Archive for February 2008
Are Retirees Leaving Future Generations High and Dry?
February 29, 2008 · Category: Criticisms, Education
Morphh makes some interesting observations, prompted by (but not only in response to) some comments by Hank Geison, that seem like they warrant a new thread.
Hank, you're comparing a marginal rate with an effective rate. ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 10 Comments »
How Much of Embedded Taxes Is Payroll?
From reader Ed Dennis:
I need an explanation of the % of embedded taxes that are not wage related.
I have heard proponents of the Fair Tax say that you will get to keep everything you make. ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 10 Comments »
Memo to Bruce Bartlett: Just Do the Math
February 22, 2008 · Category: Criticisms, Education
The Beacon Hill Institute's David G. Tuerck has published a new article in Tax Notes titled "Memo to Bruce Bartlett: Just Do the Math" (link to PDF).
The article begins:
In the November 13, 2006, ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 8 Comments »
New ‘Answering the Critics’ Book: Reactions?
February 12, 2008 · Category: Education
Hayden knows how to get a new thread started around here:
I think we need a new thread to discuss the new book, Answering the Critics. I read it in the bookstore over lunch. ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 70 Comments »
The Economic Benefits of a Consumption Tax?
February 12, 2008 · Category: Education
When I first learned about the FairTax, one of its most immediately attractive features, to me, was that it taxed consumption rather than income.
Consumption taxes, as many economists have pointed out, are far ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 9 Comments »
Questions about the FairTax from a Landlord
February 8, 2008 · Category: Education
From a reader named Chris, who is a landlord:
I have tried to read several posts about how the fair tax will affect landlords and tenants. I have read the Fair Tax book, and also ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 48 Comments »
Why Doesn’t the Government Just Print Its Tax Money?
February 3, 2008 · Category: Mailbag
From reader Casey McGrath:
So here is something I have never understood. The government prints our money and then gets it circulating in to the system by loaning it to banks at the prime rate -- ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 7 Comments »
How Many FairTax Bills Introduced?
February 3, 2008 · Category: Mailbag
From reader Margrette:
I am a senior in high school and I am doing a government project on an issue that interests me and after years of listening to Neal Boortz, I jumped at the chance ...
Posted by Joshua Zader · 6 Comments »
