Tag: bush tax cuts

First of all the Democrats once again experienced a massive fail in branding the tax reductions implemented during President George W Bush’s administration. Since they were enacted with a hard sunset date, the Democrats should have loudly and consistently referred to them as the Bush Tax Holiday. Which is exactly…

E.J. Dione Forgive me for noting that conservatives seem to believe that the rich will work harder if we give them more, and the poor will work harder if we give them less. Indeed…  Tax cuts for the “job creators” and Unemployment Benefit, Medicare, TANF and Food Stamp cuts for…

Back at the end of 2010, economist Mike Kimel wrote a blog post on Presimetrics speculating on the top marginal tax rate that would generate the highest levels of GDP growth for America.  His estimate was remarkably prescient.

According to the nonpartisan Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), the Bush-era tax breaks for the nation’s top earners, combined with the costs of fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, will account for nearly half the public debt in 2019 when measured as a percentage of economic output. As…

Like the House did once, although it eventually passed, the Senate yesterday sent the message that the heroes of 9/11 are on their own. They let it be known that any attempt by Americans to help their fellow Americans will now be frowned upon in “tea party” America. The Senate…

Since there does not seem to be too much truth coming from Paul Ryan(R-Wall Street) these days, I thought I would help clarify. He was recently on Chris Matthews show(and I am not a huge Matthews fan), but Ryan used it as a chance to forward his failed agenda. Unfortunately…