cbpp.org - 10/28/2008
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Effective tax rate much lower than top statutory rate. Government and independent researchers have long pointed out that the top statutory corporate tax rate is an incomplete measure at best of the burden of corporate taxes. It does not take into account the generous depreciation rules, ...
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org - 10/22/2008
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wonkroom.thinkprogress.org —
A cornerstone of Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) economic
plan — Jobs for America — is cutting the...
corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 25 percent, which McCain claims will turn America into a “ low-tax business environment .” But as it turns out, even ...
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Two-Thirds of Corporations Pay No Taxes, But McCain ...
eschatonblog.com - 11/4/2008
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eschatonblog.com —
One thing I hate about election days is
that reading around the internets you get lots of...
reports of voting problems, often with lots of exclamation points, by people who don't seem to be able distinguish between serious voter intimidation, general ...
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eschatonblog.com - 10/21/2008
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eschatonblog.com —
I'm really never quite sure who this "don't
pay any taxes" stuff is aimed at. Though, thinking...
about it just this second, maybe I do. Basically everybody pays taxes. So you when you're talking about giving free money to people who don't pay any taxes, ...
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Putting U.S. Corporate Taxes in Perspective
BlueOregon —
The U.S. corporate tax burden is smaller than average for developed countries. Corporations in the 19 member states of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development paid 16.1 percent of their profits in taxes between 2000 and 2005, on average, while corporations in the United States paid 13.4 percent.
So begins a new paper by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), titled Putting U.S. Corporate Taxes in Perspective.
CBPP wants readers to remember four points the next time they hear someone call for corporate tax cuts and ...
McCaskill Straightens Out The McCain Campaign On Corporate Taxes
Wonk Room —
... that minimize, or completely eliminate corporate taxes.” This week, in fact, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities released a report showing that “the U.S. corporate tax burden is smaller than average for developed countries” due in part to the “plethora of ...
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online.wsj.com 10/29/2008 — When it comes to taxes, the difference between Barack Obama and John McCain is arguably as wide as it's been in a presidential race since Ronald Reagan and Walter Mondale battled in 1984. Sen. Obama is proposing to raise taxes more than any recent ...
Overseas ballots should be counted, VA AG says —
CNN Political Ticker 10/28/2008
(CNN) – Virginia’s Attorney General is weighing in on the conflict between federal law and a Virginia statute that could have caused some absentee ballots from overseas to be rejected by Fairfax County, Virginia.
Federal law allows members of the U.S. ...
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