yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 3/30/2009
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Back at the beginning of the month, I recounted an odd incident from a Kaufman Foundation conference that I’d attended:
I heard someone say that the reason it’s important to cut taxes on rich people is that economic growth comes from people starting new businesses and most new ...
military.rightpundits.com - 4/6/2009
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military.rightpundits.com —
John Rich, the Rich half of country music
duo Big & Rich, is pushing ahead with his...
solo career. His new song, Shuttin’ Detroit Down , is his statement of frustration with the recent Washington bailouts at the expense of tax payers. Read about it here. We also have some photos, the ...
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John Rich: Shuttin Detroit Down (Video and Lyrics)
wizbangblog.com - 4/7/2009
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wizbangblog.com —
I don't know who first started the phrase
'there's two kinds of people ...', but it really...
gets on my nerves. It's oversimplifying things, and what's worse, it encourages people...
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The American Right to Be Rich
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The rich really are different
Megan McArdle —
Matt Yglesias considers, and rejects, the notion that taxes on the rich impede capital formation: As Ed says, the argument is that "we can't have progressives taxes
because somebody's rich uncle might not have the wherewithal to
subsidize somebody's business start-up." I'm not going to dignify this with a response. I'll just note that
Schramm is president and CEO of the Kauffman Foundation and I believe
he was in the room when I first heard the "rich uncle" argument, so I
may have been present at the creation of this particular talking point. ...
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