California Road-Tax Hike Is Really A Pension Tax
Who will pay for the roads? Taxpayers, every year.
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.
Well...more than the non-zombie Congress already does.
San Francisco lawmakers want to put the squeeze on tech companies.
The taxman plays art critic
Clinton's refusal to reform the corporate income tax is stunning.
While Hillary Clinton tries to tax Wall Street and punish companies that move, Andrew Cuomo uses scores of millions of taxpayer dollars to advertise a failed government program that waives taxes and rewards companies that move
The politicians would probably be better off just lowering everyone's taxes, rather than picking and choosing a few already lucky Olympic athletes to reward with tax cuts.
Why do we put up with laws and regulations that contribute to the problem?
The GOP candidate's economic plan comes down to vague tax cuts, deregulation, and unwinnable trade wars.
Even Nixon released his taxes while under audit.
Despite promises from activists and lawmakers, it won't help low-income consumers.
While international bureaucrats enjoy tax-free salaries, they never tire of trying to raise taxes on everyone else.
Americans' tax burden is growing significantly.
With a little help from their friend Robin Hood