THE supercommittee has failed. When Congress finally struck its deal to raise the debt ceiling during the summer, it agreed to find just over a trillion in budget savings through a bipartisan committee (said supercommittee), which would be empowered to … Continue reading →

PAUL KRUGMAN addresses several common conservative objections to the paper by Emmanuel Saez and Peter Diamond I talked about on Monday. The third one is that the very wealthy … Continue reading →

UK Only Article:  standard article Issue:  Is this really the end? Fly Title:  Lexington Rubric:  It was never supposed to fall on the Defence Department itself… Continue reading →

UK Only Article:  standard article Issue:  Is this really the end? Fly Title:  The Chicago River Rubric:  The Windy City will, at last, clean up its filthy river Location:  … Continue reading →

Days after the FCC’s so-called “ net neutrality ” regulations took effect, Black Friday shoppers pepper-sprayed human obstacles in order to fill out their Christmas lists, which for at least some probably included this Continue reading →

We must watch “The Money Masters” here on youtube to learn how the federal reserve is the cause of ALL economic manipulation & destruction.Lets educate ourselves so we’re not voting to sustain a cancer which destroys … Continue reading →

Tax Reform ATR believes that all consumed income should be taxed one time, at one low and flat rate. Link · Spending and Transparency ATR believes that the answer to the question of how much the government should be … Continue reading →

However, unless you take precautions you may find that you end up having to pay capital gains tax on any dividends you receive from those stocks and shares. This is one reason why having a stocks and shares ISA can be a … Continue reading →

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I’ve blogged about all four problems before, but I want to focus on the fourth problem: capital gains taxes are completely out of whack. The left focuses on raising Continue reading →

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With time fast running out for the so-called deficit supercommittee, the mammoth amount of government money spent on the military has become a prime target in Washington. But the Continue reading →

THE theory behind the supercommittee was that it would be a superconducting committee, eliminating the frictions caused by hundreds of clashing representatives in the House and Senate and zooming everyone straight along into a $1.2 trillion deficit-reduction agreement. Instead, it seems … Continue reading →

UK Only Article:  standard article Issue:  The magic of diasporas Fly Title:  Russia and NATO Rubric:  Why Russia is no closer to working with NATO on missile defence THE hopes at NATO’s 2010 Lisbon … Continue reading →

Debating Obamacare . The Federalist Society — are you now or have you ever been a member? — held its 2011 National Lawyers Convention last week. One of the (many) highlights of the convention must have been the … Continue reading →

Perry all business in NH amid immigration woes – Rick Perry is done telling jokes. After days of self-deprecating humor. Continue reading →

That said, tax reform simply cannot address the central economic challenge facing the United States right now—the severe and prolonged jobs crisis, which is a product of the lack of demand in the economy. At a time of 9 … Continue reading →

Tax revenues also increased after the Bush tax cuts, due to economic growth. In 2003, capital gains tax rates were reduced. Rather than expand by 36% as the Congressional Budget Office projected before the tax cut, capital … Continue reading →

I feel the occupy movement does have a basic underlying message; Stop letting money decide political elections; And regulate corporate lobbying (and all lobbying) making it a public forum. Right now lobbying is mostly two … Continue reading →