Archive for the ‘Taxes’ Category
Monday, May 26th, 2008
Dr. Greg Mankiw calls it "The Pigou Club" (after economist Arthur Pigou, who advocated using taxes as a way to correct for negative externalities).
That Software Guy calls it the "fund the war and the follow up costs, including veterans benefits, instead of screwing our warriors and giving our kids the ...
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Monday, May 19th, 2008
Former HP boss Carly Fiorina, now shilling for John McCain, says there's nothing wrong with the USA that can't be fixed by a little outsourcing. She says it's great that big companies are able to dodge taxes by laying off their American workers and setting up shop in China. Individuals ...
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Saturday, May 10th, 2008
Larry Kudlow, recently named the stupidest man alive by Brad DeLong, never tires of saying that it's unreasonable that wealthy people like him should have to pay the same percentage of their income in payroll taxes that working stiffs do. Kudlow marshals a number of inane arguments, among them ...
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Friday, February 15th, 2008
Two months to go until tax day! Here's my annual nag about tax planning for US based entrepreneurs.
If you're a US entrepreneur, you should talk to your accountant/financial planner about a SIMPLE IRA. You are eligible even if you have a 401(k) plan at another job, and you ...
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Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007
Industry lobby group Don't Tax Our Web is pushing hard to extend the current moratorium. Forbes provides a summary of the positions. The current law expires November 2007.
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