Again – mixed messages! The White House is sharply denying the Huffington Post story I noted below claiming that David Axelrod signaled a willingness to accept a temporary extension of all the Bush tax cuts, claiming that their position remains unchanged. Axelrod emails: There is not one bit of news here. I simply re-stated what […]
A very interesting op-ed in today’s LA Times starts with: Congress should let the Bush tax cuts expire for the wealthiest Americans and use the additional tax revenues that are generated to invest in infrastructure and research. Now you probably think this is some whack, socialistic liberal or something. Of course you would be wrong. […]
Here is a possible motive for McCain’s game I hadn’t thought of : McCain’s ploy was transparent. To counter the public’s preference for Obama’s economics over his own, he would get both of them in a room and emerge proclaiming that they had reached agreement, that they had no differences. In fact, they have very […]
Last week we heard how Bush was pandering to the richest Americans even more by eliminating jobs at the I.R.S. that are charged with looking into the tax returns of these people: The federal government is moving to eliminate the jobs of nearly half of the lawyers at the Internal Revenue Service who audit tax […]
Bush will do whatever it takes to protect his rich buddies: The federal government is moving to eliminate the jobs of nearly half of the lawyers at the Internal Revenue Service who audit tax returns of some of the wealthiest Americans, specifically those who are subject to gift and estate taxes when they transfer parts […]