Taxes: Where Political and Constitutional Expediency Collide
I’ve been out of pocket from the political realm for a week and a half, but President Obama’s claim that a health insurance mandate is not a tax strikes me as marginally good politics...
Tagged: taxes
Yes, an insurance mandate is a tax
In a rare moment of bipartisan convergence, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama continue to insist that forcing people to buy health insurance is not a tax. Unfortunately, they’re both wrong. Very wrong.
the things people say
Riffing off my last post, I’d like to take on two thoughts. First, here’s Yglesias:
Free Trade and Taxes – Denmark Edition
Matt Yglesias is in Denmark. I can sort of travel vicariously by blogging about Denmark as well, so here we go…. Not surprisingly, the Danes have very high taxes: The overwhelming fact about Danish...
two graphs
Following up on this post from yesterday, on von’s post here, I provide (via Yglesias) yet another graph….
The Five Horsemen of the Federal Budget
“Let’s put this simply. 80% of the budget falls into five categories: Social Security, Medicare/Medicaid, Defense, Veteran’s Benefits, and Interest on the Debt. EIGHTY PERCENT. So if you don’t tell me what you’re going...
Tea Time
What can be said that hasn’t already about the Tea Party Phenomenon? Perhaps phenomon isn’t the right word. The Parties have been, it appears, co-opted (or hi-jacked) by the larger conservative movement; perhaps out-Foxed,...
