an oct. 6 study by the tax foundation a conservativeleaning research group in washington d.c. found that georgia has the 27th business tax climate in the nation....... [Show More]
if you really want to get specifics rather than campaign rhetoric join me in a call for both presidential candidates to submit to athis time in history may be remembered as the era of the government giveaway. qa by experts at the tax foundation. this organization has a gold mine of information and id be willing to bet there arent many in congress who use itsome may even deliberately avoid it. the ... [Show More]
although both candidates talked about their intent to support small business last night at the debate here at belmont neither candidate is putting forward a platform that addresses what is really needed to rev up the entrepreneurial economy.
sen. obamas distrust of free markets was made very clear to all last evening. and sen. mccain showed himself to be another big government republican .
entre... [Show More]
while this chart could easily be mistaken for k12 student performance its actually measuring tax competitiveness across 50 states. w00t california beat new york and new jersey all humor aside its worth reading this research because it clearly identifies how the corporate individual sales and payroll taxes conspire to frustrate businesses who wish to expand....... [Show More]
check out these little tax doozies i found while roaming around the internet
the gettysburg address is 269 words the declaration of independence is 1337 words and the holy bible is only 773000 words. however the tax law has grown from 11400 words in 1913a to over 7 million words today. go to how long is itafor a list of u.s. representatives who have estimated the length of the tax code law at any... [Show More]
the tax foundation tax policy blog examines the errors and misrepresentations in statements by both candidates. make your own judgement on which statements were the most misleading....... [Show More]
taxing the rich Post Source: thepublicsquare.wordpress.com Posted: Oct 04 2008 03:45:18
sometimes i just shake my head when i hear politicians say theyre going to tax the rich more.a theres a couple of problems i see that this philosophy can lead to
1.a how do you know when youve taxed the rich enough when they arent rich anymore
2.a what exactly is richa i think it is somewhat telling that in the saddleback forums senator obama defined rich as over 250000 while senator mccain referr... [Show More]
federal prisonsmackerel is the currency of choice carpe diem
wsj theres been a mackerel economy in federal prisons since about 2004. thats when federal prisons prohibited smoking and by default the cigarette pack which was the earlier gold standard
tags prisons
let private contractors do it insideronline
on september 18 in minneapolis the saint anthony bridge reopened for traffic. the bridge h... [Show More]
lets get ready to rumble welcome to fct full contact tv
tonight on the factor bill oreilly ripped barny frank house representative and chairman of the house services committee for his roll in the failed fannie maefreddie mac scandal. wow this is must see you tube watch what happens when barney frank tries to lie his way out of what he actually said. make no mistake who was to blame for these fina... [Show More]
this is part of a twopart series on the candidates and their money. to read the other part on john mccain click here.
democratic presidential candidate barack obama wants to raises taxes on the wealthy but as a member of that social class he isnt eager to fall victim himself. he has invested at least 1 million in a fund that yields taxfree income.
the illinois senators latest campaignfinance disc... [Show More]
both john mccain and barack obama have issued calls to increase the maximum coverage by the federal deposit insurance corporation fdic.
the question of course is how one raises the coverage limit above unlimited
the basic insurance amount is 100000 per depositor per insured bank. this includes principal and accrued interest up to a total of 100000. the 100000 amount applies to all depositors of an... [Show More]
after a helicopter flight this afternoon i ran into a friend in the hangar. ahe works for the biggest air taxi airplane charter company in massachusetts. awe just laid off two thirds of our staff he noted. aweve returned most of the airplanes to the lessors. adriving home i passed by mattress discounters. athey had a going out of business sign out front. ai stopped in to ask why. atheyre closing a... [Show More]
and in keeping with small towns drafting proclamations to impeach george w. bush this humble little blog is asking the following
as result of their negligence and willful ignorance of capitalism i demand that nancy pelosi barney frank and christopher dodd all resign from their congressional and senatorial seats.
