The New York Times' Tax Coverage Goes Off the Rails
The Times news columns have been openly campaigning against Trump's tax cuts from the moment they were rolled out.
The Times news columns have been openly campaigning against Trump's tax cuts from the moment they were rolled out.
From the discussion, you would never know the money in question actually belongs to particular individuals, who obtained it through voluntary exchange or gift.
The Buffalo Sabres will play a "home" game in New York City against the New York Rangers next year, so the Rangers can keep their special tax exemption.
The ownership of tax money before the government confiscates it is a moral consideration, or at least ought to be.
The Twin Cities have been waiting since 1991 for a winner. A University of Illinois-Chicago economist says lowering the income tax rate might help.
Instead of permanent tax reform we get temporary taxcut-and-spend, again.
Some good news, but will there be any spending cuts?
If revenues are still going up, you haven't cut the taxes enough.
Be it cigarettes, imported products, or even labor.
An Oregon think-tank's study finds undocumented workers contributes $81 million to state and local government coffers.
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It feels like mercantilism, hammering imports while promoting exports.
Let taxpayers in high-tax nations subsidize the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Who will pay for the roads? Taxpayers, every year.
Looking to set up a death tax if Trump repeals the federal one.
Ready for another round of tax cuts combined with spending increases?
A state senator proposes replacing the federal estate tax with a state tax, if Trump gets his way on repeal.
It's the one time of the year taxpayers are confronted with just how much of their earnings are captured by the government.
Against all common sense and fairness, some states continue to tax grocery purchases.
"There is no happy hour for menstruation," says a legislator looking to pay for tax cuts on feminine products with a tax hike on hard liquor.
Tax returns leaked; Rachel Maddow's exclusive gets scooped by White House pre-response.
One of the city's largest beverage distributors is planning to cut 20 percent of its workforce; grocery stores across the city are also planning to shed jobs.
Energy taxes are obvious to voters, while the effects of energy efficiency standards are sneakier
Politicians prefer efficiency mandates because they are less obvious to voters than taxes.
"People didn't care," says an adviser. "They voted for him."
Friday A/V Club: The Mississippi Sheiks didn't want to pay extra.
That won't stop other cities and states from trying to duplicate the dubious policy.
IRS is acting in bad faith and overreaching, argues motion to quash its subpoena seeking a wide range of information about the bitcoin exchange's customers.
The money is supposed to offset environmental consequences of natural gas drilling, but some localities used it as a slush fund for pet projects and parties.
They even opened the door to tax-avoiding e-cigarettes!
Attempts to make sure the feds can successfully tax pseudonymous bitcoin transactions getting serious.
So, it's working as planned.
A task force emphasizes the importance of displacing the black market.
A holiday recipe for government growth.
Local elected officials will have important decisions to make about taxes if California voters legalize weed in November.
Both parties are to blame for a bill that's also making it more expensive for smokers to switch to safer alternatives.
Like the fixation on Gary Johnson's "Aleppo moments," this stuff stymies serious conversation about first-order concerns like government spending.
Government moves forward with 19 percent tax on working travelers.
Sheldon Adelson and NFL's Raiders run into opposition from conservative tax watchdog group and Nevada's largest labor union over proposed stadium.
Residents of the city will pay $57 annually as part of a rescue plan that hinges on several questionable assumptions.
A flood of local initiatives introduced in response to state vote.
With $80 billion in pension debt and after handing out $1.5 billion in corporate welfare, Christie looks across the Delaware River for a bail-out.
JFK and the Reagan Revolution argues that America can return to prosperity by looking to the Kennedy-Reagan model of income tax cuts and a strong, stable dollar.
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