Category: Taxation
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State taxes and unemployment rates
A few days ago someone left a comment to a post in this blog that argued — I think so, anyway — that low-tax states are not doing well in this economy, with the measure of “wellness” being the state’s unemployment rate. The author provided a link to an article titled Do taxes kill jobs?.…
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Taxation: it’s more pervasive than you know
Have you ever thought about how many taxes you are paying when you buy a product or a service? An amount is obvious when a sales tax is tacked on, but is that the only tax included in the price you pay? You know the answer — of course it is not, but the remaining…
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Wichita Eagle letter promotes taxes, big government
Today’s Wichita Eagle carries a letter to the editor that, like many we’ve seen before, makes claims and espouses beliefs that are totally opposite to freedom and liberty. In today’s example, Omer C. Belden of Wichita argues that we should “concentrate on saving such successful programs as Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.”
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Beef checkoff a tax by another name
Jen Rezak of Americans For Prosperity — Kansas explains the Beef Checkoff Program, part of the 1985 farm bill.
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Sebelius Taxes
Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius, now nominated to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, released a statement yesterday, which reads in part: “As a result of these amendments to our 2005, 2006 and 2007 returns, we paid a total of $7,040 in additional tax and $878 in interest.”
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Tax Collections Rise Without Taxes Rising
A letter printed in the January 1, 2009 Wichita Eagle, written by a Christopher Brooks of Wichita, argues that political advocacy groups that ask legislators to sign a pledge to not raise taxes are engaging in “economic blackmail.” This process, Mr. Brooks writes, is “unfair to those who have a different viewpoint on spending but…
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Is Taxation Voluntary?
In this video, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid shows just how ignorant he is. The November elections have given this man even more power, as his party’s majority in the senate will soon be larger
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Is There Anyone Left to Pay Taxes?
The Tax Foundation reports that soon nearly half of the tax returns filed will owe no federal income tax, according to the economic plans of John McCain and Barack Obama. In its analysis Both Candidates’ Tax Plans Will Reduce Millions of Taxpayers’ Liability to Zero (or Less), the Tax Foundation reports that McCain’s announced tax…
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Tax Day is Here. Take No Cheer.
As the annual tax deadline is here, we should take a moment to examine our level of awareness of the taxes we pay.
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Wasteful tax cuts
In the February 21, 2008 debate between Sen. Clinton and Sen. Obama, Clinton mentioned the “wasteful tax cuts of the Bush administration.”
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It’s not yours to cut
It’s the people who “give” tax money to the government, not the government who “gives” it back to the people in the form of tax cuts. If the government cuts taxes, the government gives us nothing. It simply takes less of what is ours in the first place.