Tag Archives: tax policy

Going after corporate tax cheats like Bank of America and G.E.

By Mark | March 26, 2011

Today was designated a national day of protest by US Uncut – a grassroots organization engaged in direct action against corporate tax cheats. Today’s protests, which took place across 40 states, focused primarily on Bank of America. Here, with more on why Bank of America was chosen as a target, is a clip from The […]

Posted in Economics, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Armand Biroonak, bailout, Bank of America, Bob Willens, corporate socialism, corporate takeover of politics, corporate tax cheats, corporate welfare, credit unions, GE, J.A. Myerson, Jeffrey Immelt, John Samuels, Move Your Money Project, move your money to a credit union, offshore tax havens, President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, shared sacrifice, taxes, U.S. Uncut | 32 Comments

Republican tax cuts for the wealthy, to pass with Stabenow’s support

By Mark | December 13, 2010

Remember a few days ago, how I told you that I was proud of our Senator, Debbie Stabenow, for standing up for her constituents and vowing to fight against the extension of the Bush tax cuts for the super-rich, which haven’t worked to stimulate the economy these past ten years, and which would put our […]

Posted in Economics, Politics, Rants | Also tagged Bernie Sanders, Bush tax cuts, Carl Levin, Debbie Stabenow, flip floppers, hypocrisy watch, Obama's unwillingness to fight, Patrick Leahy, Russ Feingold, tax the rich, the growing gap between rich and poor | 19 Comments

Reagan’s budget director David Stockman on why taxes on the wealthy must be increased

By Mark | November 28, 2010

I know that I should be writing about TSA pat downs and the new Wikileaks brouhaha tonight, like everyone else with moveable appendages and a blog, but I can’t seem to get with the program. For whatever reason, I feel as though I need to stick with the Bush tax cuts. I know it bores […]

Posted in Economics, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Bush administration, Bush tax cuts, Columbo, David Stockman, deficit, Dick Cheney, Fareed Zakaria, fiscal responsibility, Hank Paulson, middle class tax cuts, OCD, Reagan administration, richest Americans, Ronald Reagan, taxes, the growing gap between rich and poor, the plight of the overtaxed rich, theology of tax cuts, TSA, Wikileaks | 6 Comments

The mortgage tax deduction and why it should go

By Mark | November 14, 2010

Yesterday, in a post about the President’s Commission on Fiscal Responsibility, I mentioned that co-chairs Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles suggested, amid a long laundry list of federal programs to be cut, the elimination of the mortgage tax deduction. While I deduct my mortgage interest when calculating my taxes each year, just like everyone else […]

Posted in Economics, Environment, Politics | Also tagged Alan Simpson, Brandon Zwagerman, Bush tax cuts, Erskine Bowles, estate tax, home buying, home ownership, McMansions, mortgage interest tax deduction, Murph, National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, social engineering, sprawl, tax incentives, urban sprawl | 28 Comments

Job growth and tax cuts under Obama, and the inability to acknowledge either

By Mark | October 19, 2010

I’m curious to know if there’s anyone out there who doesn’t buy this, and, if so, why not. My sense is that some will say it’s unfair to lay the massive job losses that began in January 2007 at the feet of Bush, pointing to the fact that Congress was in the hands of the […]