afternoon, boasting that it would restore the American dream for working families. “This is the […]
May 3, 2017 – 8:33 am
Polls on raising the gas tax are particularly negative, even among Democrats, but, when asked, Trump said “It’s something that I would certainly considerâ€. It didn’t mean he was serious: he and people in his administration typically say that or something similar when they are not prepared to really answer a question. But, this has […]
April 27, 2017 – 7:23 am
Liberals are pretty much one trick ponies. Like the NY Times White House Proposes Slashing Tax Rates, Significantly Aiding Wealthy President Trump on Wednesday proposed sharp reductions in individual and business income tax rates and a radical reordering of the tax code that would significantly benefit the wealthy, but he offered no explanation of how […]
