The proper purpose of taxes is not to establish a condition of “fairness.” It's to pay for government: a legislature, executive, military, police, firefighting, courts, schools. But for 100 years now, the percentage-based income tax
27 (Bloomberg) — Governor Chris Christie told a group of business leaders that Democrats in the Legislature may jeopardize New Jersey's economic recovery by putting social issues ahead of job creation and tax cuts. Debating same-sex marriage and other
The proper purpose of taxes is not to establish a condition of “fairness.” It's to pay for government: a legislature, executive, military, police, firefighting, courts, schools. But for 100 years now, the percentage-based income tax
The release of Mitt Romney's tax returns has intensified the debate over carried interest, the income that managers of investment partnerships receive that is taxed at a rate not available to the vast majority of working people.
After failing to sell Republican lawmakers on tax increases last year, Gov. Jerry Brown faces another tough act of salesmanship in 2012, this time with voters. While most other governors are proposing tax cuts and letting temporary tax increases expire