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Rendell Takes Cues from the Super Bowl

26 February 2010

To start the second half of the Super Bowl, with the Colts comfortably ahead of the Saints, Coach Sean Payton called for an onside kick. For those of you who don’t follow football, let me tell you: it’s a remarkably gutsy move. It’s a way to get the ball back early, provided that [...]

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What Obama’s Budget Might Mean For You

3 February 2010

I’ve received a bunch of comments and emails from taxpayers telling me what they think of Obama’s budget. I’ll be sharing some of them throughout the next few weeks, so keep them coming. If you’d like to blog on a specific topic, make sure that you check out my call for policy posts.
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Fix the Tax Code Friday: Cuts Versus Tax Increases

17 July 2009

This week, both the feds and states have been struggling with the idea of balancing the budget by making cuts or increasing taxes. Today’s Fix the Tax Code Friday question is:
If you had to choose, would you rather see tax increases or spending cuts? If “spending cuts” is your answer, are there any [...]

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Fix the Tax Code Friday: Bailing Out the Government

15 May 2009

It’s Fix the Tax Code Friday!
Remember that study that I cited from the Tax Foundation earlier in the week? That same report offered another statistic. In 2007, the cost of balancing the budget would have cost each taxpayer an additional $1,789 in taxes. This year, due to “the bailouts and the Troubled [...]

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The $20 million “Oops!”

7 July 2008

In San Mateo County, California, the Board of Supervisors is holding a closed-door session to deal with a $20 million mistake. As mistakes go, it’s a pretty big one.
The San Mateo County Superior Court awarded Genentech, a self-described profitable biotech firm, $20 million in a recent court case. Genentech had filed suit against [...]

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Sin Taxes Hit UK

13 March 2008

I’ve posted before about sin taxes – this notion of using tax as a means of controlling or modifying behavior.
In the UK, the Chancellor delivered the new budget this week. The budget included little in the way of new or increased taxes since the UK is in the throes of many of the same [...]

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