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Thoughts On “How to Fix the U.S. Credit”

We could also get rid of commercial working tax credit calculator bureaus and all of us would suddenly be able to say we had perfect credit histories. Sorry, this article is like saying referees and umpires should be eliminated from professional sports leagues. Our national credit rating took a hit because Congress acted irresponsibly. Instead of realizing how close to the edge our spending has put us, they kept right on posturing for their party faithful. Read More

Views On “Daniel Mitchell: Will Republicans Hand the Left a VAT Victory?”

Mr. Mitchell is incorrect in stating that there is a level playing field. Currently, German goods exported to the USA receive an 18% (maybe more in the meantime) VAT car tax refund, meaning that the exported goods cost only 82% of the price they would cost in Germany. That is called dumping in other circumstances. Unless we charge a customs fee of 22% to bring the price up to the same level as in Germany, having no VAT really does tilt the playing field towards Read More

A Response To “Verizon's Not”

This FiOS has turned out to be a big yawn. I have cables sitting on a pole outside my window for over a year! I called my local council tax bands member to get this service moving and after 3 weeks of constant calls from Verizon, my council members office and EVERY exec I had been transferred to, still could not justify why anything had not been done yet!!! The last call I received from execs at Verizon office informed me the service would not be available Read More

A Commentary On “Jenkins: Behold the Taxpayer Behind the Tree”

Was that a leap in logic? Carried interest is remuneration. But then the argument switched to capital gains tax calculator gains generally. Foul! On an investment where I have a direct connection to the gain and loss, I deserve capital gains treatment. When I'm glomming onto someone else's investment and taking a cut if things go well, that is not an investment on my part. End carried interest. Also, why not a real AMT that snags all income above $100,000 Read More

A Response To “The Divider vs. the Thinker”

Brilliant writing. Paul Ryan is so right and Obama is so unprepared to lead this country to higher ground. 2012 tax estimator will likely be ugly because the President has no success to run on, so the strategy will be to tear his opposition's face off. This President not only is over-matched by our Country's problems, but he has repeatedly demonstrated that facts and truth are not confining. Both parties have offered bad leaders, but Obama is easily to worst Read More

An Opinion On “Stephens: Understanding the Muslim Brotherhood”

Richard Falk is crazier than any Tony Perkins character ever was. I think for a while he served as Special Raporteur on Palestine for the UN Human Rights Council where he said that any homicide bombings of Israeli civilians were acts of legitimate resistance, and any burping by Israelis in the direction of the territories were terrorist provocations. He got even crazier after that saying 911 was an inside job and more. He became too hot to handle even for Read More

My View On “Arthur B. Laffer: Class Warfare and the Buffett Rule”

Buffet has gained tremendous wealth through his aasociation with this administration and knows how to play the game. If we are to tax more, it should be on the gains made through short term trading, even with capital gains tax rate 2012 gains assets. If assets are traded before 5 years, they are taxed at income tax rates. We can give a capital tax rate to the first 100,000 per entity. That would protect people that live on their income from accumulated wealth Read More

My Take On “Feds Disclose New 401(k) Rules”

Todd they force people to begin to take distributions at 70 1/2 to a) insure there is some income tax efiling to tax, and b) prevent too large of nest eggs being inherited....and those who inherit are forced to take out too, even if they are under 70 1/2. Don't want the tax shelter to be used beyond the scope of enabling retirement income....becoming essentially dynastic trusts for example if no withdrawals are required. Roth IRA's are not available to anyone Read More

Commentary On “Book Review: The Faculty Lounges”

So nice to see WSJ fretting about workplace inequality. I can't wait till the journal editorial page feels the same way about women at Wal-Mart, home health-dvla car taxe aids, coal-miner's working conditions. Historically, of course, labor unions have been one of our strongest forces for closing the gap between the underpaid and the overpaid (hedge-fund managers and criminals like Murdoch, for example). I'm looking forward to WSJ editors looking beyond the Read More

My Take On “The GOP’s Big Comeback”

- Dems ran extraordinarily weak candidates in VA, NJ and Virginia, Firstly, I presume you mean MA, NJ, and Virginia. Secondly, if your assertion is indeed the case, someone forget to notify President Obama who campaigned vigorously for all three Dem candidates. Thirdly, please don't confuse Republicans and conservatives. They are not one and the same. I know many people who are Republican and not conservative as well as many conservatives who are not Republicans. Read More
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