Posts Tagged ‘taxes’
On the tax cuts deal
I’ve been complaining about those Bush tax cuts for a few months. Now the deal is (almost) done. I’ll just like to some more articulate people’s thoughts on why lots of Democrats will be looking around for a new leader over the next 20 months. This [Read More]
Bush Tax Cuts (cont’d)
Implement Obama’s tax policies in 2011, and my friends earning over $300,000 will see a tiny tax hike. The rest of us get a tax cut. SO, TEA PARTY–WHY DO YOU HATE OUR TAX-CUTTING PRESIDENT SO MUCH? This is from that socialist rag The Wall Street Journal (via Bob [Read More]
Bush tax cuts (cont’d)
I cannot in good conscience support a tax cut in which so many of the benefits go to the most fortunate among us, at the expense of middle-class Americans who most need tax relief. - John McCain, May 2001 Obama wants to let the Bush tax cuts on the wealthiest expire at the [Read More]
Spending way too much time looking into the Bush tax cuts
Inspired from one of those things I starred in Google Reader: There’s no evidence whatsoever that the Bush tax cuts actually diminished revenue. They increased revenue because of the vibrancy of these tax cuts in the economy. - Senate Minority Leader Mitch McDonnell [Read More]
Changing the subject
Sometimes I just have to write about anything just to take the focus off of the previous entry. What a horrible post…. Um…so I’ve been going to the Durham Neighborhood College for the past six or so weeks now. We’ve got a class project. My group is [Read More]
The sexy, sexy topic of Durham taxes
Durham County needs to raise some revenues. The two options are a sales tax increase of a quarter-percent or a land-transfer tax of 0.4%. The N&O covers the topic in depth here. So here’s my two cents… Maybe I’m wholly impractical and naive, but [Read More]
