Category Archives: Taxes

A Massachusetts Investment Banker Turned Politician Engages in Tax Chicanery. Inconceivable!

Posted on May 12, 2013 by

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/05/09/1208031/-MA-Sen-Is-Gabriel-Gomez-a-tax-cheat http://tbogg.firedoglake.com/2013/05/09/new-scott-brown-will-not-destroy-his-house-if-you-give-him-money/ http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/05/08/gomez-claimed-controversial-tax-deduction-home/skZgaV3aBoGflKtR03ZEEJ/story.html Republican Senate candidate Gabriel Gomez of Massachusetts has a slight tax problem (boldface mine): Republican US Senate nominee Gabriel E. Gomez claimed a $281,500 income tax deduction in 2005 for pledging not to make any visible changes … Continue reading →

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A Hypothesis As To Why People Hate Gas Taxes

Posted on April 26, 2013 by

Gallup recently ran a poll with the following result: When you break it down by demography (unfortunately, there are no crosstabs), what struck me is the economic differences: people who make between $25,000 – $59,000 annually are much more opposed … Continue reading →

Posted in Automobiles, Housing, Taxes | 4 Comments

Taxes and Massachusetts: Let’s Look at the One Percent

Posted on March 22, 2013 by

So Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has proposed a $1.9 billion spending plan, about which I’ll say more late. The short version is that I think it’s good overall, but it only partially restores many of the Romney cuts in social … Continue reading →

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What Do You Mean ‘Our Taxes’, Kemosabe?

Posted on February 23, 2013 by

With the sequestration mess rolling on, Republican Congresswoman Martha Roby of Alabama declared: It’s unconscionable to use our military men and women in uniform as a bargaining chip to raise our taxes. I don’t think she realizes that with the … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservatives, Fucking Morons, Taxes | 5 Comments

States, Sales Taxes, and Consumption: When Saving Isn’t an Option

Posted on February 13, 2013 by

There are days I really am glad I live in Massachusetts. We read in the NY Times that, in many Republican-governed states, there is a movement to shift the tax burden from corporations, estates, and income to sales taxes. Yes, … Continue reading →

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State Taxes Make Inequality Worse: Meet the Real ‘Takers’

Posted on February 5, 2013 by

The Institute on Taxation Policy (yes, I need new hobbies) recently released a report that breaks down the percentage of people’s income that they pay in state and local taxes. What we find is a Republican’s wet dream–the supposed ‘takers’, … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Taxes | 3 Comments

Elite Hatred of the 47 (or 99) Percent Is Nothing New

Posted on January 1, 2013 by

So I’ve slowly, but surely resuscitating my posts from the Blogger era (so if you follow the twitter feed and occasionally see a post from 2004, that’s why). On one of my earliest days of blogging, I linked to this … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservatives, Economics, Taxes

Taxes

Posted on December 22, 2012 by

We’ve always had them, according to the Smithsonian Institution: 0.25¢ per pound of butter? Outrageous! Lots of booze taxes (from the Postal Service): What’s interesting is that companies were allowed to make their own, approved tax stamps: Don’t forget the … Continue reading →

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The 401(k) Scam: Same As It Ever Was

Posted on December 1, 2012 by

Many, many moons ago, back when I was a wee lil’ Mad Biologist, back when I was so young I thought retirement was something you did, not something for which you planned, a long time reader who is a tax … Continue reading →

Posted in Bidness, Taxes | 2 Comments

Democrats Beware: Americans Hate Austerity Policies

Posted on November 14, 2012 by

George Zornick points us to this figure from a polling report by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research for Democracy Corps and the Campaign for America’s Future: What is going unsaid is that the Social Security fix is simple (albeit probably unnecessary … Continue reading →

Posted in Social Security, Taxes