Tax Politics
The Politics of Taxes
Why Your Electric Bill is Actually Soaring
Katherine Blunt's WSJ article, "Why Your Electric Bill is Soaring -- And Likely To Go Higher" absolutely ignores (or just possibly misses) that soaring gas prices are caused as much by Biden production restriction policies nationally. They are further exacerbated by...
When Science Research Isn’t
Recently, a young PhD student came to terms with the fact that academia was no longer based on merit. Rather, as a scientific researcher interested in procuring grant funding, he was dismayed to learn that certain terms such as “equity,” “diversity,” and “inclusion”...
Calculating the True Cost of Raising Revenue
It’s kind of disgusting that when Congress talks about raising tax revenue, all the CBO thinks about and includes in their analyses is gross revenue. They don’t think about the costs of what the IRS, agencies, businesses, and taxpayers need to do to implement the...
The “Fair Share” Myth
Have you ever heard any progressive who claims that the wealthy are not paying their “fair share” actually say what fair share is? Neither have I. It is probably because the wealthy in the US already pay a far higher percentage of income taxes than in any other...
State Should Give Capital Gains Breaks
Capital gains are the profits realized from the sale of an asset and are included as part of taxable income. A handful of states have favorable rates toward capital gains (or don’t tax them at all because they do not have an income tax). Other states tax...
Did George Floyd’s Killing Have Anything to Do With Racism?
Whenever anyone talks about George Floyd, we are immediately reminded that he was a black man unjustly killed by a white policeman and that he is now a symbol of racial justice. The problem is that racism was not even a factor in Floyd’s death -- but you won’t...