A Simple Way to Get Conservatives to Support Higher Taxes on the Rich
According to new research, changing the way the issue of income inequality is framed moves conservatives closer to a liberal position.
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Romney’s Income Tax Rhetoric Misleading
The video that emerged late Monday in which Mitt Romney notes that 47 percent of Americans pay no…
Taxes: Prop 13’s Eternal Shadow
Efforts to reform California’s governing system often focus on one or two ideas that can be turned into ballot initiatives. Billionaire Nicolas Berggruen’s Think Long Committee was different. Members agreed on a broader approach – offering a series of integrated proposals in seven major areas with the goal of designing a new governing system. Here are highlights of those recommendations, and how they reached them, in the contentious area of taxation.
Ten Thousand “One-Percenters” Pay Zero Income Tax
No less an authority than the Internal Revenue Service reports that at least 10,080 households with gross incomes…
Grover Norquist’s Proposal to Raise Taxes
Why saving city budgets by moving to a 401(k) plan can only mean one thing.
Paying Taxes Makes You Feel Good
New research suggests that, while we’d rather keep the money, we do derive some benefit from paying our taxes.
Don’t Tax Soda, Tax Sweeteners
Efforts to slow obesity by taxing sodas hit the wrong target, argue three economists who propose a better-aimed tax on sugar and syrup that even they admit still sidesteps the real problem.
Mortgage Interest Deduction on the Chopping Block?
A panel ranging from liberals to libertarians suggests turning the mortgage interest deduction, a sacred cow of the U.S. tax code, into hamburger.
Give Me a Receipt Next Time I Pay Taxes
If Americans saw exactly how their specific tax dollars were being allocated, would it change the substance or tenor of discussions on, say, the debt ceiling?
Pricing Carbon to Reduce Emissions, Create Dividends
Proponents of the "Wesleyan Statement" say that America should tax carbon to reduce emissions, then return the money to citizens as a direct payment or a tax reduction.