Category Archives: Taxation

Blue States Turning To Tax Evasion Post GOP Tax Bill

Wait a minute, I thought Democrats were in love with higher taxes? And that they thought paying more in taxes was patriotic? Oh, right, right, this only applies to Other People paying more in taxes. Here’s the LA Times Editorial Board Losers in the GOP tax plan, blue states are unwisely turning to tax evasion […]

High Tax Democrat States Looking For Ways To Blunt Tax Law Or Something

Democrats have lots of ideas: none of them really seem to revolve around lowering the tax rate for their citizens, nor anything else that has caused these Blue states, like NJ and NY, to lose residents, leading to a loss of federal Representatives Democrats in High-Tax States Plot to Blunt Impact of New Tax Law […]

Tax Plan: People Will Start Seeing Benefits In Their Paychecks As Early As February

The Hill thinks this is going to be really super difficult for the Internal Revenue Service, per the headline Trump’s tax law creates new challenges for IRS Oh noes, challenges! The Republican tax bill is the law of the land — but for federal officials, the work is just beginning. The Treasury Department and the […]

Washington Post Is Super Enthused That Everyone Gets A Tax Break

Just kidding: the WP Editorial Board is unhinged in their typical way A win for the wealthy, the entitled and the irresponsible REPUBLICANS IN Congress passed a huge tax bill Wednesday, in what is being hailed as a major win for President Trump and his party. In time, however, it very likely will be remembered […]

The GOP Tax Bill Shows Contempt For Democracy Or Something

Is there a Prozac shortage or something? The Tax Bill Shows the G.O.P.’s Contempt for Democracy The Republican Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is notably generous to corporations, high earners, inheritors of large estates and the owners of private jets. Taken as a whole, the bill will add about $1.4 trillion to the deficit in the next decade and […]

Bummer: Biggest Tax Bill Losers Would Be Blue Staters Earning More Than $200,000

The NY Times is Very Concerned Among the Tax Bill’s Biggest Losers: Blue State Taxpayers Who Earn More Than $200,000 While the Republican tax overhaul would add up to an overall tax cut for individual taxpayers, at least through 2025, millions could still immediately receive a tax increase. For many, particularly in Democratic areas, the increase […]

Senate Passes Major Tax Reform

Let’s see how this played in the biggest D.C. local “journalism” outlet (Washington Post) Senate Republicans passed a $1.5 trillion tax bill early Saturday morning that bestows massive benefits on corporate America and the wealthy while delivering mixed blessings to everybody else. After a frantic round of negotiations, Republicans came together in near unanimity behind […]

GOP Tax Reform Will Hurt Illegal Alien Children Or Something

This has upset the usual illegal alien supporting idiots 200+ Groups Say GOP Tax Plans Hurt Immigrant Children: Advocates Urge Lawmakers to Reject “anti-child and anti-immigrant proposals” More than 200 organizations Wednesday sent Members of Congress a joint letter opposing tax legislation advanced by Republican leadership of the United States Senate and the U.S. House […]

NY Times Offers Well Thought Out Plan To GOP Corporate Tax Cuts That Soaks Everyone

The NY Times Editorial Board actually provides a rational, well researched, well thought out plan, and offers some facts, figures, and likely outcome on corporate taxes. Is it workable, though? What it does do is get money grabby The Right Way to Cut Corporate Taxes Republicans are right about the corporate tax system being broken, […]

NY Times Seems Surprised That Apple, Others, Would Search For Places With Lowest Tax Rates

The NY Times’ Jesse Drucker and Simon Bowers have done some research on the Internet, and are rather incensed that Apple and other companies would dare to “swindle” governments out of money. Along the way, they rather make the point for Trump that the corporate tax rate drives business away After a Tax Crackdown, Apple […]

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