Taxes News

America Changing On Taxes

Here’s more evidence that the GOP tax message may have run its course.
A new Gallup Poll finds 48% of Americans saying the amount of federal income taxes they pay is “about right,” with 46% saying “too high” — one of the most positive assessments Gallup has measured since 1956. Typically, a majority of Americans say [...]

The Ultimate (This Week) In Conservative Straw-mannery

This post and picture from the anti-labor folks at the “Center for Union Facts” (a front group for pro-corporation lobbyist Rick Berman) is hyping the fact that the labor contract between the UAW and Ford is big. This is supposed to be a big deal. For conservatives, this is a central tenet of their failed [...]

America & Taxes

Take how you feel about taxation out of the equation for a second. I don’t know about you but I was amazed that President-elect Obama was able to say that he would increase the tax rate of high earners and didn’t seem to pay a politicial penalty for it. It isn’t something he said months [...]

Obama ‘08: Louisville Slugger, Iowa Wonder

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