Couldn’t say it any better. ============= WSJ 4/9/2016 So far the one certain crime, in the so-called Panama Papers scandal, is the theft and distribution of a Panamanian law firm’s private property, its confidential documents. With the U.S. government railing this week against the Pfizer-Allergan deal, even the media might notice that the world’s convoluted tax codes actually incentivize people legally to hold... Read more
Archive for the ‘Tax Issues’ Category
A Crooked World Needs Panama
April 10 | Posted by mrossol | Big Govt, Law, Tax Issues, Western CivilizationYale’s Tax Endowment
March 29 | Posted by mrossol | Big Govt, Democrat Party, Tax IssuesWell, well, well. ======= 3/29/2016 O ur guess is that most Yale University professors are proud to be progressives. Well, they are now getting the chance to live their convictions as Connecticut Democrats attempt to soak Yale’s rich endowment. Facing a $220 million budget shortfall, Democrats in Hartford have proposed taxing the unspent earnings of university endowments with more than $10 billion in assets.... Read more
The Carbon Tax Budget
February 10 | Posted by mrossol | Big Govt, Obama, Tax IssuesIf this isn’t the way it is, let me know. ====== WSJ 2/10/2016 President Obama rolled out his $4.1 trillion fiscal 2017 budget proposal on Tuesday, and the good news is that most of it has no chance of passing. The blueprint is nonetheless important as a statement of progressive priorities and the direction a Democratic successor might lean. That goes in... Read more
The Tax Bowl
November 21 | Posted by mrossol | Democrat Party, Tax IssuesWSJ 11/19/2015 The College Football Playoff rankings are intensely contested by teams and their fans. This week the Tax Foundation released its tax policy equivalent, which ought to be a major embarrassment for the blue state conference. Leading the Tax Foundation’s annual business tax climate index are traditional low-tax powerhouses Wyoming, South Dakota, Alaska, Florida and Nevada. A major reason... Read more
The Democrat Party in Practice
August 22 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Big Govt, Hillary Clinton, Obama, Tax IssuesTax payers will pay. ========= WSJ Aug. 21, 2015 6:53 p.m. The arc of progressive politics these days seems to be hoping to benefit from proposing policies to solve the problems their previous policies have created—and hoping nobody notices the cause and effect. Hillary Clinton and the other Democratic presidential candidates have been proposing new ways for college students to reduce or write-off their... Read more
