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Income Tax
September 6, 2024
Timothy Noah
Donald Trump’s Secret Plan to Eliminate the Government
If you do the math on the GOP ticket’s tax plans, it doesn’t add up to anything good.
June 20, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Supreme Court Makes a Good Ruling for Once on Taxing the Rich
The justices opened the door for legislation on a wealth tax.
June 17, 2024
Timothy Noah
Replacing Taxes With Tariffs Would Take Us Back to the 1800s
Trump a populist? Populism came about to lower tariffs!
August 4, 2022
Timothy Noah
Two Cheers for the Inflation Reduction Act
Why can’t Democrats deliver the steep tax increases on corporations and the rich that voters demand?
July 12, 2022
Timothy Noah
Forget Recession. Today’s Bad Economic News Is That the Wealth Management Industry Is Thriving.
Eight years ago, I didn’t believe America was becoming a wealth aristocracy. Now I’m not so sure.
June 7, 2022
Timothy Noah
Bezos Was Wrong, and Biden Was Right: Taxing the Wealthy Will Help Tame Inflation
A new report in The Wall Street Journal unintentionally sheds light on what economists, including Lawrence Summers, have long known: Higher taxes reduce spending.
May 19, 2022
Timothy Noah
Senate Republicans Want Your Cleaning Lady to Pay Income Tax, but Not FedEx
Dwindling revenues from corporate taxes are beggaring the Treasury, and the GOP doesn’t care.
May 6, 2022
Timothy Noah
Biden Is Smart to Attack Rick Scott’s Tax Hike on the Poor. But He Needs to Hit It Harder.
A $1,000 tax increase on someone making $30,000 isn’t just bad. It’s repugnant. Please, Democrats, say it.
April 28, 2014
Brian Beutler
Buzzfeed Chronicles Paul Ryan's Metamorphosis, Ignores His Frightening Budget
April 15, 2014
Danny Vinik
Here Are the Counties that Pay the Most and Least in Federal Income Tax
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