CORPORATE TAXES ARE NOT “TOO COMPLEX”
Income – Expense = Taxable Income x Tax Rate. That’s not too complicated. What’s complicated is qualifying for the targeted tax credits, deductions, incentive and […]
TRANSACTION TAX WOULD HELP THE MIDDLE CLASS. IT’S NOT IN THE TRUMP/REPUBLICAN PLAN
A 0.2 percent tax on stock trades, and slightly lower taxes on bond and derivatives trades, would raise $120 billion in revenue per year according […]
HIGHER TAXES=MORE INVESTMENT: REALIST LEAVES COMMENT ON CEPR SITE
“As any businessman who has actually run a business knows, higher business tax rates encourage higher investment and lower business tax rates encourage lower business […]
TAX CUTS ->DEFICITS->GUT EDUCATION, SOCIAL SECURITY, MEDICARE, ETC
The Trump/Republicans’ long-plan – the one that’s worked so well for almost 40 years – can be expected to continue. Trump/Republicans will use deficit-creating tax […]
ESTATE TAX, PASS THROUGH AND ATM “REFORMS” CREATE DEBT FOR MIDDLE CLASS TO PAY WHILE PADDING TRUMP’S POCKETS
Estate Tax Now: The current law says if you’ll be passing on $5.45 million or less, then your heirs won’t have to file a federal […]
TRUMP/REPUBLICAN TAX PLAN REDUCES PUBLIC RESOURCES, INCREASES CORPORATE PROFITS & 1% WEALTH
CUTTING TAXES REDUCES: Social Security (Family, Old Age & Unemployment Insurance), Health Care (Medicare, Medicaid), Military & Defense, Regulation of Food/Water/Air/Pharmaceutical Quality, National Parks (Monuments & […]
EXTEND PATENTS; STOP GENERICS; INCREASE CONSUMER COSTS; KEEP PROFITS HIGH: HERE’RE SOME WAYS.
Four ways keep generics from consumers: Patent-holder pays the generic company not to launch the generic. Patent-holder extends the patent 150 days through a “citizen […]
WE ALEADY TAKE DRUGS MADE OVERSEAS….& 80% OF INGREDIENTS COME FROM OVERSEAS
Of all drugs taken by Americans, 40% come from overseas and, of active ingredients, almost 80% come primarily from China and India, but other nations […]
LOWER PHARMACEUTICAL COSTS TO CONSUMERS SIX WAYS
Reduce pharmaceutical costs to consumers by: Allowing customers to purchase pharmaceuticals from other countries (80% of the ingredients are manufactured abroad), Providing for the government […]
EFFECTS OF MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES: WITH and WITHOUT
From 2015 to 2016, “In states without minimum wage increases in 2016, the 10th-percentile wage rose 2.5 percent; in states with minimum wage increases in […]