Archive for the ‘taxes’ Category
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Tax Reform and Ireland
Posted on February 5, 2015
I had lunch yesterday with several friends who work closely with the government of Ireland, and the subject turned to the coming elections over there. Like in the UK, you...
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Obama Backtracks From Plan to Tax ’529′ College Savings Accounts
Posted on January 28, 2015
(This originally appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank) The quick demise of the White House plan to tax college savings accounts, also known as 529 plans, underscores what a flawed...
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The Common Thread Between the Soda Tax and the Yoga Tax
Posted on October 9, 2014
On one side of the country, in the People’s Republic of Berkley, the city council there is trying to raise taxes on soda pop. On the other side of the...
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The Whopper, eh?
Posted on August 28, 2014
Corporate inversions. The mere mention sends a shudder down the spines of most Americans. I kid....
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Patriotism and Corporate Inversions
Posted on July 17, 2014
It annoys me when Tea Party groups that want to dismember the Federal Government and urge insurrection and nullification against the President call themselves patriots and imply that anybody who...
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