Monday, May 31, 2010

Memorial Day, Taxes, and Remembering the Future

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On Friday, as the Memorial Day weekend was about to begin, I heard a commercial on a local radio station that began with these words, “Memor...
Friday, May 28, 2010

To Amnesty or Not to Amnesty, That is the Question

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Sorry about the bad grammar, but it happens. A grammatically correct expression of the thought would create too long of a post title. The to...
Wednesday, May 26, 2010

More Proof The U.S.A. Needs More and Better Tax Education

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It started with my post, Is Public Truly Getting IRS-Congress Distinction? . My suggestion that if people understood the tax system and the...
Monday, May 24, 2010

Philadelphia Soda Tax Proposal Shelved, But Will It Return?

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Some tax issues don’t get widespread attention because they’re too technical or deal with obscure transactions, but the proposed Philadelphi...
Friday, May 21, 2010

R.I.P., BRT

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On Tuesday, the voters of Philadelphia decided to relegate the Bureau of Revision of Taxes to the trash heap. According to this Philadelphi...
Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Canonizing the Rich with Tax Cuts: Part Three

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Today, in conclusion, I will deal with what Peter Pappas describes as my third point, namely, the assertion that Pappas opposes higher taxes...
Monday, May 17, 2010

Canonizing the Rich with Tax Cuts: Part Two

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Today I will deal with what Peter Pappas describes as my second point, namely the assertion that statistics showing that the rich pay a grea...
Friday, May 14, 2010

Canonizing the Rich with Tax Cuts: Part One

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It started with my post, Is Public Truly Getting IRS-Congress Distinction? , in which I asked, “Isn’t it time to counteract the deliberate m...
Wednesday, May 12, 2010

More on Private Toll Roads

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After reading my Friday post, Are Private Tolls More Efficient Than Public Tolls? , Phineas Baxandall, Senior Analyst for Tax and Budget Pol...
Monday, May 10, 2010

User Fees As Alternative to Cutting Spending

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A little more than a week ago, in Taxes and Priorities , I noted that “[t]The tension between demands for reduced taxes or reduced tax incre...
Friday, May 07, 2010

Are Private Tolls More Efficient Than Public Tolls?

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On Tuesday, in PhillyDeals: Private toll roads are on their way back , Joseph N. DiStefano, after explaining the history of toll roads, pred...
Wednesday, May 05, 2010

If You Like What Tax Cuts for the Wealthy Brought Us, Are You Uneducated? Exploited? What?

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My post, Is Public Truly Getting IRS-Congress Distinction? , has riled up Peter Pappas over at Tax Lawyer Blog . In If You Oppose Tax Incre...
Monday, May 03, 2010

Cut Taxes, Cut Spending, Cut Safety?

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The Christie administration in New Jersey has rolled out another of its steps to reduce taxes by reducing state spending. This one, it appea...