A Funny Little Budget, Tax Expenditures

by Christopher Bergin | February 8, 2010 - 12:06 PM EST

These "tax perks" award behavior that politicians think is important. How do they decide what's important? It depends on the campaign contribution. [Read More]

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• Go to the Moon? Been There (2 comments)
• The State of Our Nation: Freaking Frightening

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Wisconsin Group Proposes Sales Tax Increase to Fund Schools

by David Brunori | February 5, 2010 - 6:19 AM EST

The Wisconsin Alliance for Excellent Schools is proposing that the state raise its sales tax from five to six percent. The additional $850 million that would be raised would be earmarked for public schools and property tax relief. [Read More]

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Multinationals and Jobs

by Martin A. Sullivan | February 5, 2010 - 5:19 AM EST

Since 1999, U.S. multinationals reduced employment by 1 million in the United States while increasing employment abroad by 2.5 million. [Read More]

• Sins of Commission (1 comment)
• Rumor of Radical Change in the President's Budget
• Fear of Borrowing

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The (Mis)Usable Past of the Stock Transaction Tax

by Joseph J. Thorndike | January 26, 2010 - 9:11 AM EST

It's all well and good to use history to buttress contemporary policy arguments, but let's get the history right, why don't we? [Read More]

• The Root of All (Fiscal) Evil
• When Only the Feds Have to Pay Taxes (1 comment)
• How Old Was the Estate Tax When It Died?

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The Google Tax is Asinine

by Robert Goulder | January 11, 2010 - 11:16 AM EST

If you can't beat them, tax them. Sacrebleu! [Read More] (1 comment)

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• The Exodus That Wasn't
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