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• The Progressive Income Tax Turns 100 Mon Apr 15
  Paul Kengor
  Maybe it’s a measure of progressives’ refusal to look back, to always move “forward.” Otherwise, they should be celebrating right now. In fact, President Obama and fellow modern progressives/liberals should be ecstatic all this year, rejoicing over the centenary of something so fundamental to their ideology, to their core goals of government, to their sense of economic and social justice—to what Obama once called “redistributive change.” ... more
• The Tax Revolt Is Over, Here Comes the Money Revolt Wed Mar 27
  Ralph Benko
  The breakout headliner issue in 1978 was “Tax Revolt.” A Time Magazine cover showed Howard Jarvis shaking his fist under that headline. Proposition 13 time. Then? The Tax Revolt went, as we would now say, viral. Citizen discontent — and political activism — against high tax rates turned into a national, and then international, phenomenon. ... more
• The 100th Anniversary of U.S. Income Taxes Sun Feb 10
  Political Calculations
  Since income tax season in the United States has officially begun, we thought we'd mark the occasion by revisiting our original Form 1040 tool, where you can find out how much of the money you earned last year would have been taken from you by Uncle Sam back in 1913! ... more
• 100th Anniversary of the Income Tax Sun Feb 3
  Heather Ginsberg
• The Payroll Taxes Mon Jan 14
  Rich Galen
  The big hoo-hah over taxes we had to suffer through last month had to do with income tax rates and some specialty items that largely attached to corporations. ... more
• Study: 50% Tax Rates Coming for California and New York Thu Dec 6
  Kevin Glass
• Guy Benson Talks Media and Romney Tax Returns Tue Sep 25
  America
  Townhall's Guy Benson talked about the reaction to Mitt Romney's newly released tax returns. ... more
• Your Fair Share Sat Sep 22
  John C. Goodman
  Barack Obama doesn't think the rich are paying their fair share of income taxes. So what is their fair share? ... more
• The Great Tax Divide Wed Sep 19
  Thomas Sowell
  There was a time when Democrats and Republicans alike could talk sense about tax rates, in terms of what is best for the economy, without demagoguery about "tax cuts for the rich." ... more
• Romney: 47% Of Americans Will Vote for Obama No Matter What Mon Sep 17
  Kevin Glass
• Explaining the Laffer Curve Mon Sep 10
  America
  UCLA professor Tim Groseclose explains the Laffer Curve, and why raising taxes can decrease revenue. ... more
• 'Bait and Switch' Taxes Wed Sep 5
  Thomas Sowell
  We have heard many times from President Barack Obama how he plans to raise taxes on "millionaires and billionaires," but not on the middle class. Apparently, if you don't happen to be a millionaire or billionaire, you don't have to worry. ... more
• Democrats Won't Admit Their Side Lies Tue Sep 4
  Debra J. Saunders
  "They lie, and they don't care if people think they lie," California Democratic Party Chairman John Burton told reporter Joe Garofoli before a state delegation breakfast Monday. Burton even brought up that "as long as you lie, Joseph Goebbels, the big lie, you keep repeating it, you know." ... more
• The Rich Don't Pay Enough? Wed Aug 29
  Walter E. Williams
  If you listen to America's political hacks, mainstream media talking heads and their socialist allies, you can't help but reach the conclusion that the nation's tax burden is borne by the poor and middleclass while the rich get off scot-free. ... more
• Makers vs. the Takers: Half of Americans Not Paying Income Tax Thu Feb 23
  Katie Pavlich

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