house speaker pelosi has shown she has become one of if not the worst house speakers. ... [Show More]
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the tax foundation u.s. federal individual income tax rates history 19132008
wo w am i reading this correctly take 1950 for instance if you made 1 it was taxed at 20. anything above 200000 was taxed at 91 i had no idea. now i want to look at what gdp avg income adjusted for 2008 and other numbers
heres one for avg income
historical income tables families...... [Show More]
digital lies the future of america the technology liberation front
this is a good article by harvard professor harry lewis. he worries that the ease of spreading lies on the net puts us at risk of losing a thoughtful analytical educated citizenry
tax policy questions for the presidential candidates the tax foundation
a few days ago we released eight tax policy questions we have for senators ... [Show More]
and you dont throw a fit.
i see your 700 billion car wreck and raise you a 41 trillion thermonuclear holocaust.a on the other hand many democrats assure us that all is well with entitlementsbut i think ive heard that before. oh well i wonder whats on tv tonight...... [Show More]
in the presidential debate the other night senator mccain raised the issue of corporate taxes in ireland which are far lower than in the us and are widely recognized as a critical piece of that countrys economic resurgence over the last two decades. hopefully that message wont be lost amid the politics of the campaign season. from the tax foundation
the accounting firm kpmg has released its annua... [Show More]
for the record i wasnt watching the debate.a i was at a sake tasting at a local japanese restaurant.a we were with friends celebrating an upcoming wedding.a the sashimi and sake were fantastic and im convinced i chose the better way to spend the evening.
i have read cnns transcript though.a and as you would imagine ive got some issues with obamaramadingdong.a first on taxes and the economy.
so my ... [Show More]
system failure Post Source: theglitteringeye.com Posted: Sep 29 2008 13:39:58
the congressional budget office has issued an analysis of the fiscal impact of the bill to rescue the financial system the emergency economic stabilization act of 2008. heres the meet of the analysis
cbo expects that the treasury would use most or all of the 700 billion in purchase authority within two years after which the authority to enter into agreements to purchase various troubled assets w... [Show More]
safety and happiness Post Source: fordemocraticreform.wordpress.com Posted: Sep 28 2008 08:42:58
what are we really talking about when we speak of reforming the democratic party aconsidering the events we have witnessed in 2008 the coopting and absorption of the dnc by the deandaught rydonnaoba ma wing of the party the complete dismantling of democratic procedure the threatening and intimidation of party members and what in reality is akin to a purge of all nonbelievers in the hope and chang... [Show More]
during the first presidential debate between mccain and obama on september 27 senator mccain said
right now the united states of american business pays the secondhighest business taxes in the world 35 percent. ireland pays 11 percent.
now if youre a business person and you can locate any place in the world then obviously if you go to the country where its 11 percent tax versus 35 percent youre goi... [Show More]
when i started this blog i vowed that i would stay out of politics.a
but im only human.
i was reading my tax feeds and came across yet another interesting post from joe kristan of taxupdates. its titled 51 spend the money of 49.
its short so here it is in its entiretya
regardless of who wins the election the federal income tax looks like it will be paid more and more by a narrow wealthier segme... [Show More]
number of comments 1i watched it and saw a draw.a mccain missed several opportunities to score on the economic front in the beginning and that is huge.a obamas risible 95 of the public will not see a tax increase is false.a first of all the bottom 40 of income earners pay no ......... [Show More]
as always here on logipundit.com we want you to know that there is more than two ways to look at a subject and that it occasionally might require us to use our imagination and wellbrainsa to come up with alternative solutions.
for instance lets imagine for a second that our congress had authority over our economywhich if im not mistaken was the way our constitution was originally intended.a second... [Show More]
not that actual facts will dent the local spend everything and spend it now crowd but the tax foundation has just dropped a ranking of counties by property taxes paid that conclusively shows that mecklenburg county is not a low tax county. nor is it according to 2007 census bureau data one of the nations highest property taxing counties. yet. mecklenburg lies right in the middle of 788 counties wi... [Show More]
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