Tag Archives: Tax Reform

The Daily Beast: Michael Tomasky: ‘A 70% Percent Tax Rate Isn’t Radical- Alexandria O. Cortez Has It Just Right’

Source:The New Democrat What Michael Tomasky failed to mention here ( and perhaps intentionally ) is that back in the 1950s and 70s when we had high tax rates of 70 and 91%, no one especially the rich were actually … Continue reading

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David Von Pein: Q&A With President John F. Kennedy ( April 19, 1963)

Source:The New Democrat The first questions in this presidential news conference asked to President Kennedy, was about Cuba. With someone actually asking President Kennedy did his administration have any plans to invade Cuba. As if President Kennedy would ever reveal … Continue reading

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Brookings Institution: Vanessa Williamson: Back Without Popular Demand- Tax Cuts For The Wealthy & Tax Hikes For The Middle Class

Source:The New Democrat If you’re going to talk about tax reform especially if you’re saying you’re proposing it which is what President Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans are saying that they’re doing, you should at the very least know what … Continue reading

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AEI Ideas: James Pethokoukis- Ben Carson’s Flat Tax Plan Represents Many of The Least Helpful Impulses in GOP Tax Policy

Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat: AEI Ideas: James Pethokoukis- Ben Carson’s Flat Tax Plan Represents Many of The Least Helpful Impulses in GOP Tax Policy During really the last six years or so of the … Continue reading

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U.S News: Eric Schnurer: ‘A Modest Proposal: Stop Taxing The Rich’

“I’VE COME TO THE reluctant conclusion that there’s only one progressive solution to the problem destroying American politics and, with it, our country’s future: Give Republicans the one and only thing they care about. That’s right – let’s exempt the … Continue reading

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Reason Magazine: Jacob Sullum: ‘Ted Cruz is Right About Taxes’

“If you have not done your taxes yet, do not count on getting help from the Internal Revenue Service in answering any last-minute questions that may arise. The IRS estimates that only half of the anxious and bewildered taxpayers who … Continue reading

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New York Daily News: S.E. Cupp: ‘State of The Union a Window Into Obama’s Mind’

Source:New York Daily News What I don’t think that S.E. Cupp gets that is of course President Obama was taking a victory lap last night. Which is his right, because the economy is finally moving and moving well. No longer … Continue reading

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Hoover Institution:George P. Shultz: How to Get America Moving Again

Source:The New Democrat  George Shultz now a fellow at the Hoover Institution and of course former Secretary of State for President Reagan and I believe Secretary of Treasury or Commerce for President Nixon wrote an interesting article on how to … Continue reading

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Hoover Institution: Edward Paul Lazear: How to Energize a Lackluster Recovery

Source:The New Democrat  The U.S. income tax is now the biggest book ever written in the history of the world, at least as far as I know, standing at over one-million pages.  How would you like that for a book … Continue reading

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PBS NewsHour: Shields & Brooks: Ukraine, Arizona Religious Discrimination Bill & Tax Reform

Source:The New Democrat  The good news about Ukraine is that its dictator is out of power and will probably be arrested by the new administration and held accountable for his regime. But this is a big country of around 50 … Continue reading

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