I’ve harped on this issue before, but I still don’t get it: why aren’t businesses in favor of universal health care and severing the link between employment and insurance? Businesses don’t really want to be in charge of insurance plans; if they could get away with it, they would drop insurance. But they can’t, and… Continue reading Ditching Health Insurance
Month: December 2012
That’s a tax plan!
The Center for American Progress (CAP) came out with a tax plan. And it’s a pretty darn good one! It’s actually fairly close to a plan I’d support. It raises the top bracket to Clinton-era levels, it caps deductions, it increases the capital gains tax and the tax on dividends, it gets rid of the… Continue reading That’s a tax plan!
Austerity Bombe
A few facts about the budget: 1. Tax revenue as a percent of GDP is incredibly low. Lower than even the lowest of the Reagan years. Lower by far than the Clinton years. 2. Popular programs are popular. 3. Raising taxes on those making more than $250,000 a year is popular. 4. People who want… Continue reading Austerity Bombe
Historical Tax Incidence
Note: These graphs have been corrected in the 2012 Tax Incidence post. I like analysis, and I like tax policy. Put the two together, as I’ve done before, and it’s a pretty sweet time. But I have a lot of numbers at my disposal, much more than the past couple of years. So because I… Continue reading Historical Tax Incidence