Taxes

What can you buy with the $3.5 trillion?
Original Reporting | Meade Klingensmith | Budget deficit, Role of government, Taxes
Jan. 16, 2012 — When discussing the then-impending “fiscal cliff,” most politicians in Washington described calamitous consequences were an agreement on taxes and sequestration of appropriations not...view
They won the battle, but will they win the war?
Original Reporting | Meade Klingensmith | Elections, State government, Taxes
Dec. 6, 2012 — As we reported yesterday, the supporters of Proposition 30 (Prop 30), the California ballot initiative to raise income tax rates on high earners as well as sales taxes across the board...view
Selling Prop 30
Original Reporting | Meade Klingensmith | Elections, State government, Taxes
Dec. 5, 2012 — In ratifying Proposition 30 last month, California voters seem to have signaled that support for a tax increase is not political suicide in all circumstances. But to what extent does...view
Dead end street
Editorial Cartoons | | Budget deficit, Politics, Taxes
Nov. 28, 2012 — Have a higher resolution monitor? Click here for screen resolutions of 1280 x 960 or better, or here for 1920 x 1200 or better. view
Robin Hood, nearing European victories, still struggling to awaken in the U.S.
Original Reporting | Heather Rogers | Markets, Taxes
July 30, 2012 — Concerns about the market-destabilizing effect of speculative, “high-frequency” trading, along with a desire to generate more revenue for governmental programs from a financial sector...view
Fear mongering from the Congressional Budget Office?
Commentary | Craig Gurian | Budget deficit, Economy, Role of government, Taxes
June 18, 2012 — A recent report from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) on the long-term budget outlook for the U.S. from now until 2037 has reheated deficit hysteria, with the Romney campaign...view
Dangerous mirage
Editorial Cartoons | | Economy, Employment, Taxes
June 6, 2012 — Have a higher resolution monitor? Click here for screen resolutions of 1280 x 960 or better, or here for 1920 x 1200 or better. view
States to residents, localities: forget promises to restore funding
Original Reporting | Mike Alberti | Budget deficit, State government, Taxes
June 6, 2012 — When Wichita Public Schools Superintendent John Allison learned that, thanks to rising revenues, Kansas was projected to have a budget surplus of more than $300 million at the end of...view
Flexible patriotism
Editorial Cartoons | | Citizenship, Corporate influence, Taxes
May 02, 2012 — Have a higher resolution monitor? Click here for screen resolutions of 1280 x 960 or better, or here for 1920 x 1200 or better. view
Lots of hostages will be taken on tax issues this year
Letters to the Editor | | Politics, Taxes
Apr. 18, 2012 — Your response on hostage-taking in taxes (and conceding to it) is clear and helpful. Well done. But you might also note that there are going to be a lot of other hostages taken during...view

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