JULY 12, 2010 U.S. Weighs Tax That Has VAT of Political Trouble By JOHN D. MCKINNON At least 139 countries, including most major economies except the U.S., levy a value-added tax on goods and services. Amid swelling deficits, there are increasingly loud calls in Washington for adopting a value added tax. John McKinnon discusses. But
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AMERICANS FOR TAX REFORM July 1, 2010 Six Months to Go Until The Largest Tax Hikes in History In just six months, the largest tax hikes in the history of America will take effect. They will hit families and small businesses in three great waves beginning on January 1, 2011: First Wave: Expiration of 2001
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An interview of Governor Chris Christie by Wall Street Journal’s Paul Gigot http://online.wsj.com/video/opinion-journal-chris-christie-veto/761F7750-2032-400B-B085-43F0BB1D7EAF.html
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JULY 2, 2010 How some Republicans are preparing to walk right into it. “‘Next year when I start presenting some very difficult choices to the country, I hope some of these folks who are hollering about deficits step up. Because I’m calling their bluff.” That was President Barack Obama, the heretofore unknown deficit hawk, all
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JUNE 26, 2010 The Keynesian Dead End Spending our way to prosperity is going out of style. Today’s G-20 meeting has been advertised as a showdown between the U.S. and Europe over more spending “stimulus,” and so it is. But the larger story is the end of the neo-Keynesian economic moment, and perhaps the start
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JUNE 6, 2010 Tax Hikes and the 2011 Economic Collapse Today’s corporate profits reflect an income shift into 2010. These profits will tumble next year, preceded most likely by the stock market. By ARTHUR LAFFER People can change the volume, the location and the composition of their income, and they can do so in response
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A ‘certain point’ to one’s wealth? By Ralph R. Reiland Monday, May 10, 2010 Off the teleprompter for a few seconds while stumping for financial reform recently in Illinois, President Obama had this to say about incomes: “Now, what we’re doing, I want to be clear, we’re not trying to push financial reform because we
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Washington Times Wednesday, April 28, 2010 WHALEN: Message to an entrepreneur: You’re a chump Mike Whalen Major policy changes can have long-term cultural implications. Major changes can impact behavior almost immediately, but the real cultural implications are a result of the often subtle changes in individual attitudes. With the Obama administration, I believe we will
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APRIL 15, 2010 Rates start low and increase, while income tax rates stay high. As Americans rush to complete their annual tax returns today, there is still some consolation in knowing that it could be worse: Like Europeans, we could pay both income taxes and a value-added tax, or VAT. And maybe we soon will.
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APRIL 15, 2010 By DONALD L. LUSKIN With the federal budget deficit estimated at $1.342 trillion for next year, it’s going to take a miracle to put America’s fiscal house in order. Happily, a tax revenue miracle may be just around the corner. At a minimum, it will reduce next year’s deficit by 15%. It
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