Can Tax Rate Increases Spur Economic Development?
During the Great Depression and the period leading up to it, the tax rate of the highest personal earned income tax bracket (“highest tax bracket rate”) was 25%, 10 percentage-points lower than the...
View ArticleCan Raising Taxes Improve The Economy?
In an earlier post, we considered whether tax rate increases can spur economic development from a historical vantage point. From a conceptual vantage point, it is also evident that tax rate increases...
View ArticleWorking Conditions Of A Company’s Consultants Can Be An Indicator Of Reliability
Want to get an idea of how reliable is a company’s financials? Get some information on the working conditions of its consultants, such as auditors. If the auditors are locked in a closet over night for...
View ArticleFlat Taxes Do Not Simplify The Tax Code
The problem with flat income taxes is that income must be defined still. For example, will income include interest and dividends? Will income include revenue from foreign sources? Will income include...
View ArticleAn Equitable Tax Policy
An equitable approach to taxation would be for people owning 40% of the wealth to pay 40% of the taxes, and those owning 1:1 millionth of the wealth to be responsible for 1:1 millionth of the taxes....
View ArticleCan Tax Rate Increases Spur Economic Development?
During the Great Depression and the period leading up to it, the tax rate of the highest personal earned income tax bracket (“highest tax bracket rate”) was 25%, 10 percentage-points lower than the...
View ArticleCan Raising Taxes Improve The Economy?
In an earlier post, we considered whether tax rate increases can spur economic development from a historical vantage point. From a conceptual vantage point, it is also evident that tax rate increases...
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