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Chinese Tax Revenues Up: Should We Be Worried?

7 August 2009

If the news that US tax revenues have fallen was disturbing, then this may be even worse: China’s tax revenues are expected to grow by 10% in 2009. The increase comes on the heels of a successful 2008 year in China, where tax revenues climbed 18.8% to 5.42 trillion yuan ($792.68 billion). The “global crisis” [...]

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House Passes Tax Bill to Repeal AMT; White House Threatens Veto

26 June 2008

Defying the White House, Representatives in the US House voted to prevent about 22 million taxpayers from being hit by the alternative minimum tax (AMT). What? Oh yeah, just like with any headline, there’s more. The idea of AMT relief was originally endorsed by the GOP (such as Senator McCain). The problem with AMT relief? [...]

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Made in the USA?

16 May 2008

It’s been suggested on this blog – and others – that the big “fix” to the economy would be to buy more American products. I don’t know how much of an immediate impact it would have on the economy but doing it is actually harder than it sounds. So many products – even those that [...]

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