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Guest Post: History and the Bush Tax Cuts

31 August 2010

This week, I’ve asked readers to chime in on the Bush tax cuts. This guest post is courtesy of “A citizen proud to pay his fair share of taxes” (for more on the topic, see the original post): In the 1980′s the social security fund and the general fund were combined to make the deficits [...]

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Bush Tax Cuts

30 August 2010

This week, I’m letting my readers take over and tell you what they think about the expiring Bush tax cuts. As always, I think background and context are important. So here’s a quick primer on what’s happening and why… The so-called Bush tax cuts are a series of tax breaks which were enacted in 2001 [...]

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CNN Poll Says Most Americans Don’t Want to Extend Bush Tax Cuts

22 August 2010

CNN has just released a collection of poll questions asked and answered during the first full week of August 2010 (downloads as a pdf). It’s a pretty compelling, though not particularly eye-opening, read. In this election year, the focus seems to be on two key issues: taxes and health care reform. It’s not surprising, then, [...]

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Call for Guest Posts: Bush Tax Cuts

18 August 2010

As last year, I’ll be turning over the reins at taxgirl.com to my readers for the last week in August. This year, I’m offering you the chance to speak your mind about the proposed Bush tax cuts. As you know, unless Congress acts before the end of the year, there’s a lot set to happen. [...]

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The New Adventures of the Old Alan Greenspan

7 August 2010

First appointed by Ronald Reagan in 1987 as Chair of the Federal Reserve. Served under not one but three Republican presidents, including both Presidents Bush. Self-described “lifelong libertarian Republican.” So you’d think that Alan Greenspan would be all about the current Republican agenda to extend the Bush tax cuts – the very tax cuts he [...]

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A Tax Bomb! Quick Rich People, To Your Tax Shelters!

3 August 2010

Stephen Colbert offers his thoughts on the upcoming “tax bomb” – the Bush tax cuts. Hilarious. The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c

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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. Today, guest [...]

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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 Asset Relief [...]

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Congress to Obama: Not So Fast

4 March 2009

Just days after President Obama outlined his proposed budget, which includes tax modifications (yeah, it’s a cheesy word, keep reading) for high wage earners, key leaders in Congress are making noise that they might not be in support of the plan. Chief among them is Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) who questioned whether [...]

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Is Santa Bringing Bush a Chrysler for Christmas?

12 December 2008

In a surprise move, the Bush administration has indicated that it might use taxpayer dollars previously earmarked for banks through the Troubled Asset Relief Program or TARP, to save the Big 3 automakers. No, no, don’t read it again. You got it right the first time. The White House had initially said “no way” to [...]

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