Its not the progressives… ===== Bernie Sanders caused the Panama Papers. Bernie of Vermont didn’t do it by himself, of course. The world’s most famous socialist, and Hillary Clinton’s albatross, had a lot of help. Spare me the crocodile tears over the immorality of tax avoidance. Panama is an indictment of government greed. After World War II, the governments of the West established... Read more
Archive for the ‘Tax Issues’ Category
Yale’s Tax Endowment
March 29 | Posted by mrossol | Big Govt, Democrat Party, Tax IssuesWell, well, well. ======= 3/29/2016 O ur guess is that most Yale University professors are proud to be progressives. Well, they are now getting the chance to live their convictions as Connecticut Democrats attempt to soak Yale’s rich endowment. Facing a $220 million budget shortfall, Democrats in Hartford have proposed taxing the unspent earnings of university endowments with more than $10 billion in assets.... Read more
The Carbon Tax Budget
February 10 | Posted by mrossol | Big Govt, Obama, Tax IssuesIf this isn’t the way it is, let me know. ====== WSJ 2/10/2016 President Obama rolled out his $4.1 trillion fiscal 2017 budget proposal on Tuesday, and the good news is that most of it has no chance of passing. The blueprint is nonetheless important as a statement of progressive priorities and the direction a Democratic successor might lean. That goes in... Read more
The Tax Bowl
November 21 | Posted by mrossol | Democrat Party, Tax IssuesWSJ 11/19/2015 The College Football Playoff rankings are intensely contested by teams and their fans. This week the Tax Foundation released its tax policy equivalent, which ought to be a major embarrassment for the blue state conference. Leading the Tax Foundation’s annual business tax climate index are traditional low-tax powerhouses Wyoming, South Dakota, Alaska, Florida and Nevada. A major reason... Read more
The Democrat Party in Practice
August 22 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Big Govt, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Tax IssuesTax payers will pay. ========= WSJ Aug. 21, 2015 6:53 p.m. The arc of progressive politics these days seems to be hoping to benefit from proposing policies to solve the problems their previous policies have created—and hoping nobody notices the cause and effect. Hillary Clinton and the other Democratic presidential candidates have been proposing new ways for college students to reduce or write-off their... Read more
Is a Roth Account Right for You?
December 26 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Tax IssuesI thought this a helpful article. Hope you do to. ============= By Laura Saunders Dec. 19, 2014 Roth accounts can be a great way to save for retirement—and it is getting easier to use them. Roths include both tax-sheltered individual retirement accounts and company-sponsored 401(k) savings plans, and, as with traditional versions of these accounts, assets grow tax-free. In many other important ways, though, Roths... Read more
